French Sports Code

The persons referred to in article L. 425-2 who are qualified doctors may carry out clinical medical examinations and take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to detect the presence of prohibited substances in the body. The persons mentioned in article L. 425-2 who are not doctors may also take biological samples. Only those persons mentioned in article L. 425-2 who are doctors or nurses…

Checks are carried out under the following conditions: 1° In any place where training, events or competitions organised or authorised by approved sports leagues are taking place, as well as training or events within the meaning of articles L. 230-2 and L. 230-3; 2° In any establishment in which physical or sporting activities are practised, as well as in its annexes; 3° In any place where the test can be…

Testing under New Caledonian regulations governing the protection of athletes’ health and the fight against doping, as well as under this chapter, shall be conducted, after the athlete has been notified of the test, either : 1° By the person responsible for taking the sample ; 2° By a person designated by the person responsible for taking the sample. When an athlete is not subject to whereabouts requirements and does…

In carrying out their testing duties, the persons referred to in article L. 425-2 may only enter the premises referred to in article L. 425-4 between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. or at any time when these premises are open to the public or when a competition or sporting event or training in preparation for one is in progress. Testing at an athlete’s home may only take place between 6am…

Athletes who make up the target group, designated for one year by the competent local authority from among : 1° Athletes registered on the list of top-level athletes or the list of promising athletes within the meaning of this code, or athletes who have been registered on one of these lists for at least one year during the last three years; 2° Professional athletes who are licence holders of approved…

If the control operations are planned with a view to investigating offences, the Public Prosecutor shall be informed in advance and may object. The public prosecutor is informed immediately, by any means, as soon as an offence is detected. In all the places mentioned in Article L. 425-4 to which they have access and for the exercise of judicial police missions carried out under the conditions defined in this Article,…

Customs officers, New Caledonian officials responsible for applying the regulations on the fight against doping and the protection of athletes’ health, and officers and agents of the criminal investigation police are authorised to share with each other any information obtained in the course of their respective duties and relating to doping products, their use and their circulation, in compliance with the provisions of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978…