French Sports Code
In forceThe decisions of the Sanction Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency finding an anti-doping rule violation and the agreements concluded in accordance with article L. 232-22 shall be made public after being notified to the persons who have been the subject of them. To this end, the Sanction Commission, or the College in the case of an agreement concluded in accordance with Article L. 232-22, shall order the publication, on the Agency's website, of the outcome of the anti-doping procedure, including the sport, the anti-doping rule violation, the name of the person concerned, the prohibited substance or method involved and the consequences imposed.
Decisions on appeals against decisions of the Sanction Commission and agreements reached in accordance with Article L. 232-22 shall be published under the same conditions.
Where circumstances so warrant and by a specially reasoned decision, the Sanction Commission or the Board may supplement the publication provided for in the first paragraph by publishing all or part of the decision or agreement, or a summary informing the public of the reasons therefor, in the publications, newspapers or any other medium they designate, where applicable at the expense of the party concerned.
The publication provided for in this article is carried out:
1° By name, unless the person who is the subject of the sanction is a minor, a protected person or a recreational athlete. In such cases, the decision or agreement may also provide for publication to be omitted;
2° With the consent of the person concerned where it is established that he or she has not committed an anti-doping rule violation.
The duration of the publications provided for in this article may not exceed the duration of the suspension imposed or accepted, nor be less than one month.
