Regulatory part - Decrees

Pursuant to article L. 232-12, urine, blood, saliva and skin samples may be taken and breath tests may be carried out, in particular to detect alcohol impairment.

The samples and screening operations listed in article R. 232-50 are carried out under the direct supervision of the person in charge of testing or, except for protected persons within the meaning of article L. 230-7, the escort provided for in article R. 232-56. They are carried out under the following conditions: 1° The container intended to receive each sample is adapted to the nature of the sample and to…

The person in charge of the test verifies, by any means, the identity of the athlete being tested, if necessary with the assistance in particular of: the anti-doping delegate provided for in article L. 232-14 or a person designated by the federation if no anti-doping delegate has been designated or if the athlete has failed to fulfil the obligation mentioned in article R. 232-60 ; -the organiser of the competition…

When the mission order referred to in article R. 232-46 provides for urine to be collected, the person in charge of the test or the escort provided for in article R. 232-56 who directly monitors urination must be of the same sex as the person being tested.

The person responsible for the inspection may be assisted, in the operations listed in articles R. 232-49 and R. 232-50, either by another approved person or by a person who has undergone training prior to the issue of the approval.

From the moment the person concerned is notified of the decision ordering the test until the end of the sampling and screening operations, the person tested remains accompanied at all times by the person in charge of the test or by an escort.

The anti-doping delegate appoints the escorts made available to the person in charge of the test. He may perform this function himself. The person in charge of testing shall ensure that the escorts so appointed have undergone the training provided for in article R. 232-57. Failing this, the person in charge of testing may himself ensure the training of the escorts made available to him by the Anti-Doping Delegate. If…

Approved sports federations and competition or event organisers are required to organise training for the anti-doping delegates mentioned in article L. 232-14 and the escorts provided for in article R. 232-56. The list of persons thus trained is sent each year to the French Anti-Doping Agency. The French Anti-Doping Agency and the organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article L. 232-5 also organise the training of the…

The person being tested must be present during all testing operations. The person in charge of the test immediately draws up a report of the conditions under which he/she carried out the sampling and screening operations. Any observations that the person in charge of the test or the athlete tested wishes to make on the conditions under which the test was conducted are recorded in the report. The tested athlete…

When an athlete designated to be tested fails to comply with all or part of the procedures described in article R. 232-49, including by refusing to complete the test report, the person in charge of testing shall mention all of these circumstances in the report. He may obtain written testimony from persons who witnessed the events and attach their statements to the report.