The decision prescribing a test mentioned in article R. 232-45 is taken by the Director of the Testing Department of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage and designates the person or persons approved under the conditions provided for in article R. 232-68 or the body mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article L. 232-5, who are responsible for the test. The mission order that the Director of the Testing Department draws up specifies :
1° The type of sampling or screening to be carried out ;
2° The procedures for choosing the athletes to be tested, such as designation by the director of the Testing Department of the Agence Française de Lutte Contre le Dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency), inclusion in the target group referred to in Article L. 232-15, random selection, choice of test-taker, ranking, setting a new record at a sporting event; the person responsible for testing may also test any athlete registered for or taking part in a sporting event or training leading up to it, or who is present at the venue of the event or training leading up to it, provided that he or she is a member of a sports federation;