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Anti-Doping Organization: WADA or a Signatory that is responsible for adopting rules for initiating, implementing or enforcing any part of the Doping Control process.
This includes, for example, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, other Major Event Organizations that conduct Testing at their Events , International Federations, and National Anti -Doping Organizations .
Approved Third Party : One or more Anti-Doping Organizations and/or Delegated Third ISCCS – January 2021 Page 8 of 61 Parties selected or approved by WADA , following consultation with the non- compliant Signatory , to Supervise or Takeover some or all of that Signatory ’s Anti -Doping Activities .
As a last resort, if there is no other suitable body available, then WADA may carry out this function itself.
Athlete : Any Person who competes in sport at the international level (as defined by each International Federation) or the national level (as defined by each National Anti -Doping Organization).
An Anti-Doping Organization has discretion to apply anti -doping rules to an Athlet e who is neither an International -Level Athlete nor a National -Level Athlete, and thus to bring them within the definition of “ Athlete.” […] [Comment to Athlete: Individuals who participate in sport may fall in one of five categories: 1) International -Level Athlete, 2) National -Level Athlete, 3) individuals who are not International - or National -Level Athletes but over whom the International Federation or National Anti -Doping Organization has chosen to exercise authority, 4) Recreational Athlete, and 5) individuals over whom no International Federation or National Anti -Doping Organization has, or has chosen to, exercise authority.
All International - or National -Level Athletes are subject to the anti-doping rules of the Code, with the precise definitions of international and national level sport to be set forth in the anti -doping rules of the International Federations and National Anti -Doping Organizations.]
Athlete Biological Passport : The program and methods of gathering and collating data as described in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations and International Standard for Laboratories.
Athlete Support Personnel : Any coach, trainer, manager, agent, team staff, official, medical, paramedical personnel, parent or any other Person working with, treating or assisting an Athlete participating in or preparing for sports C ompetition .
Atypical Finding : A report from a WADA -accredited laboratory or other WADA -approved laboratory which requires further investigation as provided by the International Standard for Laboratories or related Technical Documents prior to the determination of an Adverse Analytical Finding.
CAS : The Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Code: The World Anti -Doping Code.
Consequences of Anti -Doping Rule Violations (“ Consequences”) : An Athlete’s or other Person’ s violation of an anti -doping rule may result in one or more of the following: (a) Disqualification means the Athlete’s results in a particular Competition or Event are invalidated, with all resulting Consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes; (b) Ineligibility means the Athlete or other Person is barred on account of an anti -doping rule violation for a specified period of time from participating in any Competition or other activity or funding as provided in Article 10.14.1; (c) Provisional Suspension means the Athlete or other Person is barred temporarily from participating in any Competition or activity prior to the final decision at a hearing conducted under Article 8; (d) Financial Consequences means a financial sanction imposed f or an anti -doping rule violation or to recover costs associated with an anti -doping rule violation; and (e) Public Disclosure means the ISCCS – January 2021 Page 9 of 61 dissemination or distribution of information to the general public or Persons beyond those Persons entitled to earlier notification in accordance with Article 14.
Teams in Team Sport s may also be subject to Consequences as provided in Article 11.
Critical : A requirement that is considered to be Critical to the fight against doping in sport.
See further Annex A of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories .
Delegated Third Party : Any Person to which an Anti -Doping Organization delegates any aspect of Doping Control or anti -doping Education programs including, but not limited to, third parties or other Anti-Doping Organizations that conduct Sample collection or other Doping Control services or anti -doping Educational programs for the Anti-Doping Organization, or individuals serving as independent contractors who perform Doping Control services for the Anti-Doping Organization (e.g., non- employee Doping Control officers or chaperones).
This definition does not include CAS .
Doping Control : All steps and processes from test distribution planning through to ultimate disposition of any appeal and the enforcement of Consequences , including all steps and processes in between, including but not limited to, Testing, investigations, whereabouts, TUEs , Sample collection and handling, laboratory analysis, Results Management , hearings and appeals, and investigations or proceedings relating to violations of Article 10.14 (Status During Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension).
Education: The process of learning t o instill values and develop behaviors that foster and protect the spirit of sport, and to prevent intentional and unintentional doping.
Event : A series of individual Competitions conducted together under one ruling body (e.g., the Olympic Games, World Championships of an International Federation, or Pan American Games).
Fine: Payment by the Signatory of an amount that reflects the seriousness of the non-compliance/ Aggravating Factors , its duration, and the need to deter similar conduct in the future.
In a case that does not involve non -compliance with any Critical requirements , the Fine shall not exceed the lower of (a) 10% of the Signatory’s total annual budgeted expenditure; and (b) US$100,000 .
The Fine will be applied by WADA to finance further Code compliance monitoring activities and/or anti -doping Education and/or anti -doping research.
General : A requirement that is considered to be important to the fight against doping in sport but does not fall into the categories of Critical or High Priority .
See further Annex A of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories .
High Priority: A requirement that is considered to be High Priority but not Critical in the fight against doping in sport.
See further Annex A of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories .
Independent Observer Program : A team of observers and/or auditors, under the supervision of WADA , who observe and provide guidance on the Doping Control process prior to or during certain Events and report on their observations as part of WADA’s compliance monitoring program.
ISCCS – January 2021 Page 10 of 61 Internat ional Event : An Event or Competition where the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, an International Federation, a Major Event Organization, or another international sport organization is the ruling body for the Event or appoints the technical officials for the Event .
International Standard : A standard adopted by WADA in support of the Code.
Compliance with an International Standard (as opposed to another alternative standard, practice or procedure) shall be sufficient to conclude that the procedures addressed by the International Standard were performed properly.
International Standards shall include any Technical Documents issued pursuant to the International Standard .
Major Event Organizations: The continental associations of National Olympic Committees and other international multi -sport organizations that function as the ruling body for any continental, regional or other International Event .
National Anti -Doping Organization: The entity(ies) designated by each country as possessing the primary authority and responsibility to adopt and implement anti -doping rules, direct the collection of Sample s, manage test results and conduct Results Management at the national level .
If this designation has not been made by the competent public authority(ies), the entity shall be the country’s National Olympic Committee or its designee.
National Olympic Committee: The organization recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
The term Nat ional Olympic Committee shall also include the National Sport Confederation in those countries where the National Sport Confederation assumes typical National Olympic Committee responsibilities in the anti -doping area.
Non-Conformity : Where a Signatory is not complying with the Code and/or one or more International Standards and/or any requirements imposed by the WADA Executive Committee, but the opportunities provided in the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories to correct the Non -Conformity /Non-Conformities have not yet expired and so WADA has not yet formally alleged that the Signatory is non -compliant.
Person: A natural Person or an organization or other entity.
Publicly Disclose: See Consequences of Anti -Doping Rule Violations above.
Registered Testing Pool : The pool of highest -priority Athletes established separately at the international level by International Federations and at the national level by National Anti -Doping Organizations , who are subject to focused In -Competition and Out-of-Competition Testing as part of that International Federation’s or National Anti -Doping Organization’s test distribution plan and therefore are required to provide whereabouts information as provided in Article 5.5 and the International Standard for Testing and Investigations .
Reinstatement : When a Signatory that was previously declared non- compliant with the Code and/or the International Standards is determined to have corrected that non- compliance and to have met all of the other conditions imposed in accordance with Article 11 of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories for Reinstatement of its name to the list of Code- compli ant Signatories (and Reinstated shall be interpreted accordingly).
ISCCS – January 2021 Page 11 of 61 Representatives: Officials, directors, officers, elected members, employees, and committee members of the Signatory or other body in question, and also (in the case of a National Anti -Doping Organization or a National Olympic Committee acting as a National Anti -Doping Organization) Representatives of the government of the country of that National Anti -Doping Organization or National Olympic Committee .
Results Management : The process encompassing the timeframe between notification as per Article 5 of the International Standard for Results Management , or in certain cases ( e.g., Atypical Finding, Athlete Biological Passport , Whereabouts Failure), such pre- notification steps expressly provided for in Article 5 of the International Standard for Results Management , through the charge until the final resolution of the matter, including the end of the hearing process at first inst ance or on appeal (if an appeal was lodged).
Sample or Specimen : Any biological material collected for the purposes of Doping Control .
[Comment to Sample or Specimen: It has sometimes been claimed that the collection of blood Samples violates the tenets of certain religious or cultural groups.
It has been determined that there is no basis for any such claim.]
Signatories: Those entities accepting the Code and agreeing to implement the Code , as provided in Article 23.
Special Monitoring: Where, as part of the consequences imposed on a non- compliant Signatory , WADA applies a system of specific and ongoing monitoring to some or all of the Signatory’s Anti-Doping Activities , to ensure that the Signatory is carrying out those activities in a compliant manner.
Supervision : Where, as part of the consequences imposed on a non -compliant Signatory , an Approved Third Party oversees and supervises the Signatory’s Anti-Doping Activities , as directed by WADA , at the Signatory ’s expense (and Supervise shall be interpreted accordingly).
Where a Signatory has been declared non- compliant and has not yet finalized a Supervision agreement with the Approved Third Party , that Signatory shall not implement independently any Anti -Doping Activity in the area(s) that the Approved Third Party is to oversee and supervise without the express prior written agreement of WADA .
Takeover : Where, as part of the consequences imposed on a non -compli ant Signatory , an Approved Third Party takes over all or some of the Signatory's Anti-Doping Activities , as directed by WADA , at the Signatory ’s expense.
Where a Signatory has been declared non -compliant and has not yet finalized a Takeover agreement with the Approved Third Party , that Signatory shall not implement independently any Anti-Doping Activity in the area(s) that the Approved Third Party is to take over without the express prior written agreement of WADA .
Target Testing : Selection of specific Athletes for Testing based on criteria set forth in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations.
Technical Document : A document adopted and published by WADA from time to time containing mandatory technical requirements on specific anti -doping topics as set forth in an International Standard.
ISCCS – January 2021 Page 12 of 61 Testing : The parts of the Doping Control process involving test distribution planning, Sample collection, Sample handling, and Sample transport to the laboratory.
Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE): A Therapeutic Use Exemption allows an Athlete with a medical condition to use a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, but only if the conditions set out in Article 4.4 and the International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions are met.
UNESCO Convention: The International Convention against Doping in Sport adopted by the 33rd session of the UNESCO General Conference on 19 October 2005, including any and all amendments adopted by the States Parties to the Convention and the Conference of Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport.
WADA: The World Anti -Doping Agency.
3.2 Defined terms from the International Standard for Education Education Plan : A document that includes: a situation assessment; identification of an Education Pool; objectives; Education activities and monitoring procedures as required by Article 4.
Education Pool : A list of target groups identified through a system assessment process.
3.3 Defined terms from the International Standard for Laboratories Athlete Passport Management Unit (APMU) : A unit composed of a Person or Persons that is responsible for the timely management of Athlete Biological Passports in ADAMS on behalf of the Passport Custodian .
3.4 Defined terms from the International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information Personal Information : Information, including without limitation Sensitive Personal Information , relating to an identified or identifiable Participant or other Person whose information is Processed solely in the context of an Anti -Doping Organization’s Anti-Doping Activities .
[Comment to Personal Information : It is understood that Personal Informat ion includes, but is not limited to, information relating to an Athlete’s name, date of birth, contact details and sporting affiliations, whereabouts, designated TUEs (if any), anti -doping test results, and Results Management (including disciplinary hearings, appeals and sanctions).
Personal Information also includes personal details and contact information relating to other Persons, such as medical professionals and other Persons working with, treating or assisting an Athlete in the context of Anti -Doping Activities.
Such information remains Personal Information and is regulated by this International Standard for the entire duration of its Processing , irrespective of whether the relevant individual remains involved in organized sport.]
ISCCS – January 2021 Page 13 of 61 3.5 Defined terms from the International Standard for Testing and Investigations Chain of Custody : The sequence of individuals or organizations who have responsibility for the custody of a Sample from the provision of the Sample until the Sample has been delivered to the laboratory for analysis.
No Advance Notice Testing : Sample collection that takes place with no advance warning to the Athlete and where the Athlete is continuously chaperoned from the moment of notification through Sample provisi on.
Risk Assessment : The assessment of risk of doping in a sport or sports discipline conducted by an Anti -Doping Organization in accordance with Article 4.2.
Sample Collection Authority : The organization that is responsible for the collection of Samples in compliance with the requirements of the International Standard for Testing and Investigations , whether (1) the Testing Authority itself; or (2) a Delegated Third Party to whom the authority to conduct Testing has been granted or sub- contracted.
The Testing Authority always remains ultimately responsible under the Code for compliance with the requirements of the International Standard for Testing and Investigations relating to collection of Samples .
Sample Collection Equipment : A and B bottles, kits or containers, collection vessels, tubes or other apparatus used to collect, hold or store the Sample at any time during and after the Sample Collection Session that shall meet the requirements of Article 6.3.4.
Sample Collection Per sonnel : A collective term for qualified officials authorized by the Sample Collection Authority to carry out or assist with duties during the Sample Collection Session .
Sample Collection Session : All of the sequential activities that directly involve the Athlete from the point that initial contact is made until the Athlete leaves the Doping Control Station after having provided their Sample(s) .
Test Distribution Plan : A document written by an Anti -Doping Organization that plans Testing on Athletes over whom it has Testing Authority , in accordance with the requirements of Article 4.
3.6 Defined terms from the International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee (or “TUEC”) : The panel established by an Anti -Doping Organization to consider applications for TUEs .
3.7 Defined terms specific to the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories Anti-Doping Program : The legislation, rules, regulations, processes and procedures, and other activities (including Anti-Doping Activities ) that a Signatory is required to implement in order to achieve Code Compliance .
ISCCS – January 2021 Page 14 of 61 Code Compliance : Compliance with all of the requirements in the Code and/or the International Standards that apply to the Signatory in question, as well as with any special requirements imposed by the WADA Executive Committee.
Code Compliance Questionnaire : A self -assessment survey issued by WADA in the form of a questionnaire through which a Signatory reports to WADA on its Code Compliance .
Compliance Audit : A formal assessment conducted by WADA of all or part of a Signatory ’s Anti-Doping Program , in accordance with Article 7 .7.
Compliance Review Committee or CRC : As dribed in Article 5 .2.1.
Corrective Action Plan : A plan drafted by a Signatory , setting out how the Signatory will implement the corrective actions identified by WADA in a Corrective Action Report within the timeframes set in that report .
Corrective Action Report : A report produced by WADA that identifies Non-Conformities by a Signatory and the corrective actions that the Signatory must take to correct them within set timeframes.
Event of Force Majeure: An event affecting a Signatory ’s ability to achieve full Code Compliance that arises from or is attributable to acts, events, omissions or accidents that are beyond the reasonable control of the Signatory .
Such events may include any natural physical disaster, war, military operations, riot, crowd disorder, strike, lock -outs or other industrial action, terrorist action, or civil commoti on.
In accordance with Article 8.4.3, however, such events shall not in any circumstances include lack of resources on the part of the Signatory , changes in elected officials or personnel, or any interference by and /or failure to provide support or other act or omission by any governmental or other public authorities .
Mandatory Information Request : A request that WADA may send to a Signatory , requiring the Signatory to provide specified information by a specified date to enable WADA to assess the Signatory ’s Code Compliance .
Signatory Consequences : One or more of the consequences set out in Code Article 24.1 .12 that may be imposed on a Signatory as a result of its failure to maintain Code Compliance , such consequences to be based on the particular facts and circumstances of the case at hand, and applying the principles set out in Article 10.
WADA Auditor : A suitably experienced WADA staff member or external anti -doping specialist who has been trained by WADA to conduct the assessment of a Signatory’s Code Compliance .
The WADA Auditor should be free of any conflict of interest in respect of each Compliance Audit that he/she undertakes.
WADA Privileges : The benefits listed at Code Article 24.1.12.1.
3.8 Interpretation 3.8.1 The official text of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories shall be maintained by WADA and shall be published in English and French.
In the event ISCCS – January 2021 Page 15 of 61 of any conflict between the English and French versions, the English version shall prevail.
3.8.2 Like the Code , the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories has been drafted giving consideration to the principles of proportionality, human rights, and other applicable legal principles.
It shall be interpreted and applied in that light.
3.8.3 The comments annotating various provisions of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories shall be used to guide its interpretation.
3.8.4 Unless otherwise specified, references to Articles or Annexes are references to Articles or Annexes of the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories .
3.8.5 Where the term “days” is used in the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories , it shall mean calendar days unless otherwise specified.
3.8.6 The Annexes to the International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories have the same mandatory status as the rest of the International Standard .