Regulatory part - Decrees

The person concerned and his/her counsel, accompanied, where applicable, by the person(s) exercising parental authority or the legal representative, shall be summoned to appear before a panel of the Sanction Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered against receipt, at least fifteen days before the date of the hearing. The summons is simultaneously sent to the President of the Agency….

The respondent may request that a member of the Enforcement Committee be recused under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 232-92-1.

The person concerned and his or her counsel, where applicable, the person(s) exercising parental authority or the legal representative, as well as the representative of the Agency’s College, may submit written or oral observations to the Enforcement Committee and request that persons of their choice be heard, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 232-93. The Enforcement Committee may also hold any hearings and consultations it deems useful, in…

The chairman of the panel appoints a rapporteur from among its members. The rapporteur draws up a report setting out the facts and the conditions under which the proceedings were conducted. The rapporteur may carry out any useful investigations, without being able to impose any coercive measures, the results of which are added to the file and communicated to the party concerned and to the Board before the meeting.

The rapporteur presents his report orally at the hearing. The party concerned and his counsel are invited to speak last. The proceedings are not public unless the person concerned or his counsel requests otherwise before the opening of the meeting. The member of the Board or the agent of the Agency appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11 may attend the hearing and submit observations. Where appropriate,…

To take account of geographical distance or professional or medical constraints, the chairman of the panel called upon to reach a decision may decide, with the agreement of the person subject to the disciplinary procedure, that the deliberations will be organised by means of an audiovisual conference. The rules of procedure of the Sanction Committee shall determine the procedures for identifying the parties, hearing third parties and ensuring the confidentiality…

The panel deliberates under the conditions set out in article R. 232-96.

The panel shall reach its decision by reasoned decision. The decision is signed by the chairman of the panel. It is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered against receipt, to the interested party, the sports federation concerned, the president of the Agency and the Ministry of Sport as well as, by any means, to the international federation concerned. The Sanction Committee’s decisions are made…

When an animal has been banned, it may not return to competition until it has undergone a new test carried out, at the applicant’s expense, under the conditions set out in articles R. 241-4 to R. 241-7. The analysis report is sent by the laboratory to the federation concerned and to the French Anti-Doping Agency. Participation in the first event in which the animal is entered after the period of…