Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

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Article L232-23-3-3

French Sports CodeIn force
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Updated 8 Nov 2023

I.- Except in cases where the period of Ineligibility is not applied or is reduced under the conditions provided for in article L. 232-23-3-10 and without prejudice to the granting of a suspended suspension pursuant to article L. 232-23-3-2, the duration of the suspension measures mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of article L. 232-9 or 2° of article L. 232-10:

1° Is four years when the breach involves a non-specified substance or method. This period is reduced to two years where the athlete establishes that he or she did not intend to commit the breach;

2° Is two years when the breach involves a specified substance or method. This period is extended to four years when it is demonstrated by the French Anti-Doping Agency that the athlete intended to commit this breach.

For the purposes of this article, intentional conduct is defined in article 10.2.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code in the version that came into force on 1 January 2021.

II - When the breach of article L. 232-9 or 2° of article L. 232-10 involves a substance of abuse:

1° If the athlete can establish that the ingestion or use of the substance occurred out of competition and in a context unrelated to sporting performance, the duration of the suspension measures mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 is three months. This period may be reduced to one month if the athlete is undergoing treatment for substance abuse approved by the French Anti-Doping Agency;

2° If the ingestion, use or possession of the substance occurred in-competition, in a context that the athlete can establish is unrelated to sports performance, the breach is not considered intentional and the aggravating circumstances mentioned in V of article L. 232-23-3-10 cannot be applied.

When 1° of II of this article is applied, the period of suspension is not subject to any of the reductions provided for in article L. 232-23-3-10.

III - The Specified Substances and Methods, Non-Specified Substances and Methods and Substances of Abuse referred to in this article are those that appear on the Prohibited List referred to in article L. 232-9.

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