Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Anti-Doping Rule Violations

1. The presence of a prohibited substance, its metabolites or its markers in a sample provided by an athlete (2.1 of the World Code / L. 232-9, I).

According to the principle of strict liability, the mere presence of a prohibited substance in a sample taken from an athlete and which gives rise to an adverse analytical report is sufficient to constitute a violation of an anti-doping rule, without it being necessary to prove the intention to improve sports performance. It is therefore the athlete's responsibility to ensure that no prohibited substance enters his or her body.

 

2. The use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method (2.2 of the World Cup Code / L. 232-9, II, 3°).

While it is the responsibility of each athlete to ensure that no prohibited substance enters his or her body and that no prohibited method is used, it is a fortiori not necessary to demonstrate intent, fault, negligence, or knowing use on the part of the athlete to establish an anti-doping rule violation. The use or attempted use of the prohibited substance or prohibited method is sufficient to constitute an anti-doping rule violation.

 

3. Failure to take a sample, refusal to take a sample or failure to submit to sample collection (2.3 of the World Code / L. 232-9-2):

The “lack” of control includes:

• evasion of control;
• refusal to submit to it;

4. Failure to comply with localization obligations (2.4 of the global code / L. 232-9-3)

Any combination of three missed checks and/or failures to comply with the obligation to provide information on the location, as defined in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations, for a period of twelve months, from an athlete who is part of a Registered Testing Pool.

5. Falsification or attempted falsification of any element of doping control (2.5 of the world code / L. 232-10, 4°).

Falsification includes, without limitation:

• wilfully disrupting or attempting to disrupt a doping control officer in his or her work;
• to provide fraudulent information to an anti-doping organization;
• to intimidate or attempt to intimidate a potential witness.

 

6. Possession of a prohibited substance or prohibited method (2.6 of the global code / L. 232-9, II, 1°).

Possession by an Athlete in-Competition of any Prohibited Substance or Use of a Prohibited Method, or possession out-of-competition by an Athlete of any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method out-of-competition, unless the Athlete establishes that such possession is consistent with a therapeutic use exemption (AUT) which has been granted, or provides other acceptable justification.

This principle also applies to any possession of a prohibited substance or use of a prohibited method by the athlete's support personnel or in connection with the athlete, in competition, out of competition or in training, unless the person in question can establish that this possession is in accordance with a TUE granted to an athlete.

 

7. Trafficking or attempted trafficking in a prohibited substance or method (2.7 global code / L. 232-10, 3°)

 

8. The administration or attempted administration to an athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method in competition or out of competition in the context of out-of-competition controls (2.8 of the world code / L. 232-10, 1°).

 

9. Complicity (2.9 of the global code / L. 232-23-3-9)

Assistance, inducement, contribution, conspiracy, cover-up or any other form of intentional complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, an attempted anti-doping rule violation or the rules in force in the event of the athlete's suspension.

 

10. Prohibited association (2.10 of the world code / L. 232-9-1)

It is now prohibited for any athlete to use, in the context of their sporting activity, the services or advice of a person who has been subject to a sanction for non-compliance with the provisions of the sports code relating to doping or the world anti-doping code, or a sanction imposed by a professional body, or a criminal sanction.

 

11. Threat, intimidation or retaliation to discourage reporting (2.11 of the global code / L. 232-10-4)

Where these facts do not constitute falsification, an athlete or other person is prohibited from:

• Threatening or attempting to intimidate another person, in good faith, with the intent to discourage them from reporting information relating to an alleged anti-doping rule violation or an alleged non-compliance with the WADA Code.
• Retaliate against such reports.

Retaliation, threats and intimidation include any action that is not undertaken in good faith or that constitutes a disproportionate response.