Subject to the definition provided by each federation mentioned in 3° of article L. 230-2, the competition period begins at 11.59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is due to take part and ends at the end of this competition or, where applicable, at the end of any sampling process linked to this competition.
Unless otherwise provided for in the agreement referred to in 2° of Article L. 232-16, additional tests conducted by the French Anti-Doping Agency at the site of an international sporting event are considered to be tests outside of competition periods.