Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping

LEĠISLAZZJONI SUSSIDJARJA 455.13

REGOLAMENTI DWAR L-ANTI-DOPING

16 ta’ Marzu, 2021

L-AVVIŻ LEGALI 104 tal-2021.

The title of these regulations is the Anti-Doping

Regulations.

REGULATION 1

APPLICABILITY

AND

ENFORCABILITY

1. (1)

These Anti-Doping Regulations shall apply to

(a)

NADOMALTA, including its board members,

directors, officers and specified employees, and Delegated

Third Parties and their employees, who are involved in any

aspect of Doping Control;

(b)

National Sports Organisations of Malta,

including their board members, directors, officers and

specified employees, and Delegated Third Parties and their

employees, who are involved in any aspect of Doping Control;

(c)

the following Athletes, Athlete Support

Personnel and other Persons (including Protected Persons), in

each case, whether or not such Person is a national or resident

of Malta

(i)

all Athletes and Athlete Support

Personnel who are members or license-holders of any

National Sports Organisation in Malta, or of any

member or affiliate Organisation of any National Sports

Organisation in Malta (including any clubs, teams,

associations, or leagues);

(ii) all Athletes and Athlete Support

Personnel who participate in such capacity in Events,

Competitions, and other activities organized, convened,

authorized or recognized by any National Sports

Organisation in Malta, or by any member or affiliate

Organisation of any National Sports Organisation in

Malta (including any clubs, teams, associations or

leagues), wherever held;

(iii) any other Athlete or Athlete Support

Person or other Person who, by virtue of an

accreditation, a license or other contractual arrangement,

or otherwise, is subject to the authority of any National

Sports Organisation in Malta, or of any member or

affiliate Organisation of any National Sports

Organisation in Malta (including any clubs, teams,

associations or leagues), for purposes of anti-doping;

(iv) all Athletes and Athlete Support

Personnel who participate in any capacity in any activity

organized, held, convened or authorized by the organizer

of a National Event or of a national league that is not

affiliated with a National Sports Organisation;

(v)

Recreational Athletes; and

(d)

all other Persons over whom the Code gives

NADOMALTA authority, including all Athletes who are

nationals or residents of Malta, and all Athletes who are

present in Malta, whether to compete or to train or otherwise

Provided that each of the above-mentioned Persons is

deemed, as a condition of his or her participation or involvement in

sport in Malta, to have agreed to and be bound by these Anti-doping

Regulations and to have submitted to the authority of NADOMALTA

to enforce these Anti-doping Regulations, including any

Consequences for the breach thereof, and to the jurisdiction of the

hearing panels specified in Regulations 8 and 13 to hear and

determine cases and appeals brought under these Anti-doping

Regulations.

(2) Within the overall pool of Athletes set out above who

are bound by and required to comply with these Anti-doping

Regulations, the following Athletes shall be considered to be

National-Level Athletes for the purposes of these Anti-doping

Regulations, and, therefore, the specific provisions in these Anti-

doping Regulations applicable to National-Level Athletes shall apply

to such Athletes

(a)

Athletes who are members or license holders of

any National Sports Organisation in Malta or any other

Organisation affiliated with a National Sports Organisation

including associations, clubs, teams or leagues;

(b)

Athletes who participate or compete at any

Competition, Event, or activity, which is organized,

recognized, or hosted by a National Sports Organisation, by

any affiliated association, Organisation, club, team, or league

or by the Government in Malta;

(c)

any other athlete who by virtue of an

accreditation, a license or any other contractual arrangement,

falls within the competence of a National Sports Organisation

in Malta or any affiliated association, Organisation, club,

team, or league in Malta for the purposes of fighting doping in

sport in Malta;

(d)

Athletes who participate in any activity

organized, recognized, or hosted by a National Event organizer

or any other national league and which is not otherwise

affiliated with a National Sports Organisation

Provided that, if any such Athletes are classified by their

respective International Federations as International-level athletes

then they shall be considered to be International-Level Athletes (and

not National-Level Athletes) for purposes of these Anti-doping

Regulations.

REGULATION 2

ANTI-DOPING

RULE

VIOLATIONS

The purpose of Regulation 2 is to specify the

circumstances and conduct which constitute anti-doping rule

violations. Hearings in doping cases will proceed based on the

assertion that one or more of the specific rules in this regulation have

been violated. Athletes or other Persons shall be responsible for

knowing what constitutes an anti-doping rule violation and the

substances and methods which have been included on the Prohibited

The following constitute anti-doping rule violations

(1) Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites

or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample

(a)

It is the Athletes’ personal duty to ensure that no

Prohibited Substance enters their bodies. Athletes are

responsible for any Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or

Markers found to be present in their Samples. Accordingly, it

is not necessary that intent, Fault, Negligence or knowing Use

on the Athlete’s part be demonstrated in order to establish an

anti-doping rule violation under Regulation 2(1).

(b)

Sufficient proof of an anti-doping rule violation

under Regulation 2(1) is established by any of the following

presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or

Markers in the Athlete’s A Sample where the Athlete waives

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analysis of the B Sample and the B Sample is not analysed; or,

where the Athlete’s B Sample is analysed and the analysis of

the Athlete’s B Sample confirms the presence of the Prohibited

Substance or its Metabolites or Markers found in the Athlete’s

A Sample; or, where the Athlete’s A or B Sample is split into

two (2) parts and the analysis of the confirmation part of the

split Sample confirms the presence of the Prohibited

Substance or its Metabolites or markers found in the first part

of the split Sample or the Athlete waives analysis of the

confirmation part of the split Sample.

(c)

Excepting those substances for which a Decision

Limit is specifically identified in the Prohibited List or a

Technical Document, the presence of any reported quantity of

a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an

Athlete’s Sample shall constitute an anti-doping rule violation.

(d)

As an exception to the general rule of Regulation

2(1), the Prohibited List, International Standards, or Technical

Documents may establish special criteria for reporting or the

evaluation of certain Prohibited Substances.

(2) Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited

Substance or a Prohibited Method

(a)

It is the Athletes’ personal duty to ensure that no

Prohibited Substance enters their bodies and that no

Prohibited Method is used. Accordingly, it is not necessary

that intent, Fault, Negligence or knowing Use on the Athlete’s

part be demonstrated in order to establish an anti-doping rule

violation for Use of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited

Method.

(b)

The success or failure of the Use or Attempted

Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method is not

material. It is sufficient that the Prohibited Substance or

Prohibited Method was Used or Attempted to be used for an

anti-doping rule violation to be committed.

(3) Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample

collection by an athlete

Evading Sample collection; or refusing or failing to submit to

Sample collection without compelling justification after notification

by a duly authorized Person.

(4)

Whereabouts failures by an athlete

Any combination of three (3) missed tests and, or filing

failures, as defined in the International Standard for Results

Management, within a twelve (12) month period by an Athlete in a

Registered Testing Pool.

(5) Tampering or attempted tampering with any Part of

Doping Control by an Athlete or Other Person

(6) Possession of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited

Method by an Athlete or Athlete Support Person

(a)

Possession by an Athlete In-competition of any

Prohibited Substance or any Prohibited Method, or Possession

by an Athlete Out-of-Competition of any Prohibited Substance

or any Prohibited Method which is prohibited Out-of-

Competition unless the Athlete establishes that the Possession

is consistent with a Therapeutic Use Exemption ("TUE")

granted in accordance with Regulation 4(4) or other acceptable

justification.

(b)

Possession by an Athlete Support Person In-

Competition of any prohibited substance or any Prohibited

Method, or Possession by an Athlete Support Person Out-of-

Competition of any Prohibited Substance or any Prohibited

Method which is prohibited Out-of-Competition in connection

with an Athlete, Competition or training, unless the Athlete

Support Person establishes that the possession is consistent

with a TUE granted to an Athlete in accordance with

Regulation 4(4) or other acceptable justification.

(7) Trafficking or Attempted trafficking in any Prohibited

Substance or Prohibited Method by an Athlete or Other Person

(8) Administration or Attempted Administration by an

Athlete or Other Person to any Athlete In-Competition of any

Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, or Administration or

Attempted Administration to any Athlete Out-of-Competition of

any Prohibited Substance or any Prohibited Method that is

Prohibited Out-of-Competition

(9) Complicity or Attempted Complicity by an Athlete or

Other Person

Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering

up or any other type of intentional complicity or Attempted

complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted anti-

doping rule violation or violation of Regulation 10(14)(a) by another

Person.

(10) Prohibited association by an Athlete or Other Person

(a)

Association by an Athlete or other Person

subject to the authority of an Anti-Doping Organisation in a

professional or sport-related capacity with any Athlete Support

Person who

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(i)

If subject to the authority of an Anti-

Doping Organisation, is serving a period of Ineligibility;

or

(ii) if not subject to the authority of an Anti-

Doping Organisation, and where Ineligibility has not

been addressed in a Results Management Process

pursuant to the Code, has been convicted or found in a

criminal, disciplinary or professional proceeding to have

engaged in conduct which would have constituted a

violation of anti-doping rules if Code-compliant rules

had been applicable to such Person. The disqualifying

status of such Person shall be in force for the longer of

six (6) years from the criminal, professional or

disciplinary decision or the duration of the criminal,

disciplinary or professional sanction imposed; or

(iii) is serving as a front or intermediary for

an individual described in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii).

(b)

To establish a violation of sub-regulation (10),

an Anti-doping organisation must establish that the Athlete or

other Person knew of the Athlete Support Person’s

disqualifying status.

The burden shall be on the Athlete or other Person to

establish that any association with an Athlete Support Person

described in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) is not in a professional or

sport-related capacity and, or that such association could not

have been reasonably avoided.

Anti-Doping Organisations that are aware of Athlete

Support Personnel who meet the criteria described in

paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) shall submit that information to

WADA.

(11) Acts by an Athlete or Other Person to Discourage or

Retaliate Against Reporting to Authorities

Where such conduct does not otherwise constitute a violation

of sub-regulation (5)

(a)

any act which threatens or seeks to intimidate

another Person with the intent of discouraging the Person

from the good-faith reporting of information that relates to an

alleged anti-doping rule violation or alleged non-compliance

with the Code to WADA, an Anti-Doping Organisation, law

enforcement, regulatory or professional disciplinary body,

hearing body or Person conducting an investigation for WADA

or an Anti-Doping Organisation;

(b)

retaliation against a Person who, in good faith,

has provided evidence or information that relates to an alleged

anti-doping rule violation or alleged non-compliance with the

Code to WADA, an Anti-Doping Organisation, law

enforcement, regulatory or professional disciplinary body,

hearing body or Person conducting an investigation for WADA

or an Anti-Doping Organisation.

For purposes of this sub-regulation, retaliation, threatening and

intimidation include an act taken against such Person either because

the act lacks a good faith basis or is a disproportionate response.

REGULATION 3

PROOF OF DOPING

3. (1)

Burdens and Standards of Proof

The ADC shall have the burden of establishing that an

anti-doping rule violation has occurred. The standard of proof shall

be whether the ADC has established an anti-doping rule violation to

the comfortable satisfaction of the hearing panel, bearing in mind the

seriousness of the allegation which is made. This standard of proof in

all cases is greater than a mere balance of probability but less than

proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Where these Anti-Doping

Regulations place the burden of proof upon the Athlete or other

Person alleged to have committed an anti-doping rule violation to

rebut a presumption or establish specified facts or circumstances,

except as provided in sub-regulation (2)(b) and (c), the standard of

proof shall be by a balance of probability.

(2)

Methods of Establishing Facts and Presumptions

Facts related to anti-doping rule violations may be established

by any reliable means, including admissions. The following rules of

proof shall be applicable in doping cases

(a)

analytical methods or Decision Limits approved

by WADA after consultation within the relevant scientific

community or which have been the subject of peer review are

presumed to be scientifically valid. Any Athlete or other

Person seeking to challenge whether the conditions for such

presumption have been met or to rebut this presumption of

scientific validity shall, as a condition precedent to any such

challenge, first notify WADA of the challenge and the basis of

the challenge. The initial hearing body, appellate body or CAS,

on its own initiative, may also inform WADA of any such

challenge. Within ten (10) days of WADA’s receipt of such

notice and the case file related to such challenge, WADA shall

also have the right to intervene as a party, appear as amicus

curiae or otherwise provide evidence in such proceeding. In

cases before CAS, at WADA’s request, the CAS panel shall

appoint an appropriate scientific expert to assist the panel in its

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evaluation of the challenge;

(b)

WADA-accredited laboratories, and other

laboratories approved by WADA, are presumed to have

conducted Sample analysis and custodial procedures in

accordance with the International Standard for Laboratories.

The Athlete or other Person may rebut this presumption by

establishing that a departure from the International Standard

for Laboratories occurred which could reasonably have caused

the Adverse Analytical Finding.

If the Athlete or other Person rebuts the

preceding presumption by showing that a departure from the

International Standard for Laboratories occurred which could

reasonably have caused the Adverse Analytical Finding, then

the ADC shall have the burden to establish that such departure

did not cause the Adverse Analytical Finding;

(c)

departures from any other International

Standard or other anti-doping rule or policy set forth in the

Code or these Anti-Doping Regulations shall not invalidate

analytical results or other evidence of an anti-doping rule

violation, and shall not constitute a defence to an anti-doping

rule violation

Provided that if the Athlete or other Person

establishes that a departure from one of the specific

International Standard provisions listed below could

reasonably have caused an anti-doping rule violation based on

an Adverse Analytical Finding or whereabouts failure, then the

ADC shall have the burden to establish that such departure did

not cause the Adverse Analytical Finding or the whereabouts

failure

(i)

a departure from the International

Standard for Testing and Investigations related to

Sample collection or Sample handling which could

reasonably have caused an anti-doping rule violation

based on an Adverse Analytical Finding, in which case

the ADC shall have the burden to establish that such

departure did not cause the Adverse Analytical Finding;

(ii) a departure from the International

Standard for Results Management or International

Standard for Testing and Investigations related to an

Adverse Passport Finding which could reasonably have

caused an anti-doping rule violation, in which case the

ADC shall have the burden to establish that such

departure did not cause the anti-doping rule violation;

(iii)

a departure from the International

Standard for Results Management related to the

requirement to provide notice to the Athlete of the B

Sample opening which could reasonably have caused an

anti-doping rule violation based on an Adverse

Analytical Finding, in which case the ADC shall have

the burden to establish that such departure did not cause

the Adverse Analytical Finding;

(iv)

a departure from the International Standard for

Results Management related to Athlete notification which

could reasonably have caused an anti-doping rule violation

based on a whereabouts failure, in which case the ADC shall

have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause

the whereabouts failure.

(d)

the facts established by a decision of a court or

professional disciplinary tribunal of competent jurisdiction

which is not the subject of a pending appeal shall be

irrebuttable evidence against the Athlete or other Person to

whom the decision pertained of those facts unless the Athlete

or other Person establishes that the decision violated

principles of natural justice;

(e)

the hearing panel in a hearing on an anti-doping

rule violation may draw an inference adverse to the Athlete or

other Person who is asserted to have committed an anti-doping

rule violation based on the Athlete’s or other Person’s refusal,

after a request made in a reasonable time in advance of the

hearing, to appear at the hearing (either in person or

telephonically as directed by the hearing panel) and to answer

questions from the hearing panel or the NADDP.

REGULATION 4

THE PROHIBITED LIST

4. (1)

Incorporation of the Prohibited List

These Anti-Doping Regulations incorporate the

Prohibited List which is published and revised by WADA.

NADOMALTA will publish the Prohibited List, as amended and

published by WADA in accordance with Article 4.1 of the Code, in

the Gazette and further make the current Prohibited List available to

each national sports organisation, and each national sports

organisation shall ensure that the current Prohibited List is available

to its registered members.

Unless provided otherwise in the Prohibited List or a

revision, the Prohibited List and revisions shall come into force under

these Anti-Doping Regulations three (3) months after publication by

WADA without requiring any further action by NADOMALTA. All

Athletes and other Persons shall be bound by the Prohibited List, and

any revisions thereto, from the date they come into force, without

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further formality. It is the responsibility of all Athletes and other

Persons to familiarize themselves with the most up-to-date version of

the Prohibited List and all revisions thereto.

(2) Prohibited Substances

and

Prohibited

Methods

Identified on the Prohibited List

(a)

Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods

The Prohibited List shall identify those

Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods which are

prohibited as doping at all times (both In-Competition and

Out-of-Competition) because of their potential to enhance

performance in future Competitions or their masking potential,

and those substances and methods which are prohibited In-

Competition only. The Prohibited List may be expanded by

WADA for a particular sport. Prohibited Substances and

Prohibited Methods may be included in the Prohibited List by

general category or by specific reference to a particular

substance or method.

(b)

Specified Substances or Specified Methods

For purposes of the application of Regulation 10,

all Prohibited Substances shall be Specified Substances except

as identified on the Prohibited List. No Prohibited Method

shall be a Specified Method unless it is specifically identified

as a Specified Method on the Prohibited List.

(c)

Substances of Abuse

For purposes of applying Regulation 10,

Substances of Abuse shall include those Prohibited Substances

which are specifically identified as Substances of Abuse on the

Prohibited List because they are frequently abused in society

outside of the context of sport.

(3)

WADA’s Determination of the Prohibited List

WADA’s determination of the Prohibited Substances and

Prohibited Methods that will be included on the Prohibited List, the

classification of substances into categories on the Prohibited List, the

classification of a substance as prohibited at all times or In-

Competition only, the classification of a substance or method as a

Specified Substance, Specified Method or Substance of Abuse is final

and shall not be subject to any challenge by an Athlete or other

Person including, but not limited to, any challenge based on an

argument that the substance or method was not a masking agent or

did not have the potential to enhance performance, represent a health

risk or violate the spirit of sport.

(4)

Therapeutic Use Exemptions ("TUEs")

(a)

The presence of a Prohibited Substance or its

Metabolites or Markers, and, or the Use or Attempted Use,

Possession or Administration or Attempted Administration of a

Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method shall not be

considered an anti-doping rule violation if it is consistent with

the provisions of a TUE granted in accordance with the

International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions.

(b)

TUE application process

(i)

Any Athlete who is not an International-

Level Athlete shall apply to NADOMALTA for a TUE as

soon as possible, save where sub-regulations (1) or (3)

of the International Standard for Therapeutic Use

Exemptions apply. The application shall be made in

accordance with Regulation 6 of the International

Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions as posted on

NADOMALTA’s website.

(ii) The Minister responsible for Sport shall

establish a panel (Therapeutic Use Exemption

Committee ("TUEC")) to consider applications for the

grant of TUEs in accordance with indents (A) to (D)

hereunder

(A) The TUEC shall consist of a

Chairperson and six (6) other members with

experience in the care and treatment of Athletes

and sound knowledge of clinical, sports and

exercise medicine. Each appointed member

shall serve a term of three (3) years.

(B) Before serving as a member of the

TUEC, each member must sign a conflict of

interest and confidentiality declaration. The

appointed members shall not be employees of

NADOMALTA.

(C) When

an

application

to

NADOMALTA for the grant of a TUE is made,

the Chairperson of the TUEC shall appoint

three (3) members (which may include the

Chairperson) to consider the application.

(D) Before considering a TUE

application, each member shall disclose to the

Chairperson any circumstances likely to affect

their impartiality with respect to the Athlete

making the application. If a member appointed

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by the Chairperson to consider an application

is unwilling or unable to assess the Athlete’s

TUE application, for any reason, the

Chairperson may appoint a replacement or

appoint a new TUEC. The Chairperson cannot

serve as a member of the TUEC if there are any

circumstances which are likely to affect the

impartiality of the TUE decision.

(iii) The TUEC shall promptly evaluate and

decide upon the application in accordance with the

relevant provisions of the International Standard for

Therapeutic Use Exemptions and usually, unless

exceptional circumstances apply, within no more than

twenty-one (21) days of receipt of a complete

application. Where the application is made in a

reasonable time prior to an Event, the TUEC must use its

best endeavours to issue its decision before the start of

the Event.

(iv) The TUEC decision shall be the final

decision of NADOMALTA and may be appealed in

accordance with paragraph (f). The decision shall be

notified in writing to the Athlete, and to WADA and other

Anti-Doping Organisations in accordance with the

International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions.

It shall also promptly be reported into ADAMS.

(c)

Retroactive TUE Applications

If the ADC chooses to test an Athlete who is not

an International-Level or a National-Level Athlete,

NADOMALTA shall permit that Athlete to apply for a

retroactive TUE for any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited

Method that he or she is Using for therapeutic reasons.

(d)

TUE Recognition

A TUE granted by the TUEC is valid at any

national level in any country and does not need to be formally

recognized by any other National Anti-Doping Organisation.

However, it is not automatically valid if the

Athlete becomes an International-Level Athlete or competes in

an International Event, unless it is recognized by the relevant

International Federation or Major Event Organisation in

accordance with the International Standard for Therapeutic

Use Exemptions as follows

(i)

Where the Athlete already has a TUE

granted by the TUEC for the substance or method in

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question, unless their TUE will be automatically

recognized by the International Federation or Major

Event Organisation, the Athlete shall apply to their

International Federation or to the Major Event

Organisation to recognize that TUE. If that TUE meets

the criteria set out in the International Standard for

Therapeutic Use Exemptions, then the International

Federation or Major Event Organisation must recognize

it.

If the International Federation or Major

Event Organisation considers that the TUE granted by

the TUEC does not meet those criteria and so refuses to

recognize it, the International Federation shall promptly

notify the Athlete and NADOMALTA with reasons. The

Athlete and, or NADOMALTA shall have twenty-one

(21) days from such notification to refer the matter to

WADA for review in accordance with paragraph (f).

If the matter is referred to WADA for

review in accordance with paragraph (f), the TUE

granted by the TUEC remains valid for national-level

Competition and Out-of-Competition Testing (but is not

valid for international-level Competition) pending

WADA’s decision.

If the matter is not referred to WADA for

review within the twenty-one (21) day deadline,

NADOMALTA must determine whether the original TUE

that it granted should nevertheless remain valid for

national-level Competition and Out-of-Competition

Testing (provided that the Athlete ceases to be an

International-Level Athlete and does not participate in

international-level

Pending

Competition).

NADOMALTA’s decision, the TUE remains valid for

national-level Competition and Out-of-Competition

Testing (but is not valid for international-level

Competition).

(ii) If the Athlete does not already have a

TUE granted by the TUEC for the substance or method

in question, the Athlete must apply directly to the

International Federation for a TUE in accordance with

the process set out in the International Standard for

Therapeutic Use Exemptions as soon as the need arises.

If the International Federation denies

the Athlete’s application, it shall notify the athlete

promptly, with reasons.

If the International Federation grants

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the Athlete’s application, it shall notify the Athlete and

NADOMALTA. If NADOMALTA considers that the TUE

granted by the International Federation does not meet

the criteria set out in the International Standard for

Therapeutic Use Exemptions, it has twenty-one (21)

days from such notification to refer the matter to WADA

for review.

If NADOMALTA refers the matter to

WADA for review, the TUE granted by the International

Federation remains valid for international-level

Competition and Out-of-Competition Testing (but is not

valid for national-level Competition) pending WADA’s

decision.

If NADOMALTA does not refer the

matter to WADA for review, the TUE granted by the

International Federation becomes valid for national-

level Competition as well when the twenty-one (21) day

review deadline expires.

(e)

Expiration, Withdrawal or Reversal of a TUE

(i)

A TUE granted pursuant to these Anti-

Doping Regulations

(A) shall expire automatically at the

end of any term for which it was granted,

without the need for any further notice or other

formality;

(B) shall be withdrawn if the Athlete

does not promptly comply with any

requirements or conditions imposed by the

TUEC upon grant of the TUE;

(C) may be withdrawn by the TUEC

if it is subsequently determined that the criteria

for grant of a TUE are not in fact met; or

(D) may be reversed on review by

WADA or on appeal.

(ii) In such event, the Athlete shall not be

subject to any Consequences based on their Use or

Possession or Administration of the Prohibited

Substance or Prohibited Method in question in

accordance with the TUE prior to the effective date of

expiry, withdrawal, or reversal of the TUE. The review

pursuant to Article 5.1.1.1 of the International Standard

for Results Management of an Adverse Analytical

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Finding, reported shortly after the TUE expiry,

withdrawal, or reversal, shall include consideration of

whether such finding is consistent with Use of the

Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method prior to that

date, in which event no anti-doping rule violation shall

be asserted.

(f)

Reviews and Appeals of TUE Decisions

(i)

If the TUEC denies an application for a

TUE, the Athlete may appeal exclusively to the national-

level appeal body described in Regulation 13(2)(b).

(ii) WADA must review an International

Federation’s decision not to recognize a TUE granted by

the TUEC that is referred to WADA by the Athlete or

NADOMALTA. In addition, WADA must review an

International Federation’s decision to grant a TUE that

is referred to WADA by NADOMALTA. WADA may

review any other TUE decisions at any time, whether

upon request by those affected or on its own initiative. If

the TUE decision being reviewed meets the criteria set

out in the International Standard for Therapeutic Use

Exemptions, WADA will not interfere with it. If the TUE

decision does not meet those criteria, WADA will reverse

it.

(iii) Any TUE decision by an International

Federation (or by the TUEC where it has agreed to

consider the application on behalf of an International

Federation) that is not reviewed by WADA, or that is

reviewed by WADA but is not reversed upon review, may

be appealed by the Athlete and, or NADOMALTA,

exclusively to CAS.

(iv) A decision by WADA to reverse a TUE

decision may be appealed by the Athlete, NADOMALTA

and, or the International Federation affected,

exclusively to CAS.

(v)

A failure to render a decision within a

reasonable time on a properly submitted application for

grant/recognition of a TUE or for review of a TUE

decision shall be considered a denial of the application

thus triggering the applicable rights of review/appeal.

REGULATION 5

AND

TESTING

INVESTIGATIONS

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires or specified in the Code

"Act" means the Sports Act;

"ADAMS" means the Anti-Doping Administration and

Management System, which is a web-based database management

tool for data entry, storage, sharing, and reporting designed to assist

stakeholders and WADA in their anti-doping operations in

conjunction with data protection legislation;

"ADC" and "NADOMALTA" mean the Anti-Doping

Commission appointed by the Minister responsible for Sport to

oversee all aspects of NADOMALTA’s Anti-Doping Program in

accordance with the International Standard for Testing and

Investigations. The ADC is to consist of a chairperson and a

minimum of three and a maximum of five other members with

expertise in the field of anti-doping;

"Administration" means providing, supplying, supervising,

facilitating, or otherwise participating in the Use or Attempted Use

by another Person of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method.

However, this definition shall not include the actions of bona fide

medical personnel involving a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited

Method Used for genuine and legal therapeutic purposes or other

acceptable justification and shall not include actions involving

Prohibited Substances which are not prohibited in Out-of-

Competition Testing unless the circumstances as a whole demonstrate

that such Prohibited Substances are not intended for genuine and

legal therapeutic purposes or are intended to enhance sport

performance;

"Adverse Analytical Finding" means a report from a WADA-

accredited laboratory or other WADA-approved laboratory that,

consistent with the International Standard for Laboratories,

establishes in a Sample the presence of a Prohibited Substance or its

Metabolites or Markers or evidence of the Use of a Prohibited

Method;

"Adverse Passport Finding" means a report identified as an

Adverse Passport Finding as described in the applicable International

Standards;

"Aggravating Circumstances" means circumstances involving,

or actions by, an Athlete or other Person which may justify the

imposition of a period of Ineligibility greater than the standard

sanction. Such circumstances and actions shall include, but are not

limited to: the Athlete or other Person Used or Possessed multiple

Prohibited Substances or Prohibited Methods, Used or Possessed a

Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method on multiple occasions or

committed multiple other anti-doping rule violations; a normal

individual would be likely to enjoy the performance-enhancing

effects of the anti-doping rule violation(s) beyond the otherwise

applicable period of Ineligibility; the Athlete or Person engaged in

deceptive or obstructive conduct to avoid the detection or

adjudication of an anti-doping rule violation; or the Athlete or other

Person engaged in Tampering during Results Management. For the

avoidance of doubt, the examples of circumstances and conduct

described herein are not exclusive and other similar circumstances or

conduct may also justify the imposition of a longer period of

Ineligibility;

"Anti-Doping Activities" means anti-doping Education and

information, test distribution planning, maintenance of a Registered

Testing Pool, managing Athlete Biological Passports, conducting

Testing, organizing analysis of Samples, gathering of intelligence and

conduct of investigations, processing of TUE applications, Results

Management, monitoring and enforcing compliance with any

Consequences imposed, and all other activities related to anti-doping

to be carried out by or on behalf of an Anti-Doping Organisation, as

set out in the Code and/or the International Standards;

"Anti-Doping Organisation" means WADA or a Signatory that

is responsible for adopting rules for initiating, implementing or

enforcing any part of the Doping Control process, which include but

are not limited to the International Olympic Committee, the

International Paralympic Committee, other Major Event

Organisations that conduct Testing at their Events, International

Federations, and National Anti-Doping Organisations;

"Athlete" means 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

Organisation). NADOMALTA has discretion to apply anti-doping

rules and regulations to an Athlete who is neither an International-

Level Athlete nor a National-Level Athlete, and thus to bring them

within the definition of "Athlete". In relation to Athletes who are

neither International-Level nor National-Level Athletes, an Anti-

Doping Organisation may elect to: conduct limited Testing or no

Testing at all; analyse Samples for less than the full menu of

Prohibited Substances; require limited or no whereabouts

information; or not require advance TUEs. However, if an anti-

doping rule violation under Regulation 2(1), (3) or (5) of the

Schedule is committed by any Athlete over whom an Anti-Doping

Organisation has elected to exercise its authority to test and who

competes below the international or national level, then the

Consequences set forth in the Schedule must be applied. For purposes

of Regulation 2(8) and (9) of the Schedule and for purposes of anti-

doping information and Education, any Person who participates in

sport under the authority of any Signatory, government, or other

sports Organisation accepting the Code is considered an Athlete;

"Athlete Biological Passport" means 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" means 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 Competition;

"Attempt" means purposely engaging in conduct that

constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to

culminate in the commission of an anti-doping rule violation

Provided, however, there shall be no anti-doping rule violation

based solely on an Attempt to commit a violation if the Person

renounces the Attempt prior to it being discovered by a third party

not involved in the Attempt;

"Atypical Finding" means 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;

"Atypical Passport Finding" means a report described as an

Atypical Passport Finding as described in the applicable International

Standards;

"CAS" means the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which

currently has its seat in Lausanne, Switzerland;

"Code" means the World Anti-Doping Code first adopted by

WADA on 5 March, 2003, and any other subsequent amendments;

"Competition" means a single race, match, game or singular

sport contest. For stage races and other sport contests where prizes

are awarded on a daily or other interim basis the distinction between

a Competition and an Event will be as provided in the rules and

regulations of the applicable International Federation;

"Consequences of Anti-Doping Rule Violations" or

"Consequences" means an Athlete’s or other Person’s violation of an

anti-doping rule which may result in one or more of the following

(a)

Disqualification;

(b)

Ineligibility;

(c)

Provisional Suspension;

(d)

Financial Consequences; and

(e)

Public Disclosure.

Teams in Team Sports may also be subject to Consequences as

provided in Regulation 11 of the Schedule;

"Contaminated Product" means a product that contains a

Prohibited Substance that is not disclosed on the product label or in

information available in a reasonable Internet search;

"Decision Limit" means the value of the result for a threshold

substance in a Sample, above which an Adverse Analytical Finding

shall be reported, as defined in the International Standard for

Laboratories;

"Delegated Third Party" means 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 Organisations 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 the CAS;

"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;

"Doping" means the occurrence of one or more of the anti-

doping rule violations set forth in Regulation 2 of the Schedule;

"Doping Control" means 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 and investigations or

proceedings relating to violations of Regulation 10(14) of the

Schedule (Status During Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension);

"Education" means the process of learning to instill values and

develop behaviours that foster and protect the spirit of sport, and to

prevent intentional and unintentional doping;

"Event" means a series of individual Competitions conducted

together under one ruling body;

"Event Period" means the time between the beginning and end

of an Event, as established by the ruling body of the Event;

"Event Venues" means those venues so designated by the

ruling body for the Event;

"Fault" means any breach of duty or any lack of care

appropriate to a particular situation. Factors to be taken into

consideration in assessing an Athlete’s or other Person’s degree of

Fault include, the Athlete’s or other Person’s experience, whether the

Athlete or other Person is a Protected Person, special considerations

such as impairment, the degree of risk that should have been

perceived by the Athlete and the level of care and investigation

exercised by the Athlete in relation to what should have been the

perceived level of risk. In assessing the Athlete’s or other Person’s

degree of Fault, the circumstances considered must be specific and

relevant to explain the Athlete’s or other Person’s departure from the

expected standard of behaviour. However, the fact that an Athlete

would lose the opportunity to earn large sums of money during a

period of Ineligibility, or the fact that the Athlete only has a short

time left in a career, or the timing of the sporting calendar, would not

be relevant factors to be considered in reducing the period of

Ineligibility under Regulation 10(6)(a) or (b) of the Schedule;

"Financial Consequences" means a financial sanction imposed

for an anti-doping rule violation or to recover costs associated with

an anti-doping rule violation;

"In-Competition" means the period commencing at 11:59 p.m.

on the day before a Competition in which the Athlete is scheduled to

participate through the end of such Competition and the Sample

collection process related to such Competition

Provided that, however, WADA may approve, for a particular

sport, an alternative definition if an International Federation provides

a compelling justification that a different definition is necessary for

its sport; upon such approval by WADA, the alternative definition

shall be followed by all Major Event Organisations for that particular

sport;

"Independent Observer Program" means 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;

"Individual Sport" means any sport that is not a Team Sport;

"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 Regulation 10(14) of the Schedule;

"Institutional Independence" means hearing panels on appeal

which shall be fully independent institutionally from the Anti-Doping

Organisation responsible for Results Management. They must

therefore not in any way be administered by, connected or subject to

the Anti-Doping Organisation responsible for Results Management;

"International Event" means an Event or Competition where

the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic

Committee, an International Federation, a Major Event Organisation,

or another International Sport Organisation is the ruling body for the

Event or appoints the technical officials for the Event;

"International-Level Athlete" means Athletes who compete in

sport at the international level, as defined by each International

Federation, consistent with the International Standard for Testing and

Investigations;

"International Standard" means 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 Organisations" means the continental

associations of National Olympic Committees and other international

multi-sport Organisations that function as the ruling body for any

continental, regional or other International Event;

"Marker" means a compound, group of compounds or

biological variable(s) that indicates the Use of a Prohibited Substance

or Prohibited Method;

"Metabolite" means

any

substance

produced

by

a

biotransformation process;

"Minimum Reporting Level" means the estimated

concentration of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolite(s) or

Marker(s) in a sample below which WADA-accredited laboratories

should not report that Sample as an Adverse Analytical Finding;

"Minor" means natural Person who has not reached the age of

eighteen (18) years;

"National Event" means a sport Event or Competition

involving International-Level or National-Level Athletes that is not

an International Event;

"NADAP" means the National Anti-Doping Appeals Panel

appointed by the government to adjudicate on appeals from decisions

of the national anti-doping disciplinary panel as established in

Regulation 13 of the Schedule;

"NADDP" means the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel

appointed by government to adjudicate on alleged violations of these

regulations, unless the CAS is preferred;

"National Anti-Doping Organisation" means the entity or

entities designated by each country as possessing the primary

authority and responsibility to adopt and implement anti-doping

regulations, direct the collection of samples, the management of test

results, and the conduct of hearings, at the national level. For the

purposes of these regulations, the NADOMALTA is the designated

entity;

"National Sports Organisation" means a national Sports

Organisation that is registered or recognised by SportMalta as the

entity governing a particular sporting discipline in Malta, and is a

member of or is recognized by an international federation as the

entity governing the international federation’s sporting discipline in

Malta;

"National-Level Athlete" means Athletes who compete in

sport at the national level, as defined by each National Anti-Doping

Organisation, consistent with the International Standard for Testing

and Investigations;

"National Olympic Committee" means the Maltese Olympic

Committee, recognised by the International Olympic Committee as

the national Olympic committee in Malta;

"No Fault or Negligence” means the Athlete or other Person’s

establishing that he did not know or suspect, and could not

reasonably have known or suspected even with the exercise of utmost

caution, that he had used or been administered the Prohibited

Substance or Prohibited Method or otherwise violated an anti-doping

rule. Except in the case of a Protected Person or Recreational Athlete,

for any violation of Regulation 2(1) of the Schedule, the Athlete must

also establish how the Prohibited Substance entered the Athlete’s

system;

"No Significant Fault or Negligence” means the Athlete or

other Person’s establishing that any Fault or Negligence, when

viewed in the totality of the circumstances and taking into account

the criteria for No Fault or Negligence, was not significant in

relationship to the anti-doping rule violation. Except in the case of a

Protected Person or Recreational Athlete, for any violation of

Regulation 2(1) of the Schedule, the Athlete must also establish how

the Prohibited Substance entered the Athlete’s system;

"Operational Independence" means that board members, staff

members, commission members, consultants and officials of the

Anti-Doping Organisation with responsibility for Results

Management or its affiliates (e.g., member federation or

confederation) as well as any Person involved in the investigation

and pre-adjudication of the matter cannot be appointed as members

and, or clerks (to the extent that such clerk is involved in the

deliberation process and, or drafting of any decision) of hearing

panels of that Anti-Doping Organisation with responsibility for

Results Management and hearing panels shall be in a position to

conduct the hearing and decision-making process without

interference from the Anti-Doping Organisation or any third party.

The objective is to ensure that members of the hearing panel or

individuals otherwise involved in the decision of the hearing panel,

are not involved in the investigation of, or decisions to proceed with,

the case;

"Out-of-Competition" means any period which is not In-

Competition;

"Participant" means any Athlete or Athlete Support Person;

"Person" means a natural Person or an Organisation or other

entity;

"Possession" means the actual, physical Possession, or the

constructive Possession (which shall be found only if the Person has

exclusive control or intends to exercise control over the Prohibited

Substance or Prohibited Method or the premises in which a

Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method exists)

Provided that, however, if the Person does not have exclusive

control over the Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method or the

premises in which a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method

exists, constructive Possession shall only be found if the person knew

about the presence of the Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method

and intended to exercise control over it

Provided further that there shall be no anti-doping rule

violation based solely on Possession if, prior to receiving notification

of any kind that the Person has committed an anti-doping rule

violation, the Person has taken concrete action demonstrating that the

Person never intended to have Possession and has renounced

Possession by explicitly declaring it to an Anti-Doping Organisation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, the

purchase (including by any electronic or other means) of a Prohibited

Substance or Prohibited Method constitutes Possession by the Person

who makes the purchase;

"Prohibited List" means the WADA list identifying the

Prohibited Substances and the Prohibited Methods as amended from

time to time;

"Prohibited Method" means any method so described on the

Prohibited List;

"Prohibited Substance" means any substance, or class of

substances, so described on the Prohibited List;

"Protected Person" means an Athlete or other natural Person

who at the time of the anti-doping rule violation

(a)

has not reached the age of sixteen (16) years;

(b)

has not reached the age of eighteen (18) years

and is not included in any Registered Testing Pool and has

never competed in any International Event in an open

category; or

(c)

for reasons other than age, has been determined

to lack legal capacity under the applicable national legislation;

"Provisional Hearing" means an expedited abbreviated hearing

occurring prior to a hearing under Regulation 8 of the Schedule that

provides the Athlete with notice and an opportunity to be heard in

either written or oral form;

"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 Regulation 8

of the Schedule;

"Public Disclosure" means the dissemination or distribution of

information to the general public or Persons beyond those Persons

entitled to earlier notification in accordance with Regulation 14 of the

Schedule;

"Recreational Athlete" means any Person who engages or

participates in sport or fitness activities for recreational purposes but

who would not otherwise compete in Competitions or Events

organized, recognized, or hosted by a National Sports Organisation,

or by any affiliated or non-affiliated association, Organisation, club,

team, or league and who, within the five (5) years prior to committing

any anti-doping rule violation, has not been an International-Level

Athlete (as defined by each International Federation consistent with

the International Standard for Testing and Investigations) or

National-Level Athlete (as defined by NADOMALTA or other

National Anti-Doping Organisation consistent with the International

Standard for Testing and Investigations); has not represented Malta or

any other country in an International Event in an open category; or

has not been included within any Registered Testing Pool or other

whereabouts information pool maintained by any International

Federation, NADOMALTA or other National Anti-Doping

Organisation;

"Registered Testing Pool" means the pool of highest-priority

Athletes established separately at the international level by

International Federations and at the national level by National Anti-

Doping Organisations, who are subject to focused In-Competition

and Out-of-Competition Testing as part of that International

Federation’s or National Anti-Doping Organisation’s test distribution

plan and therefore are required to provide whereabouts information

as set forth in Article 5(5) of the International Standard for Testing

and Investigations;

"Results Management" means the process encompassing the

timeframe between notification in accordance with Article 5 of the

International Standard for Results Management, or in certain cases,

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 instance or on appeal (if an appeal was

lodged);

"Sample or Specimen" means any biological material collected

for the purposes of Doping Control;

"Signatories" means those entities accepting the Code and

agreeing to implement the Code;

"Specified Method" shall have the same meaning as that given

under Regulation 4(2)(b) of the Schedule;

"specified substance" shall have the same meaning as that

given under Regulation 4(2)(b) of the Schedule;

"SportMalta" shall have the same meaning as that established

in article 4 of the Sports Act;

"Strict Liability" means the rule which provides that under

Regulation 2(1) and (2) of the Schedule, it is not necessary that

intent, Fault, Negligence, or knowing Use on the Athlete’s part be

demonstrated by the Anti-Doping Organisation in order to establish

an anti-doping rule violation;

"Substance of Abuse" shall have the same meaning as that

given under Regulation 4(2)(c) of the Schedule;

"Substantial Assistance" means a Person providing Substantial

Assistance that fully disclosed in a signed written statement or

recorded interview all information he possesses in relation to anti-

doping rule violations or other proceeding described in Regulation

10(7)(a)(i) of the Schedule, and shall fully cooperate with the

investigation and adjudication of any case or matter related to that

information, including, presenting testimony at a hearing if requested

to do so by an Anti-Doping Organisation or hearing panel. Further,

the information provided must be credible and must comprise an

important part of any case or proceeding which is initiated or, if no

case or proceeding is initiated, must have provided a sufficient basis

on which a case or proceeding could have been brought;

"Tampering" means intentional conduct which subverts the

Doping Control process but which would not otherwise be included

in the definition of Prohibited Methods. Tampering shall include,

without limitation, offering or accepting a bribe to perform or fail to

perform an act, preventing the collection of a Sample, affecting or

making impossible the analysis of a Sample, falsifying documents

submitted to an Anti-Doping Organisation or TUE committee or

hearing panel, procuring false testimony from witnesses, committing

any other fraudulent act upon the Anti-Doping Organisation or

hearing body to affect Results Management or the imposition of

Consequences, and any other similar intentional interference or

Attempted interference with any aspect of Doping Control;

"Target Testing" means selection of specific athletes for testing

based on criteria set forth in the International Standard for Testing

and Investigations;

"Team Sport" means a sport in which the substitution of

players is permitted during a Competition;

"Technical Document" means 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;

"Testing" means 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)" means an exemption that

allows an Athlete with a medical condition to Use a Prohibited

Substance or Prohibited Method, but only if the conditions set out in

Regulation 4(4) of the Schedule and the International Standard for

Therapeutic Use Exemptions are met;

"Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee" ("TUEC") means

the panel to consider applications for the grant of TUEs;

"Trafficking" means selling, giving, transporting, sending,

delivering or distributing (or Possessing for any such purpose) a

Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method (either physically or by

any electronic or other means) by an Athlete, Athlete Support Person

or any other Person subject to the authority of an Anti-Doping

Organisation to any third party; provided, however, this definition

shall not include the actions of bona fide medical personnel involving

a Prohibited Substance Used for genuine and legal therapeutic

purposes or other acceptable justification, and shall not include

actions involving Prohibited Substances which are not prohibited in

Out-of-Competition Testing unless the circumstances as a whole

demonstrate such Prohibited Substances are not intended for genuine

and legal therapeutic purposes or are intended to enhance sport

performance;

"UNESCO Convention" means the International Convention

against Doping in Sport adopted by the UNESCO General

Conference held 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;

"Use" means the utilization, application, ingestion, injection or

consumption by any means whatsoever of any Prohibited Substance

or Prohibited Method;

"WADA" means the World Anti-Doping Agency;

"Without Prejudice Agreement" means a written agreement

between an Anti-Doping Organisation and an Athlete or other Person

that allows the Athlete or other Person to provide information to the

Anti-Doping Organisation in a defined time-limited setting with the

understanding that, if an agreement for Substantial Assistance or a

case resolution agreement is not finalized, the information provided

by the Athlete or other Person in this particular setting may not be

used by the Anti-Doping Organisation against the Athlete or other

Person in any Results Management proceeding under the Code, and

that the information provided by the Anti-Doping Organisation in this

particular setting may not be used by the Athlete or other Person

against the Anti-Doping Organisation in any Results Management

proceeding under the Code. Such an agreement shall not preclude the

Anti-Doping Organisation, Athlete or other Person from using any

information or evidence gathered from any source other than during

the specific time-limited setting described in the agreement.

(1)

The applicable provisions of the Code shall,

notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law, but subject

to the provisions of these regulations, have force of law throughout

Malta and subject to such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.

(2) The applicable provisions of the Code are set out in the

Schedule to these regulations and shall be interpreted in a manner

that is consistent with applicable provisions of the Code. The

comments annotating various provisions of the Code shall be used to,

where applicable, assist in the understanding and interpretation of the

provisions found in the Schedule.

(3) The Schedule shall be considered an integral part of

these regulations.

(4) NADOMALTA may from time to time issue

commentaries and guidelines referring to the provisions found in

these regulations.

(5) The provisions of these regulations shall not apply

retrospectively to matters pending before the date these regulations

came into effect.

In these regulations, if there is any conflict between the

English and Maltese texts, the English text shall prevail.

(1)

Purpose of Testing and Investigations

(a)

Testing and investigations may be undertaken for

ANTI-DOPING

any anti-doping purpose. They shall be conducted in

conformity with the provisions of the International Standard

for Testing and Investigations.

(b)

Testing shall be undertaken to obtain analytical

evidence as to whether the Athlete has violated Regulation

2(1) (Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or

Markers in an Athlete’s Sample) or Regulation 2(2) (Use or

Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a

Prohibited Method).

(2)

Authority to Test

(a)

Subject to the limitations for Event Testing set

out in sub-regulation (3), the ADC shall have In-Competition

and Out-of-Competition Testing authority over all Athletes

specified in Regulation 1.

(b)

The ADC may require any Athlete over whom it

has Testing authority (including any Athlete serving a period of

Ineligibility) to provide a Sample at any time and at any place.

(c)

WADA shall have In-Competition and Out-of-

Competition Testing authority as set out in Regulation 20(7)(j).

(d)

If an International Federation or Major Event

Organisation delegates or contracts any part of Testing to the

ADC directly or through a National Sports Organisation, the

ADC may collect additional Samples or direct the laboratory

to perform additional types of analysis at the ADC’s expense.

If additional Samples are collected or additional types of

analysis are performed, the International Federation or Major

Event Organisation shall be notified.

(3)

Event Testing

(a)

Except as otherwise provided hereunder, only a

single Organisation shall have authority to conduct Testing at

Event Venues during an Event Period. At International Events

held in Malta, the international organisation which is the ruling

body for the Event shall have authority to conduct Testing. At

National Events held in Malta, the ADC shall have authority to

conduct Testing. At the request of the ruling body for an Event,

any Testing conducted during the Event Period outside of the

Event Venues shall be coordinated with the ruling body of the

Event.

(b)

If an Anti-Doping Organisation, which would

otherwise have Testing authority but is not responsible for

initiating and directing Testing at an Event, desires to conduct

Testing of Athletes at the Event Venues during the Event

Period, the Anti-Doping Organisation shall first confer with

the ruling body of the Event to obtain permission to conduct

and coordinate such Testing. If the Anti-Doping Organisation

is not satisfied with the response from the ruling body of the

Event, the Anti-Doping Organisation may, in accordance with

procedures described in the International Standard for Testing

and Investigations, ask WADA for permission to conduct

Testing and to determine how to coordinate such Testing.

WADA shall not grant approval for such Testing before

consulting with and informing the ruling body for the Event.

WADA’s decision shall be final and not subject to appeal.

Unless otherwise provided in the authorization to conduct

Testing, such tests shall be considered Out-of-Competition

tests. Results Management for any such test shall be the

responsibility of the Anti-Doping Organisation initiating the

test unless provided otherwise in the rules of the ruling body of

the Event.

(4)

Testing Requirements

(a)

The ADC shall conduct test distribution

planning and Testing as required by the International Standard

for Testing and Investigations.

(b)

Where reasonably feasible, Testing shall be

coordinated through ADAMS in order to maximize the

effectiveness of the combined Testing effort and to avoid

unnecessary repetitive Testing.

(5)

Athlete Whereabouts Information

(a)

The ADC has established a Registered Testing

Pool of those Athletes who are required to provide

whereabouts information in the manner specified in the

International Standard for Testing and Investigations and who

shall be subject to Consequences for Regulation 2(4)

violations as provided in Regulation 10(3)(b). The ADC shall

coordinate with International Federations to identify such

Athletes and to collect their whereabouts information.

(b)

The ADC shall make available through ADAMS

a list which identifies those Athletes included in its Registered

Testing Pool by name. The ADC shall regularly review and

update as necessary its criteria for including Athletes in its

Registered Testing Pool, and shall periodically (but not less

than quarterly) review the list of Athletes in its Registered

Testing Pool to ensure that each listed Athlete continues to

meet the relevant criteria. Athletes shall be notified before they

are included in the Registered Testing Pool and when they are

removed from that pool. The notification shall contain the

information set out in the International Standard for Testing

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and Investigations.

(c)

Where an Athlete is included in an international

Registered Testing Pool by their International Federation and

in a national Registered Testing Pool by the ADC, the ADC

and the International Federation shall agree between

themselves which of them shall accept that Athlete’s

whereabouts filings; in no case shall an Athlete be required to

make whereabouts filings to more than one of them.

(d)

In accordance with the International Standard

for Testing and Investigations, each Athlete in the Registered

Testing Pool shall do the following

(i)

advise the ADC of his/her whereabouts

on a quarterly basis;

(ii) update that information as necessary so

that it remains accurate and complete at all times; and

(iii) make himself available for Testing at

such whereabouts.

(e)

For purposes of Regulation 2(4), an Athlete’s

failure to comply with the requirements of the International

Standard for Testing and Investigations shall be deemed a

filing failure or a missed test.

(f)

An Athlete in the ADC’s Registered Testing Pool

shall continue to be subject to the obligation to comply with

the whereabouts requirements set in the International Standard

for Testing and Investigations unless and until -

(i)

the Athlete gives written notice to the

ADC that he has retired; or

(ii) the ADC has informed him that he no

longer satisfies the criteria for inclusion in the ADC’s

Registered Testing Pool.

(g)

Whereabouts information provided by an Athlete

while in the Registered Testing Pool shall be accessible

through ADAMS to WADA and to other Anti-Doping

Organisations having authority to test that Athlete as provided

in sub-regulation (2). Whereabouts information shall be

maintained in strict confidence at all times; it shall be used

exclusively for purposes of planning, coordinating or

conducting Doping Control, providing information relevant to

the Athlete Biological Passport or other analytical results, to

support an investigation into a potential anti-doping rule

violation, or to support proceedings alleging an anti-doping

rule violation; and shall be destroyed after it is no longer

relevant for these purposes in accordance with the

International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and

Personal Information.

(h)

In accordance with the International Standard

for Testing and Investigations, the ADC has established a

Testing Pool, which includes Athletes who are subject to less

stringent whereabouts requirements than Athletes included the

ADC’s Registered Testing Pool.

(i)

The ADC shall notify Athletes before they are

included in the Testing Pool and when they are removed. Such

notification shall include the whereabouts requirements and

the Consequences that apply in case of non-compliance, as

indicated in paragraphs (j) and (k).

(j)

Athletes included in the Testing Pool shall

provide the ADC with the following whereabouts information

so that they may be located and subjected to Testing

-

an overnight address;

-

Competition / Event schedule; and

-

regular training activities.

Such whereabouts information shall be filed in

ADAMS to enable better Testing coordination with other Anti-

Doping Organisations.

(k)

An Athlete’s failure to provide whereabouts

information on or before the date required by the ADC or the

Athlete’s failure to provide accurate whereabouts information

shall result in the ADC elevating the Athlete to the ADC’s

Registered Testing Pool.

(l)

The ADC may, in accordance with the

International Standard for Testing and Investigations, collect

whereabouts information from Athletes who are not included

within a Registered Testing Pool. If it chooses to do so, an

Athlete’s failure to provide requested whereabouts information

on or before the date required by the ADC or the Athlete’s

failure to provide accurate whereabouts information shall

result in the ADC elevating the Athlete to the ADC’s

Registered Testing Pool.

(6)

Retired Athletes Returning to Competition

(a)

if an International-Level Athlete or National-

Level Athlete in the ADC’s Registered Testing Pool retires and

then wishes to return to active participation in sport, the

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Athlete shall not compete in International Events or National

Events until the Athlete has made himself available for Testing,

by giving six (6) months prior written notice to their

International Federation and the ADC.

WADA, in consultation with the ADC and the

Athlete’s International Federation, may grant an exemption to

the six (6) month written notice rule where the strict

application of that rule would be unfair to the Athlete. This

decision may be appealed under Regulation 13.

Any competitive results obtained in violation of

this paragraph shall be Disqualified unless the Athlete can

establish that he or she could not have reasonably known that

this was an International Event or a National Event.

(b)

If an Athlete retires from sport while subject to a

period of Ineligibility, the Athlete must notify the Anti-Doping

Organisation that imposed the period of Ineligibility in writing

of such retirement. If the Athlete then wishes to return to active

competition in sport, the Athlete shall not compete in

International Events or National Events until the Athlete has

made himself available for Testing by giving six (6) months

prior written notice (or notice equivalent to the period of

Ineligibility remaining as of the date the Athlete retired, if that

period was longer than six (6) months) to the ADC and to their

International Federation.

(7)

Independent Observer Program

The ADC and any organizing committees for National

Events in Malta shall authorize and facilitate the Independent

Observer Program at such Events.

REGULATION 6

ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES

Samples shall be analysed in accordance with the following

principles

(1) Use of Accredited, Approved Laboratories and Other

Laboratories

(a)

For purposes of directly establishing an Adverse

Analytical Finding under Regulation 2(1), Samples shall be

analysed only in WADA-accredited laboratories or laboratories

otherwise approved by WADA. The choice of the WADA-

accredited or WADA-approved laboratory used for the Sample

analysis shall be determined exclusively by the ADC.

(b)

As provided in Regulation 3(2), facts related to

anti-doping rule violations may be established by any reliable

means. This would include, for example, reliable laboratory or

other forensic testing conducted outside of WADA-accredited

or approved laboratories.

(2)

Purpose of Analysis of Samples and Data

Samples and related analytical data or Doping Control

information shall be analysed to detect Prohibited Substances and

Prohibited Methods identified on the Prohibited List and other

substances as may be directed by WADA pursuant to the monitoring

program described in Regulation 4(5), or to assist the ADC in

profiling relevant parameters in an Athlete’s urine, blood or other

matrix, including for DNA or genomic profiling, or for any other

legitimate anti-doping purpose.

(3)

Research on Samples and Data

Samples, related analytical data and Doping Control

information may be used for anti-doping research purposes, although

no Sample may be used for research without the Athlete’s written

consent. Samples and related analytical data or Doping Control

information used for research purposes shall first be processed in

such a manner as to prevent Samples and related analytical data or

Doping Control information being traced back to a particular Athlete.

Any research involving Samples and related analytical data or

Doping Control information shall adhere to the principles set out in

Article 19 of the Code.

(4)

Standards for Sample Analysis and Reporting

The ADC shall ask laboratories to analyse Samples in

conformity with the International Standard for Laboratories and

Article 4.7 of the International Standard for Testing and

Investigations.

Laboratories at their own initiative and expense may

analyse Samples for Prohibited Substances or Prohibited Methods

not included on the standard Sample analysis menu, or as requested

by the ADC. Results from any such analysis shall be reported to the

ADC and have the same validity and Consequences as any other

analytical result.

(5) Further Analysis of a Sample prior to or During

Results Management

There shall be no limitation on the authority of a

laboratory to conduct repeat or additional analysis on a Sample prior

to the time the ADC notifies an Athlete that the Sample is the basis

for an Regulation 2(1) anti-doping rule violation charge. If after such

notification the ADC wishes to conduct additional analysis on that

Sample, it may do so with the consent of the Athlete or approval from

a hearing body.

(6) Further Analysis of a Sample after it has been

Reported as Negative or has Otherwise not Resulted in an Anti-

doping Rule Violation Charge

After a laboratory has reported a Sample as negative, or

the Sample has not otherwise resulted in an anti-doping rule violation

charge, it may be stored and subjected to further analyses for the

purpose of sub-regulation (2) at any time exclusively at the direction

of either the Anti-Doping Organisation that initiated and directed

Sample collection or WADA. Any other Anti-Doping Organisation

with authority to test the Athlete that wishes to conduct further

analysis on a stored Sample may do so with the permission of the

Anti-Doping Organisation that initiated and directed Sample

collection or WADA, and shall be responsible for any follow-up

Results Management. Any Sample storage or further analysis

initiated by WADA or another Anti-Doping Organisation shall be at

WADA’s or that Organisation’s expense. Further analysis of Samples

shall conform with the requirements of the International Standard for

Laboratories.

(7)

Split of A or B Sample

Where WADA, an Anti-Doping Organisation with

Results Management authority, and, or a WADA-accredited laboratory

(with approval from WADA or the Anti-Doping Organisation with

Results Management authority) wishes to split an A or B Sample for

the purpose of using the first part of the split Sample for an A Sample

analysis and the second part of the split Sample for confirmation, then

the procedures set forth in the International Standard for

Laboratories shall be followed.

(8)

Wada’s Right to Take Possession of Samples and Data

WADA may, in its sole discretion at any time, with or

without prior notice, take physical possession of any Sample and

related analytical data or information in the possession of a

laboratory or Anti-Doping Organisation. Upon request by WADA, the

laboratory or Anti-Doping Organisation in possession of the Sample

or data shall immediately grant access to and enable WADA to take

physical possession of the Sample or data. If WADA has not provided

prior notice to the laboratory or Anti-Doping Organisation before

taking possession of a Sample or data, it shall provide such notice to

the laboratory and each Anti-Doping Organisation whose Samples or

data have been taken by WADA within a reasonable time after taking

possession. After analysis and any investigation of a seized Sample or

data, WADA may direct another Anti-Doping Organisation with

authority to test the Athlete to assume Results Management

responsibility for the Sample or data if a potential anti-doping rule

violation is discovered.

REGULATION 7

RESULTS

MANAGEMENT

RESPONSIBILITY,

INITIAL

REVIEW,

NOTICE

AND

PROVISIONAL SUSPENSIONS

Results Management under these Anti-Doping Regulations

establishes a process designed to resolve anti-doping rule violation

matters in a fair, expeditious and efficient manner.

(1)

Responsibility for Conducting Results Management

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in Regulation 6(6)

and (8) and Code Article 7(1), Results Management shall be

the responsibility of, and shall be governed by, the procedural

rules of the Anti-Doping Organisation that initiated and

directed Sample collection (or, if no Sample collection is

involved, the Anti-Doping Organisation which first provides

notice to an Athlete or other Person of a potential anti-doping

rule violation and then diligently pursues that anti-doping rule

violation).

(b)

In circumstances where the rules of a National

Anti-Doping Organisation do not give the National Anti-

Doping Organisation authority over an Athlete or other Person

who is not a national, resident, license holder, or member of a

sport Organisation of that country, or the National Anti-

Doping Organisation declines to exercise such authority,

Results Management shall be conducted by the applicable

International Federation or by a third party with authority over

the Athlete or other Person as directed by the rules of the

applicable International Federation.

(c)

Results Management in relation to a potential

whereabouts failure (a filing failure or a missed test) shall be

administered by the International Federation or the ADC with

whom the Athlete in question files whereabouts information,

as provided in the International Standard for Results

Management. If NADOMALTA determines a filing failure or a

missed test, it shall submit that information to WADA through

ADAMS, where it will be made available to other relevant

Anti-Doping Organisations.

(d)

Other circumstances in which the ADC shall

take responsibility for conducting Results Management in

respect of anti-doping rule violations involving Athletes and

other Persons under its authority shall be determined by

reference to and in accordance with Article 7 of the Code.

(e)

WADA may direct the ADC to conduct Results

Management in particular circumstances. If the ADC refuses

to conduct Results Management within a reasonable deadline

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set by WADA, such refusal shall be considered an act of non-

compliance, and WADA may direct another Anti-Doping

Organisation with authority over the Athlete or other Person,

that is willing to do so, to take Results Management

responsibility in place of the ADC or, if there is no such Anti-

Doping Organisation, any other Anti-Doping Organisation

that is willing to do so. In such case, the ADC shall reimburse

the costs and attorney’s fees of conducting Results

Management to the other Anti-Doping Organisation

designated by WADA, and a failure to reimburse costs and

attorney’s fees shall be considered an act of non-compliance.

(2) Review and Notification Regarding Potential Anti-

Doping Rule Violations

The ADC shall carry out the review and notification

with respect to any potential anti-doping rule violation in accordance

with the International Standard for Results Management.

(3)

Identification of Prior Anti-doping Rule Violations

Before giving an Athlete or other Person notice of a

potential anti-doping rule violation as provided above, the ADC shall

refer to ADAMS and contact WADA and other relevant Anti-Doping

Organisations to determine whether any prior anti-doping rule

violation exists.

(4)

Provisional Suspensions

(a)

Mandatory Provisional Suspension after an

Adverse Analytical Finding or Adverse Passport Finding

If the ADC receives an Adverse Analytical

Finding or an Adverse Passport Finding (upon completion of

the Adverse Passport Finding review process) for a Prohibited

Substance or a Prohibited Method that is not a Specified

Substance or a Specified Method, it shall impose a Provisional

Suspension on the Athlete promptly upon or after the review

and notification required by sub-regulation (2).

A mandatory Provisional Suspension may be

eliminated if

(i)

the Athlete demonstrates to the NADDP

that the violation is likely to have involved a

Contaminated Product, or

(ii) the violation involves a Substance of

Abuse and the Athlete establishes entitlement to a

reduced period of Ineligibility under Regulation

10(2)(d)(i).

NADDP’s decision not to eliminate a mandatory

Provisional Suspension on account of the Athlete’s assertion

regarding a Contaminated Product shall not be appealable.

(b)

Optional Provisional Suspension based on an

Adverse Analytical Finding for Specified Substances, Specified

Methods, Contaminated Products, or Other Anti-Doping Rule

Violations

The ADC may impose a Provisional Suspension

for anti-doping rule violations not covered by paragraph (a)

prior to the analysis of the Athlete’s B Sample or final hearing

as described in Regulation 8.

An optional Provisional Suspension may be

lifted at the discretion of the ADC at any time prior to the

NADDP’s decision under Regulation 8, unless provided

otherwise in the International Standard for Results

Management.

(c)

Opportunity for Hearing or Appeal

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a)

and (b), a Provisional Suspension may not be imposed unless

the Athlete or other Person is given

(i)

an opportunity for a Provisional

Hearing, either before or on a timely basis after the

imposition of the Provisional Suspension; or

(ii) an opportunity for an expedited hearing

in accordance with Regulation 8 on a timely basis after

the imposition of the Provisional Suspension.

The imposition of a Provisional Suspension, or

the decision not to impose a Provisional Suspension, may be

appealed in an expedited process in accordance with

Regulation 13(2).

(d)

Voluntary Acceptance of Provisional Suspension

Athletes on their own initiative may voluntarily

accept a Provisional Suspension if done so prior to the later of

(i)

the expiration of ten (10) days from the

report of the B Sample (or waiver of the B Sample) or

ten (10) days from the notice of any other anti-doping

rule violation, or

(ii) the date on which the Athlete first

competes after such report or notice.

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Other Persons on their own initiative may

voluntarily accept a Provisional Suspension if done so within

ten (10) days from the notice of the anti-doping rule violation.

Upon such voluntary acceptance, the Provisional

Suspension shall have the full effect and be treated in the same

manner as if the Provisional Suspension had been imposed

under paragraphs (a) or (b)

Provided that at any time after voluntarily accepting a

Provisional Suspension, the Athlete or other Person may

withdraw such acceptance, in which event the Athlete or other

Person shall not receive any credit for time previously served

during the Provisional Suspension.

(e)

If a Provisional Suspension is imposed based on

an A Sample Adverse Analytical Finding and a subsequent B

Sample analysis (if requested by the Athlete or the ADC) does

not confirm the A Sample analysis, then the Athlete shall not

be subject to any further Provisional Suspension on account of

a violation of Regulation 2(1). In circumstances where the

Athlete or the Athlete’s team has been removed from an Event

based on a violation of Regulation 2(1) and the subsequent B

Sample analysis does not confirm the A Sample finding, then,

if it is still possible for the Athlete or team to be reinserted,

without otherwise affecting the Event, the Athlete or team may

continue to take part in the Event.

(5)

Results Management Decisions

Results Management decisions or adjudications by the

ADC or adjudications by the NADDP and, or NADAP must not

purport to be limited to a particular geographic area or sport and shall

address and determine without limitation the following issues

(a)

whether an anti-doping rule violation was

committed or a Provisional Suspension should be imposed, the

factual basis for such determination, and the specific

regulations that have been violated, and

(b)

all Consequences flowing from the anti-doping

rule violation(s), including applicable Disqualifications under

Regulations 9 and 10(10), any forfeiture of medals or prizes,

any period of Ineligibility (and the date it begins to run) and

any Financial Consequences.

(6)

Notification of Results Management Decisions

The NADDP shall notify Athletes, other Persons,

Signatories and WADA of Results Management decisions as provided

in Regulation 14(2) and in the International Standard for Results

Management.

(7)

Retirement from Sport

If an Athlete or other Person retires while

NADOMALTA’s Results Management process is underway,

NADOMALTA retains authority to complete its Results Management

process. If an Athlete or other Person retires before any Results

Management process has begun, and NADOMALTA would have had

Results Management authority over the Athlete or other Person at the

time the Athlete or other Person committed an anti-doping rule

violation, NADOMALTA has authority to conduct Results

Management.

REGULATION 8

RESULTS

MANAGEMENT

RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING

AND NOTICE OF HEARING

DECISION

For any Person who is asserted to have committed an anti-

doping rule violation, the NADDP shall provide a fair hearing within

a reasonable time by a fair, impartial and Operationally Independent

hearing panel in compliance with the Code and the International

Standard for Results Management.

(1)

Fair hearings

(a)

Fair, impartial and Operationally Independent

Hearing Panel

(i)

The Minister responsible for Sport shall

establish a hearing panel referred to as the NADDP that

shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine whether an

Athlete or other Person, subject to these Anti-Doping

Regulations, has committed an anti-doping rule

violation and, if applicable, to impose relevant

Consequences.

(ii) The Minister shall ensure that the

NADDP is free of conflict of interest and that its

composition, term of office, professional experience,

Operational Independence and adequate financing

comply with the requirements of the International

Standard for Results Management.

(iii) Board members, staff members,

commission members, consultants and officials of

NADOMALTA or its bodies, as well as any Person

involved in the investigation and pre-adjudication of the

matter, cannot be appointed as members and, or clerks of

NADDP. In particular, no member shall have previously

considered any TUE application, Results Management

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decision, or appeals in the same given case.

(iv) The NADDP shall consist of an

independent Chairperson and six (6) other independent

members.

(v)

Each member shall be appointed by

taking into consideration their requisite anti-doping

experience including their legal, sports, medical and, or

scientific expertise. Each member shall be appointed for

a once renewable term of three (3) years.

(vi) The NADDP shall be in a position to

conduct the hearing and decision-making process

without interference from the ADC or any third party.

(b)

Hearing Process

(i)

When the ADC sends a notice to an

Athlete or other Person notifying them of a potential

anti-doping rule violation, and the Athlete or other

Person does not waive a hearing in accordance with sub-

regulation (3)(a) or (b), then the case shall be referred to

the NADDP for hearing and adjudication, which shall be

conducted in accordance with the principles described in

Regulations 8 and 9 of the International Standard for

Results Management.

(ii) The Chairperson shall appoint three (3)

members (which may include the Chairperson) to hear

that case. When hearing a case, one (1) panel member

shall be a qualified lawyer, with no less than three (3)

years of relevant legal experience, and one (1) panel

member shall be a qualified medical practitioner, with

no less than three (3) years of relevant medical

experience.

(iii) Upon appointment by the Chairperson as

a member of NADDP, each member must also sign a

declaration that there are no facts or circumstances

known to him which might call into question their

impartiality in the eyes of any of the parties, other than

those circumstances disclosed in the declaration.

(iv) Hearings held in connection with Events

in respect to Athletes and other Persons who are subject

to these Anti-Doping Regulations may be conducted by

an expedited process where permitted by the NADDP.

(v)

WADA, the International Federation, and

the National Sports Organisation of the Athlete or other

Person may attend the hearing as observers. In any

event, the NADDP shall keep them fully apprised as to

the status of pending cases and the result of all hearings.

(2)

Notice of Decisions

(a)

At the end of the hearing, or promptly thereafter,

the NADDP shall issue a written decision that conforms with

Article 9 of the International Standard for Results

Management and which includes the full reasons for the

decision, the period of Ineligibility imposed, the

Disqualification of results under Regulation 10(10) and, if

applicable, a justification for why the greatest potential

Consequences were not imposed.

(b)

The NADDP shall notify that decision to the

Athlete or other Person and to other Anti-Doping

Organisations with a right to appeal under Regulation

13(2)(c), and shall promptly report it into ADAMS. The

decision may be appealed as provided in Regulation 13.

(3)

Waiver of Hearing

(a)

An Athlete or other Person against whom an

anti-doping rule violation is asserted may waive a hearing

expressly and agree with the Consequences proposed by the

ADC.

(b)

However, if the Athlete or other Person against

whom an anti-doping rule violation is asserted fails to dispute

that assertion within the deadline otherwise specified in the

notice sent by the ADC asserting the violation, then they shall

be deemed to have waived a hearing, to have admitted the

violation and to have accepted the proposed Consequences.

(c)

In cases where paragraph (a) or paragraph (b)

applies, a hearing before NADDP shall not be required. Instead

the ADC shall promptly issue a written decision that conforms

with Article 9 of the International Standard for Results

Management and which includes the full reasons for the

decision, the period of Ineligibility imposed, the

Disqualification of results under Regulation 10(10) and, if

applicable, a justification for the reasons why the greatest

potential Consequences were not imposed.

(d)

The ADC shall notify that decision to the Athlete

or other Person and to other Anti-Doping Organisations with a

right to appeal under Regulation 13(2)(c), and shall promptly

report it into ADAMS. The ADC shall Publicly Disclose that

decision in accordance with Regulation 14(3)(b).

(4)

Single Hearing Before CAS

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Anti-doping

rule

violations

asserted

against

International-Level Athletes, National-Level Athletes or other

Persons may, with the consent of the Athlete or other Person, the

ADC and WADA, be heard in a single hearing directly at CAS.

REGULATION 9

AUTOMATIC

OF

DISQUALIFICATION

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

An anti-doping rule violation in Individual Sports in

connection with an In-Competition test automatically leads to

Disqualification of the result obtained in that Competition with all

resulting Consequences, including forfeiture of any medals, points

and prizes.

REGULATION 10

SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS

(1) Disqualification of Results in the Event during which an

Anti-Doping Rule Violation Occurs

(a)

An anti-doping rule violation occurring during

or in connection with an Event may, upon the decision of the

ruling body of the Event, lead to Disqualification of all of the

Athlete’s individual results obtained in that Event with all

Consequences, including forfeiture of all medals, points and

prizes, except as provided in paragraph (b).

Factors to be included in considering whether to

Disqualify other results in an Event might include, for

example, the seriousness of the Athlete’s anti-doping rule

violation and whether the Athlete tested negative in the other

Competitions.

(b)

If the Athlete establishes that he bears No Fault

or Negligence for the violation, the Athlete’s individual results

in the other Competitions shall not be Disqualified, unless the

Athlete’s results in Competitions other than the Competition in

which the anti-doping rule violation occurred were likely to

have been affected by the Athlete’s anti-doping rule violation.

(2) Ineligibility for Presence, Use or Attempted Use or

Possession of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method

The period of Ineligibility for a violation of paragraph

(a), paragraph (b) or paragraph (f) shall be as follows, subject to

potential elimination, reduction or suspension pursuant to sub-

regulations (5), (6) or (7)

(a)

The period of Ineligibility, subject to paragraph

(d), shall be four (4) years where

(i)

the anti-doping rule violation does not

involve a Specified Substance or a Specified Method,

unless the Athlete or other Person can establish that the

anti-doping rule violation was not intentional;

(ii)

the anti-doping rule violation involves a

Specified Substance or a Specified Method, and

NADOMALTA can establish that the anti-doping rule

violation was intentional.

(b)

If paragraph (a) does not apply, subject to

paragraph (c)(i), the period of Ineligibility shall be two (2)

years.

(c)

As used in this sub-regulation, the term

"intentional" is meant to identify those Athletes or other

Persons who engage in conduct which they knew constituted

an anti-doping rule violation or knew that there was a

significant risk that the conduct might constitute or result in an

anti-doping rule violation and manifestly disregarded that risk.

An anti-doping rule violation resulting from an Adverse

Analytical Finding for a substance which is only prohibited In-

Competition shall be rebuttably presumed to be not

"intentional" if the substance is a Specified Substance and the

Athlete can establish that the Prohibited Substance was used

Out-of-Competition. An anti-doping rule violation resulting

from an Adverse Analytical Finding for a substance which is

only prohibited In-Competition shall not be considered

"intentional" if the substance is not a Specified Substance and

the Athlete can establish that the Prohibited Substance was

used Out-of-Competition in a context unrelated to sport

performance.

(d)

Notwithstanding any other provision in this sub-

regulation, where the anti-doping rule violation involves a

Substance of Abuse

(i)

if the Athlete can establish that any

ingestion or Use occurred Out-of-Competition and was

unrelated to sport performance, then the period of

Ineligibility shall be three (3) months Ineligibility.

In addition, the period of Ineligibility

calculated under this sub-paragraph may be reduced to

one (1) month if the Athlete or other Person

satisfactorily completes a Substance of Abuse treatment

program approved by NADOMALTA. The period of

Ineligibility established in this sub-paragraph is not

subject to any reduction based on any provision in sub-

regulation (6);

(ii)

if the ingestion, Use or Possession

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occurred In-Competition, and the Athlete can establish

that the context of the ingestion, Use or Possession was

unrelated to sport performance, then the ingestion, Use

or Possession shall not be considered intentional for

purposes of paragraph (a) and shall not provide a basis

for a finding of Aggravating Circumstances under sub-

regulation (4).

(3)

Ineligibility for Other Anti-Doping Rule Violations

The period of Ineligibility for anti-doping rule violations

other than as provided in sub-regulation (2) shall be as follows,

unless sub-regulations (6) or (7) are applicable

(a)

For violations of Regulation 2(3) or (5), the

period of Ineligibility shall be four (4) years except

(i)

in the case of failing to submit to Sample

collection, if the Athlete can establish that the

commission of the anti-doping rule violation was not

intentional, the period of Ineligibility shall be two (2)

years;

(ii) in all other cases, if the Athlete or other

Person can establish exceptional circumstances that

justify a reduction of the period of Ineligibility, the

period of Ineligibility shall be in a range from two (2)

years to four (4) years depending on the Athlete or other

Person’s degree of Fault; or

(iii) in a case involving a Protected Person or

Recreational Athlete, the period of Ineligibility shall be

in a range between a maximum of two (2) years and, at a

minimum, a reprimand and no period of Ineligibility,

depending on the Protected Person or Recreational

Athlete’s degree of Fault.

(b)

For violations of Regulation 2(4), the period of

Ineligibility shall be two (2) years, subject to reduction down

to a minimum of one (1) year, depending on the Athlete’s

degree of Fault. The flexibility between two (2) years and one

(1) year of Ineligibility in this paragraph is not available to

Athletes where a pattern of last-minute whereabouts changes

or other conduct raises a serious suspicion that the Athlete was

trying to avoid being available for testing.

(c)

For violations of Regulation 2(7) or (8), the

period of Ineligibility shall be a minimum of four (4) years up

to lifetime Ineligibility, depending on the seriousness of the

violation. A Regulation 2(7) or (8) violation involving a

Protected Person shall be considered a particularly serious

violation and, if committed by Athlete Support Personnel for

violations other than for Specified Substances, shall result in

lifetime Ineligibility for Athlete Support Personnel. In

addition, significant violations of Regulation 2(7) or (8) which

may also violate non-sporting laws and regulations, shall be

reported to the competent administrative, professional or

judicial authorities.

(d)

For violations of Regulation 2(9), the period of

Ineligibility imposed shall be a minimum of two (2) years, up

to lifetime Ineligibility, depending on the seriousness of the

violation.

(e)

For violations of Regulation 2(10), the period of

Ineligibility shall be two (2) years, subject to reduction down

to a minimum of one (1) year, depending on the Athlete or

other Person’s degree of Fault and other circumstances of the

case.

(f)

For violations of Regulation 2(11), the period of

Ineligibility shall be a minimum of two (2) years, up to

lifetime Ineligibility, depending on the seriousness of the

violation by the Athlete or other Person.

(4) Aggravating Circumstances which may Increase the

Period of Ineligibility

If the NADDP establishes in an individual case

involving an anti-doping rule violation other than violations under

Regulation 2(7) (Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking), 2(8)

(Administration or Attempted Administration), 2(9) (Complicity or

Attempted Complicity) or 2(11) (Acts by an Athlete or other Person

to Discourage or Retaliate Against Reporting) that Aggravating

Circumstances are present which justify the imposition of a period of

Ineligibility greater than the standard sanction, then the period of

Ineligibility otherwise applicable shall be increased by an additional

period of Ineligibility of up to two (2) years depending on the

seriousness of the violation and the nature of the Aggravating

Circumstances, unless the Athlete or other Person can establish that

he did not knowingly commit the anti-doping rule violation.

(5) Elimination of the Period of Ineligibility where there is

No Fault or Negligence

If an Athlete or other Person establishes in an individual

case that he or she bears No Fault or Negligence, then the otherwise

applicable period of Ineligibility shall be eliminated.

(6) Reduction of the Period of Ineligibility based on No

Significant Fault or Negligence

(a)

Reduction

of

Sanctions

in

Particular

ANTI-DOPING

Circumstances for Violations of Regulation 2(1), (2) or (6).

All reductions under this paragraph are mutually

exclusive and not cumulative.

(i)

or

Specified

Substances

Specified

Methods

Where the anti-doping rule violation

involves a Specified Substance (other than a Substance

of Abuse) or Specified Method, and the Athlete or other

Person can establish No Significant Fault or Negligence,

then the period of Ineligibility shall be, at a minimum, a

reprimand and no period of Ineligibility, and at a

maximum, two (2) years of Ineligibility, depending on

the Athlete’s or other Person’s degree of Fault.

(ii)

Contaminated Products

In cases where the Athlete or other Person can

establish both No Significant Fault or Negligence and

that the detected Prohibited Substance (other than a

Substance of Abuse) came from a Contaminated

Product, then the period of Ineligibility shall be, at a

minimum, a reprimand and no period of Ineligibility,

and at a maximum, two (2) years Ineligibility, depending

on the Athlete or other Person’s degree of Fault.

(iii)

or

Protected

Persons

Recreational

Athletes

Where the anti-doping rule violation not

involving a Substance of Abuse is committed by a

Protected Person or Recreational Athlete, and the

Protected Person or Recreational Athlete can establish

No Significant Fault or Negligence, then the period of

Ineligibility shall be, at a minimum, a reprimand and no

period of Ineligibility, and at a maximum, two (2) years

Ineligibility, depending on the Protected Person or

Recreational Athlete’s degree of Fault.

(b)

Application of No Significant Fault

or

Negligence beyond the application of paragraph (a)

If an Athlete or other Person establishes in an

individual case where paragraph (a) is not applicable, that he

or she bears No Significant Fault or Negligence, then, subject

to further reduction or elimination as provided in sub-

regulation (7), the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility

may be reduced based on the Athlete or other Person’s degree

of Fault, but the reduced period of Ineligibility may not be less

than one-half of the period of Ineligibility otherwise

applicable. If the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility is

a lifetime, the reduced period under this paragraph may be no

less than eight (8) years.

(7) Elimination, Reduction, or Suspension of Period of

Ineligibility or other Consequences for Reasons Other than Fault

(a)

in

Discovering

or

Substantial Assistance

Establishing Code Violations

(i)

The ADC may, prior to an appellate

decision under Regulation 13 or the expiration of the

time to appeal, suspend a part of the Consequences

(other than Disqualification and mandatory Public

Disclosure) imposed in an individual case where the

Athlete or other Person has provided Substantial

Assistance to an Anti-Doping Organisation, criminal

authority or professional disciplinary body which results

in

(A) the Anti-Doping Organisation

discovering or bringing forward an anti-doping

rule violation by another Person; or

(B) which results in a criminal or

disciplinary body discovering or bringing

forward a criminal offence or the breach of

professional rules committed by another

Person and the information provided by the

Person providing Substantial Assistance is

made available to the ADC or other Anti-

Doping Organisation with Results Management

responsibility; or

(C) which results in WADA initiating

a proceeding against a Signatory, WADA-

accredited laboratory, or Athlete passport

management unit (as defined in the

International Standard for Laboratories) for

non-compliance with the Code, International

Standard or Technical Document; or

(D) with the approval by WADA,

which results in a criminal or disciplinary body

bringing forward a criminal offence or the

breach of professional or sport rules arising out

of a sport integrity violation other than doping.

After an appellate decision under Regulation 13

or the expiration of time to appeal,

NADOMALTA may only suspend a part of the

ANTI-DOPING

otherwise applicable Consequences with the

approval of WADA and the applicable

International Federation.

The extent to which the otherwise

applicable period of Ineligibility may be suspended shall

be based on the seriousness of the anti-doping rule

violation committed by the Athlete or other Person and

the significance of the Substantial Assistance provided

by the Athlete or other Person to the effort to eliminate

doping in sport, non-compliance with the Code and, or

sport integrity violations. No more than three-quarters of

the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility may be

suspended. If the otherwise applicable period of

Ineligibility is a lifetime, the non-suspended period

under this sub-paragraph must be no less than eight (8)

years. For purposes of this sub-paragraph, the otherwise

applicable period of Ineligibility shall not include any

period of Ineligibility that could be added under sub-

regulation (9)(c)(ii).

If so requested by an Athlete or other

Person who seeks to provide Substantial Assistance,

NADOMALTA shall allow the Athlete or other Person to

provide the information to it subject to a Without

Prejudice Agreement.

If the Athlete or other Person fails to

continue to cooperate and to provide the complete and

credible Substantial Assistance upon which a suspension

of Consequences was based, NADOMALTA shall

reinstate the original Consequences. If NADOMALTA

decides to reinstate suspended Consequences or decides

not to reinstate suspended Consequences, that decision

may be appealed by any Person entitled to appeal under

Regulation 13.

(ii) To further encourage Athletes and other

Persons to provide Substantial Assistance to Anti-

Doping Organisations, at the request of the ADC or at

the request of the Athlete or other Person who has, or

has been asserted to have, committed an anti-doping rule

violation, or other violation of these regulations, WADA

may agree at any stage of the Results Management

process, including after an appellate decision under

Regulation 13, to what it considers to be an appropriate

suspension of the otherwise-applicable period of

Ineligibility and other Consequences. In exceptional

circumstances, WADA may agree to suspensions of the

period of Ineligibility and other Consequences for

Substantial Assistance greater than those otherwise

provided in this sub-paragraph, or even no period of

Ineligibility, no mandatory Public Disclosure and, or no

return of prize money or payment of fines or costs.

WADA’s approval shall be subject to reinstatement of

Consequences, as otherwise provided in this sub-

paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of

Regulation 13, WADA’s decisions in the context of this

sub-paragraph may not be appealed.

(iii) If NADOMALTA suspends any part of an

otherwise applicable sanction because of Substantial

Assistance, then notice providing justification for the

decision shall be provided to the other Anti-Doping

Organisations with a right to appeal under Regulation

13(2)(c) as provided in Regulation 14(2). In unique

circumstances where WADA determines that it would be

in the best interest of anti-doping, WADA may authorize

NADOMALTA to enter into appropriate confidentiality

agreements limiting or delaying the disclosure of the

Substantial Assistance agreement or the nature of

Substantial Assistance being provided.

(b)

Admission of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation in

the Absence of Other Evidence

Where an Athlete or other Person voluntarily

admits the commission of an anti-doping rule violation before

having received notice of a Sample collection which could

establish an anti-doping rule violation (or, in the case of an

anti-doping rule violation other than Regulation 2(1), before

receiving first notice of the admitted violation pursuant to

Regulation 7) and that admission is the only reliable evidence

of the violation at the time of admission, then the period of

Ineligibility may be reduced, but not below one-half of the

period of Ineligibility otherwise applicable.

(c)

Application of Multiple Grounds for Reduction

of a Sanction

Where an Athlete or other Person establishes

entitlement to reduction in sanction under more than one

provision of sub-regulations (5), (6) or this sub-regulation,

before applying any reduction or suspension under this sub-

regulation, the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility

shall be determined in accordance with sub-regulations (2),

(3), (5) and (6). If the Athlete or other Person establishes

entitlement to a reduction or suspension of the period of

Ineligibility under this sub-regulation, then the period of

Ineligibility may be reduced or suspended, but not below one-

fourth of the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility.

ANTI-DOPING

(8)

Results Management Agreements

(a)

One (1) Year Reduction for Certain Anti-Doping

Rule Violations Based on Early Admission and Acceptance of

Sanction

Where an Athlete or other Person, after being

notified by the ADC of a potential anti-doping rule violation

that carries an asserted period of Ineligibility of four (4) or

more years (including any period of Ineligibility asserted

under sub-regulation (4)), admits the violation and accepts the

asserted period of Ineligibility no later than twenty (20) days

after receiving notice of an anti-doping rule violation charge,

the Athlete or other Person may receive a one (1) year

reduction in the period of Ineligibility asserted by the ADC.

Where the Athlete or other Person receives the one (1) year

reduction in the asserted period of Ineligibility under this

paragraph, no further reduction in the asserted period of

Ineligibility shall be allowed under any other regulation.

(b)

Case Resolution Agreement

Where the Athlete or other Person admits an

anti-doping rule violation after being confronted with the anti-

doping rule violation by the ADC and agrees to Consequences

acceptable to the ADC and WADA, at their sole discretion,

then

(i)

the Athlete or other Person may receive

a reduction in the period of Ineligibility based on an

assessment by the ADC and WADA of the application of

sub-regulations (1) to (7) to the asserted anti-doping rule

violation, the seriousness of the violation, the Athlete or

other Person’s degree of Fault and how promptly the

Athlete or other Person admitted the violation; and

(ii) the period of Ineligibility may start as

early as the date of Sample collection or the date on

which another anti-doping rule violation last occurred.

In each case, however, where this paragraph is applied,

the Athlete or other Person shall serve at least one-half

of the agreed-upon period of Ineligibility going forward

from the earlier of the date the Athlete or other Person

accepted the imposition of a sanction or a Provisional

Suspension which was subsequently respected by the

Athlete or other Person. The decision by WADA and the

ADC to enter or not enter into a case resolution

agreement, and the amount of the reduction to, and the

starting date of the period of Ineligibility, are not matters

for determination or review by a hearing body and are

not subject to appeal under Regulation 13.

ANTI-DOPING

If so requested by an Athlete or other

Person who seeks to enter into a case resolution

agreement under this paragraph, the ADC shall allow the

Athlete or other Person to discuss an admission of the

anti-doping rule violation with it subject to a Without

Prejudice Agreement.

(9)

Multiple Violations

(a)

Second or Third Anti-Doping Rule Violation

(i)

For an Athlete or other Person’s second

anti-doping rule violation, the period of Ineligibility

shall be the greater of

(A)

a six (6) month period of

Ineligibility; or

(B)

a period of Ineligibility in the

range between

-

the sum of the period of

Ineligibility imposed for the first anti-

doping rule violation plus the period of

Ineligibility otherwise applicable to the

second anti-doping rule violation treated

as if it were a first violation, and

-

twice the period of

Ineligibility otherwise applicable to the

second anti-doping rule violation treated

as if it were a first violation.

The period of Ineligibility within this

range shall be determined based on the entirety of the

circumstances and the Athlete or other Person’s degree

of Fault with respect to the second violation.

(ii) A third anti-doping rule violation will

always result in a lifetime period of Ineligibility, except

if the third violation fulfils the condition for elimination

or reduction of the period of Ineligibility under sub-

regulations (5) or (6), or involves a violation of

Regulation 2.4. In these particular cases, the period of

Ineligibility shall be from eight (8) years to lifetime

Ineligibility.

(iii) The period of Ineligibility established in

sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) may then be further reduced

by the application of sub-regulation (7).

(b)

An anti-doping rule violation for which an

ANTI-DOPING

Athlete or other Person has established No Fault or Negligence

shall not be considered a violation for purposes of this sub-

regulation. In addition, an anti-doping rule violation

sanctioned under sub-regulation (2)(d)(i) shall not be

considered a violation for purposes of this sub-regulation.

(c)

Additional Regulations for Certain Potential

Multiple Violations

(i)

For purposes of imposing sanctions

under this sub-regulation, except as provided in

paragraph (c)(ii) and (iii), an anti-doping rule violation

will only be considered a second violation if the ADC

can establish that the Athlete or other Person committed

the additional anti-doping rule violation after the Athlete

or other Person received notice pursuant to Regulation

7, or after the ADC made reasonable efforts to give

notice of the first anti-doping rule violation. If the ADC

cannot establish this, the violations shall be considered

together as one single first violation, and the sanction

imposed shall be based on the violation that carries the

more severe sanction, including the application of

Aggravating Circumstances. Results in all Competitions

dating back to the earlier anti-doping rule violation will

be Disqualified as provided in sub-regulation (10).

(ii) If the ADC establishes that an Athlete or

other Person committed an additional anti-doping rule

violation prior to notification, and that the additional

violation occurred twelve (12) months or more before or

after the first-noticed violation, then the period of

Ineligibility for the additional violation shall be

calculated as if the additional violation were a stand-

alone first violation and this period of Ineligibility is

served consecutively, rather than concurrently, with the

period of Ineligibility imposed for the earlier-noticed

violation. Where this sub-paragraph applies, the

violations taken together shall constitute a single

violation for purposes of paragraph (a).

(iii) If the ADC establishes that an Athlete or

other Person committed a violation of Regulation 2(5)

in connection with the Doping Control process for an

underlying asserted anti-doping rule violation, the

violation of Regulation 2(5) shall be treated as a stand-

alone first violation and the period of Ineligibility for

such violation shall be served consecutively, rather than

concurrently, with the period of Ineligibility, if any,

imposed for the underlying anti-doping rule violation.

Where this sub-paragraph is applied, the violations taken

together shall constitute a single violation for purposes

of paragraph (a).

(iv) If the ADC establishes that an Athlete or

other Person has committed a second or third anti-

doping rule violation during a period of Ineligibility, the

periods of Ineligibility for the multiple violations shall

run consecutively, rather than concurrently.

(d)

Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations during

Ten (10) Year Period

For the purposes of this sub-regulation, each

anti-doping rule violation must take place within the same ten

(10) year period in order to be considered multiple violations.

(10) Disqualification of Results in Competitions Subsequent

to Sample Collection or Commission of an Anti-Doping Rule

Violation

In addition to the automatic Disqualification of the

results in the Competition which produced the positive Sample under

Regulation 9, all other competitive results of the Athlete obtained

from the date a positive Sample was collected (whether In-

Competition or Out-of-Competition), or other anti-doping rule

violation occurred, through the commencement of any Provisional

Suspension or Ineligibility period, shall, unless fairness requires

otherwise, be Disqualified with all of the resulting Consequences

including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

(11) Forfeited Prize Money

If NADOMALTA recovers prize money forfeited as a

result of an anti-doping rule violation, it shall take reasonable

measures to allocate and distribute this prize money to the Athletes

who would have been entitled to it had the forfeiting Athlete not

competed.

(12) Financial Consequences

(a)

Where an Athlete or other Person commits an

anti-doping rule violation, NADOMALTA may, in its discretion

and subject to the principle of proportionality, elect to recover

from the Athlete or other Person costs associated with the anti-

doping rule violation, regardless of the period of Ineligibility

imposed.

(b)

The imposition of NADOMALTA’s recovery of

costs shall not be considered a basis for reducing the

Ineligibility or other sanction which would otherwise be

applicable under these Anti-Doping Regulations.

ANTI-DOPING

(13) Commencement of Ineligibility Period

Where an Athlete is already serving a period of

Ineligibility for an anti- doping rule violation, any new period of

Ineligibility shall commence on the first day after the current period of

Ineligibility has been served. Otherwise, except as provided below,

the period of Ineligibility shall start on the date of the final

hearing decision providing for Ineligibility or, if the hearing is

waived or there is no hearing, on the date Ineligibility is accepted or

otherwise imposed.

(a)

Delays Not Attributable to the Athlete or other

Person

Where there have been substantial delays in the

hearing process or other aspects of Doping Control, and the

Athlete or other Person can establish that such delays are not

attributable to the Athlete or other Person, NADOMALTA or

NADDP, if applicable, may start the period of Ineligibility at

an earlier date commencing as early as the date of Sample

collection or the date on which another anti-doping rule

violation last occurred. All competitive results achieved

during the period of Ineligibility, including retroactive

Ineligibility, shall be disqualified.

(b)

Credit for Provisional Suspension or Period of

Ineligibility Served

(i)

If a Provisional Suspension is respected

by the Athlete or other Person, then the Athlete or other

Person shall receive a credit for such period of

Provisional Suspension against any period of

Ineligibility which may ultimately be imposed. If the

Athlete or other Person does not respect a Provisional

Suspension, then the Athlete or other Person shall

receive no credit for any period of Provisional

Suspension served. If a period of Ineligibility is served

pursuant to a decision that is subsequently appealed,

then the Athlete or other Person shall receive a credit for

such period of Ineligibility served against any period of

Ineligibility which may ultimately be imposed on

appeal.

(ii) If an Athlete or other Person voluntarily

accepts a Provisional Suspension in writing from the

ADC and thereafter respects the Provisional Suspension,

the Athlete or other Person shall receive a credit for such

period of voluntary Provisional Suspension against any

period of Ineligibility which may ultimately be imposed.

A copy of the Athlete or other Person’s voluntary

acceptance of a Provisional Suspension shall be

provided promptly to each party entitled to receive

notice of an asserted anti-doping rule violation under

Regulation 14(1).

(iii) No credit against a period of Ineligibility

shall be given for any time period before the effective

date of the Provisional Suspension or voluntary

Provisional Suspension regardless of whether the

Athlete elected not to compete or was suspended by a

team.

(iv) In Team Sports, where a period of

Ineligibility is imposed upon a team, unless fairness

requires otherwise, the period of Ineligibility shall start

on the date of the final hearing decision providing for

Ineligibility or, if the hearing is waived, on the date

Ineligibility is accepted or otherwise imposed. Any

period of team Provisional Suspension (whether

imposed or voluntarily accepted) shall be credited

against the total period of Ineligibility to be served.

(14)

Status during Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension

(a)

Prohibition Against Participation

during

Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension

No Athlete or other Person who has been

declared Ineligible or is subject to a Provisional Suspension

may, during a period of Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension,

participate in any capacity in a Competition or activity (other

than authorized anti-doping Education or rehabilitation

programs) authorized or organized by any Signatory,

Signatory’s member Organisation, or a club or other member

Organisation of a Signatory’s member Organisation, or in

Competitions authorized or organized by any professional

league or any international- or national-level Event

Organisation or any elite or national-level sporting activity

funded by a governmental agency.

An Athlete or other Person subject to a period of

Ineligibility longer than four (4) years may, after completing

four (4) years of the period of Ineligibility, participate as an

Athlete in local sport events not sanctioned or otherwise under

the authority of a Code Signatory or member of a Code

Signatory, but only so long as the local sport event is not at a

level that could otherwise qualify such Athlete or other Person

directly or indirectly to compete in (or accumulate points

toward) a national championship or International Event, and

does not involve the Athlete or other Person working in any

capacity with Protected Persons.

ANTI-DOPING

An Athlete or other Person subject to a period of

Ineligibility shall remain subject to Testing and any

requirement by the ADC to provide whereabouts information.

(b)

Return to Training

As an exception to paragraph (a), an Athlete may

return to train with a team or to use the facilities of a club or of

a national sports Organisation during the shorter of

(i)

the last two months of the Athlete’s

period of Ineligibility, or

(ii) the last one-quarter of the period of

Ineligibility imposed.

(C)

Violation of the Prohibition of Participation

During Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension

Where an Athlete or other Person who has been

declared Ineligible violates the prohibition against

participation during Ineligibility described in paragraph (a),

the results of such participation shall be Disqualified and a

new period of Ineligibility equal in length to the original

period of Ineligibility shall be added to the end of the original

period of Ineligibility. The new period of Ineligibility,

including a reprimand and no period of Ineligibility, may be

adjusted based on the Athlete or other Person’s degree of Fault

and other circumstances of the case. The determination of

whether an Athlete or other Person has violated the prohibition

against participation, and whether an adjustment is

appropriate, shall be made by the Anti-Doping Organisation

whose Results Management led to the imposition of the initial

period of Ineligibility. This decision may be appealed under

Regulation 13.

An Athlete or other Person who violates the

prohibition against participation during a Provisional

Suspension described in paragraph (a) shall receive no credit

for any period of Provisional Suspension served and the results

of such participation shall be Disqualified.

Where an Athlete Support Person or other

Person assists a Person in violating the prohibition against

participation during Ineligibility or a Provisional Suspension,

the NADDP shall impose sanctions for a violation of

Regulation 2(9) for such assistance.

(d)

Withholding

of

Financial

Support

during

Ineligibility

In addition, for any anti-doping rule violation

not involving a reduced sanction as described in sub-

regulation (5) or (6), some or all sport-related financial support

or other sport-related benefits received by such Person will be

withheld by the national sports organisation, the Government

of Malta, the National Olympic Committee of Malta and the

National Paralympic Committee of Malta.

(15) Automatic Publication of Sanction

A mandatory part of each sanction shall include

automatic publication, as provided in Regulation 14(3).

REGULATION 11

CONSEQUENCES TO TEAMS

(1)

Testing of Team Sports

Where more than one (1) member of a team in a Team

Sport has been notified of an anti-doping rule violation under

Regulation 7 in connection with an Event, the ruling body for the

Event shall conduct appropriate Target Testing of the team during the

Event Period.

(2)

Consequences for Team Sports

If more than two (2) members of a team in a Team Sport

are found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation during an

Event Period, the ruling body of the Event shall impose an

appropriate sanction on the team (e.g., loss of points, Disqualification

from a Competition or Event, or other sanction) in addition to any

Consequences imposed upon the individual Athletes committing the

anti-doping rule violation.

(3) Event Ruling Body may Establish Stricter Consequences

for Team Sports

The ruling body for an Event may elect to establish rules

for the Event which impose Consequences for Team Sports stricter

than those in sub-regulation (2) for purposes of the Event.

REGULATION 12

SANCTIONS

BY

SPORTMALTA

AGAINST

OTHER SPORTING BODIES

When the Government, SportMalta or NADOMALTA

becomes aware that a national sports organisation in Malta or any

other sporting body in Malta over which it has authority has failed to

comply with, implement, uphold, and enforce these Anti-Doping

Regulations within that Organisation’s or body’s area of competence,

NADOMALTA may take the following additional disciplinary actions

(1)

Exclude all, or some group of, members of that

ANTI-DOPING

Organisation or body from specified future Events or all Events

conducted within a specified period of time.

(2) Take additional disciplinary actions with respect to that

Organisation’s or body’s recognition, the eligibility of their members

to participate in the Organisation or body’s activities based on the

following

(a)

Four (4) or more violations of these Anti-Doping

Regulations (other than violations involving Regulation 2(4))

are committed by Athletes or other Persons affiliated with that

Organisation or body during a twelve (12) month period. In

such event all or some group of members of that Organisation

or body may be banned from participation in any

NADOMALTA activities for a period of up to two (2) years.

(b)

Four (4) or more violations of these Anti-Doping

Regulations (other than violations involving Regulation 2(4))

are committed in addition to the violations described in

paragraph (a) by Athletes or other Persons affiliated with that

Organisation or body during a twelve (12) month period in

testing conducted by the international federation or by the anti-

doping organisations including NADOMALTA. In such event,

that Organisation or body may be suspended for a period of up

to four (4) years.

(c)

More than one Athlete or other Person affiliated

with that Organisation or body commits an anti-doping rule

violation during an International Event. In such event, that

Organisation or body may, at SportMalta’s discretion,

withhold any assistance proposed or already committed to the

national sports organisation involved; and

(d)

That Organisation or body has failed to make

diligent efforts to keep NADOMALTA informed about an

Athlete’s whereabouts after receiving a request for that

information from NADOMALTA. In such event, the

Government or SportMalta, at its discretion, may withhold any

assistance proposed or already committed to the national

association involved, in addition to all of NADOMALTA’s costs

incurred in testing that national sports organisation’s Athletes.

(3) Withhold some or all funding or other financial and non-

financial support to that Organisation or body.

(4) Oblige that Organisation or body to reimburse

NADOMALTA for all costs (including but not limited to laboratory

fees, hearing expenses, and travel) related to a violation of these

Anti-Doping Regulations committed by an Athlete or other Person

affiliated with that Organisation or body.

REGULATION 13

RESULTS

MANAGEMENT

APPEALS

(1)

Decisions Subject to Appeal

Decisions made under the Code or these Anti-Doping

Regulations may be appealed as set forth below in sub-regulations (2)

to (7) or as otherwise provided in these Anti-Doping Regulations, the

Code or the International Standards. Such decisions shall remain in

effect while under appeal unless the appellate body orders otherwise.

(a)

Scope of Review Not Limited

The scope of review on appeal includes all issues

relevant to the matter and is expressly not limited to the issues

or scope of review before the initial decision maker. Any party

to the appeal may submit evidence, legal arguments and claims

that were not raised in the first instance hearing so long as they

arise from the same cause of action or same general facts or

circumstances raised or addressed in the first instance hearing.

(b)

CAS shall Not Defer to the Findings Being

Appealed

In making its decision, CAS shall not give

deference to the discretion exercised by the body whose

decision is being appealed.

(c)

WADA Not Required to Exhaust Internal

Remedies

Where WADA has a right to appeal under this

regulation and no other party has appealed a final decision

within NADOMALTA’s process, WADA may appeal such

decision directly to CAS without having to exhaust other

remedies in NADOMALTA’s process.

(2) Appeals from Decisions Regarding Anti-doping Rule

Violations, Consequences, Provisional Suspensions, Implementation

of Decisions and Authority

A decision that an anti-doping rule violation was

committed, a decision imposing Consequences or not imposing

Consequences for an anti-doping rule violation, or a decision that no

anti-doping rule violation was committed; a decision that an anti-

doping rule violation proceeding cannot go forward for procedural

reasons (including, for example, prescription); a decision by WADA

not to grant an exception to the six (6) month notice requirement for a

retired Athlete to return to competition under Regulation 5(6)(a); a

decision by WADA assigning Results Management under Article 7(1)

of the Code; a decision by the ADC not to bring forward an Adverse

Analytical Finding or an Atypical Finding as an anti-doping rule

violation, or a decision not to go forward with an anti-doping rule

violation after an investigation in accordance with the International

Standard for Results Management; a decision to impose, or lift, a

Provisional Suspension as a result of a Provisional Hearing; the

ADC’s failure to comply with Regulation 7(4); a decision that the

ADC lacks authority to rule on an alleged anti-doping rule violation

or its Consequences; a decision to suspend, or not suspend,

Consequences or to reinstate, or not reinstate, Consequences under

Regulation 10(7)(a); failure to comply with Article 7.1.4 and 7.1.5 of

the Code; failure to comply with Regulation 10(8)(a); a decision

under Regulation 10(14)(c); a decision by NADOMALTA not to

implement another anti-doping organisation’s decision under

Regulation 15; and a decision under Article 27.3 of the Code may be

appealed exclusively as provided in this sub-regulation.

(a)

Appeals Involving International-Level Athletes

or International Events

In cases arising from participation in an

International Event or in cases involving International-Level

Athletes, the decision may be appealed exclusively to CAS.

(b)

Appeals Involving Other Athletes or Other

Persons

In cases where paragraph (a) is not applicable,

the decision may be appealed to the NADAP. The appeal

process shall be carried out in accordance with the

International Standard for Results Management.

(i)

Hearings before the NADAP

(A) The NADAP shall consist of an

independent Chairperson and six (6) other

independent members.

(B) Each member shall be appointed

by taking into consideration their requisite

anti-doping experience including their legal,

sports, medical and, or scientific expertise.

Each member shall be appointed for a once

renewable term of three (3) years.

(C) The appointed members shall be

Operationally and Institutionally Independent.

Board members, staff members, commission

members, consultants and officials of

NADOMALTA or its affiliates (such as a

Delegated Third Party), as well as any Person

involved in the investigation, pre-adjudication

or Results Management of the matter, cannot

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be appointed as members and, or clerks of the

NADAP. In particular, no member shall have

previously considered any TUE application,

Results Management decision, first instance, or

appeal involving the same Athlete in a given

case.

(D) The NADAP shall be in a position

to conduct the hearing and decision-making

process

without

interference

from

NADOMALTA or any third party.

(E) If a member appointed by the

Chairperson to hear a case is unwilling or

unable, for whatever reason, to hear the case,

the Chairperson may appoint a replacement or

appoint a new hearing panel.

(F)

The NADAP has the power, at its

absolute discretion, to appoint an expert to

assist or advise the panel.

(G) The International Federation, the

National Sports Organisation concerned, the

National Olympic Committee, if not a party (or

parties) to the proceedings, and WADA each

have the right to attend hearings of the NADAP

as an observer.

(H) Hearings pursuant to this

regulation

should

be

completed

as

expeditiously as possible. Hearings held in

connection with events may be conducted on

an expedited basis.

(ii)

Proceedings of the NADAP

(A) The proceedings of the NADAP

shall respect the principles described in

Articles 8, 9, and 10 of the International

Standard for Results Management.

(B) The Chairperson shall appoint

three (3) members (which may include the

Chairperson) to hear the appeal. When hearing

an appeal, one (1) panel member shall be a

qualified lawyer, with no less than three (3)

years of relevant legal experience, and one (1)

panel member shall be a qualified medical

practitioner, with no less than three (3) years of

relevant medical experience.

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(C) Upon appointment by the

Chairperson as a member of an NADAP, each

member must also sign a declaration that there

are no facts or circumstances known to him

which might call into question their

impartiality in the eyes of any of the parties,

other than those circumstances disclosed in the

declaration.

(D) The appellant shall present his

case and the respondent party or parties shall

present his or their case(s) in reply.

(E) If any party or his representative

fail to attend a hearing after notification, the

hearing may nevertheless proceed.

(F)

Each party shall have the right to

be represented by counsel at a hearing at that

party’s own expense.

(G) Each party shall have the right to

an interpreter at the hearing at that party’s

expense.

(H) Each party to the proceedings has

the right to access and present relevant

evidence, to submit written and oral

submissions, and to call and examine

witnesses.

(iii)

Decisions of the NADAP

(A) At the end of the hearing, or

promptly thereafter, the NADAP shall issue a

written, dated and signed decision that respects

the principles of Article 9 of the International

Standard for Results Management.

(B) The decision shall notably

include the full reasons for the decision and for

any period of Ineligibility imposed, including

(if applicable) a justification for why the

maximum potential sanction was not imposed.

(C) NADAP shall notify the decision

to the Athlete or other Person, to his or her

National Federation, and to Anti-Doping

Organisations with a right to appeal under

paragraph (c) (appeal to CAS), and shall

promptly report it into ADAMS.

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(D) The decision may be appealed as

provided in paragraph (c) and publicly

disclosed as provided in Regulation 14(3).

(c)

Persons Entitled to Appeal

(i)

Appeals involving International-Level

Athletes or International Events

In cases under sub-regulation

(2)(a), the following parties shall have the right

to appeal to CAS

(A)

the Athlete or other Person

who is the subject of the decision being

appealed;

(B)

the other party to the case in

which the decision was rendered;

(C)

the

relevant

International

Federation;

(D)

and

(if

NADOMALTA

different)

the

National

Anti-Doping

Organisation of the Person’s country of

residence or countries where the Person is a

national or license holder;

(E)

the International Olympic

Committee or International Paralympic

Committee, as applicable, where the decision

may have an effect in relation to the Olympic

Games or Paralympic Games, including

decisions affecting eligibility for the Olympic

Games or Paralympic Games; and

(F)

WADA.

(ii) Appeals Involving Other Athletes or

Other Persons

In cases under sub-regulation (2)(b), the

following parties shall have the right to appeal

(A)

the Athlete or other Person

who is the subject of the decision being

appealed;

(B)

the other party to the case in

which the decision was rendered;

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(C)

the

relevant

International

Federation;

(D)

NADOMALTA

and

(if

different)

the

National

Anti-Doping

Organisation of the Person’s country of

residence or countries where the Person is a

national or license holder;

(E)

the International Olympic

Committee or International Paralympic

Committee, as applicable, where the decision

may have an effect in relation to the Olympic

Games or Paralympic Games, including

decisions affecting eligibility for the Olympic

Games or Paralympic Games; and

(F)

WADA.

For cases under sub-regulation (2)(b),

WADA, the International Olympic Committee, the

International Paralympic Committee, and the relevant

International Federation shall also have the right to

appeal to CAS with respect to the decision of the

NADAP.

Any party filing an appeal shall be

entitled to assistance from CAS to obtain all relevant

information from the Anti-Doping Organisation whose

decision is being appealed and the information shall be

provided if CAS so directs.

(iii)

Duty to Notify

All parties to any CAS appeal must

ensure that WADA and all other parties with a right to

appeal have been given timely notice of the appeal.

(iv)

Appeal from Imposition of Provisional

Suspension

Notwithstanding any other provision

herein, the only Person who may appeal from the

imposition of a Provisional Suspension is the Athlete or

other Person upon whom the Provisional Suspension is

imposed.

(v)

Appeal from Decisions under Regulation

Decisions by NADOMALTA pursuant to

Regulation 12 may be appealed to NADAP by the

National Sports Organisation or other body.

(d)

Cross Appeals and other Subsequent Appeals

Allowed

Cross appeals and other subsequent appeals by

any respondent named in cases brought to CAS under the Code

are specifically permitted. Any party with a right to appeal

under this regulation must file a cross appeal or subsequent

appeal at the latest with the party’s answer.

(3)

Failure to Render a Timely Decision by NADDP

Where, in a particular case, NADDP fails to render a

decision with respect to whether an anti-doping rule violation was

committed within a reasonable deadline set by WADA, WADA may

elect to appeal directly to CAS as if NADDP had rendered a decision

finding no anti-doping rule violation. If the CAS hearing panel

determines that an anti-doping rule violation was committed and that

WADA acted reasonably in electing to appeal directly to CAS, then

WADA’s costs and attorney fees in prosecuting the appeal shall be

reimbursed to WADA by the NADDP.

(4

Appeals Relating to TUEs

TUE decisions may be appealed exclusively as provided

in Regulation 4(4).

(5)

Notification of Appeal Decisions

The NADAP shall promptly provide the appeal decision

to the Athlete or other Person and to the other Anti-Doping

Organisations that would have been entitled to appeal under sub-

regulation (2)(c) as provided under Regulation 14(2).

(6)

Time for Filing Appeals

(a)

Appeals to CAS

The time to file an appeal to CAS shall be

twenty-one (21) days from the date of receipt of the decision

by the appealing party. The above notwithstanding, the

following shall apply in connection with appeals filed by a

party entitled to appeal but which was not a party to the

proceedings that led to the decision being appealed

(i)

within fifteen (15) days from the notice

of the decision, such party/ies shall have the right to

request a copy of the full case file pertaining to the

decision from the Anti-Doping Organisation that had

Results Management authority;

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(ii) if such a request is made within the

fifteen (15) day period, then the party making such

request shall have twenty-one (21) days from receipt of

the file to file an appeal to CAS.

Notwithstanding the above, the filing deadline for an

appeal filed by WADA shall be the later of

(i)

twenty-one (21) days after the last day

on which any other party having a right to appeal could

have appealed, or

(ii) twenty-one (21) days after WADA’s

receipt of the complete file relating to the decision.

(b)

Appeals under sub-regulation (2)(b)

The time to file an appeal to NADAP shall be

twenty (20) days from the date of receipt of the decision by the

appealing party. Notwithstanding the above, the following

shall apply in connection with appeals filed by a party entitled

to appeal but which was not a party to the proceedings having

led to the decision subject to appeal

(i)

within fifteen (15) days from notice of

the decision, such party/ies shall have the right to

request a copy of the full case file pertaining to the

decision from the Anti-Doping Organisation that had

Results Management authority;

(ii) if such a request is made within the

fifteen (15) day period, then the party making such

request shall have twenty (20) days from receipt of the

file to file an appeal to NADAP.

Notwithstanding the above, the filing deadline for an

appeal filed by WADA shall be the later of

(i)

twenty-one (21) days after the last day

on which any other party having a right to appeal could

have appealed, or

(ii) twenty-one (21) days after WADA’s

receipt of the complete file relating to the decision.

REGULATION 14

CONFIDENTIALITY

AND

REPORTING

(1) Information Concerning Adverse Analytical Findings,

Atypical Findings, and Other Asserted Anti-doping Rule Violations

(a)

Notice of Anti-Doping Rule Violations to

Athletes and other Persons

Notice to Athletes or other Persons of anti-

doping rule violations asserted against them shall occur as

provided under this Regulation and Regulation 7.

If at any point during Results Management up

until the anti-doping rule violation charge, the ADC decides

not to move forward with a matter, it must notify the Athlete or

other Person (provided that the Athlete or other Person had

been already informed of the ongoing Results Management).

(b)

Notice of anti-doping rule violations to National

Anti-Doping Organisations, International Federations and

WADA

Notice of the assertion of an anti-doping rule

violation to the Athlete’s or other Person’s National Anti-

Doping Organisation, if different from the ADC, International

Federation and WADA shall occur as provided under this

Regulation and Regulation 7, simultaneously with the notice to

the Athlete or other Person.

If at any point during Results Management up

until the anti-doping rule violation charge, the ADC decides

not to move forward with a matter, it must give notice (with

reasons) to the Anti-Doping Organisations with a right of

appeal under Regulation 13(2)(c).

(c)

Content of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation

Notice

Notification of an anti-doping rule violation

shall include: the Athlete’s or other Person’s name, country,

sport and discipline within the sport, the Athlete’s competitive

level, whether the test was In-Competition or Out-of-

Competition, the date of Sample collection, the analytical

result reported by the laboratory and other information as

required by the International Standard for Results

Management.

Notification of anti-doping rule violations other

than under Regulation 2(1) shall also include the rule violated

and the basis of the asserted violation.

(d)

Status Reports

Except with respect to investigations which have not

resulted in a notice of an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to

paragraph (a), the Athlete’s or other Person’s National Anti-

Doping Organisation, if different from the ADC, International

Federation and WADA shall be regularly updated on the status

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and findings of any review or proceedings conducted pursuant

to Regulations 7, 8 or 13 and shall be provided with a prompt

written reasoned explanation or decision explaining the

resolution of the matter.

(e)

Confidentiality

The recipient organisations shall not disclose

this information beyond those persons with a need to know

(which would include the appropriate personnel at the

applicable National Olympic Committee, National Sports

Organisation, and team in a Team Sport) until the ADC has

made Public Disclosure as permitted by sub-regulation (3).

(f)

Protection of Confidential Information by an

Employee or Agent of NADOMALTA

The ADC shall ensure that information

concerning Adverse Analytical Findings, Atypical Findings,

and other asserted anti-doping rule violations remains

confidential until such information is Publicly Disclosed in

accordance with sub-regulation (3). The ADC shall ensure that

its employees (whether permanent or otherwise), contractors,

agents, consultants, and Delegated Third Parties are subject to

a fully enforceable contractual duty of confidentiality and to

fully enforceable procedures for the investigation and

disciplining of improper and, or unauthorized disclosure of

such confidential information.

(2) Notice of Anti-Doping Rule Violation or Violations of

Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension Decisions and Request for

Files

(a)

Anti-doping rule violation decisions or decisions

related to violations of Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension

rendered pursuant to Regulations 7(6), 8(2), 10(5), (6), and

(7), 10(14)(c) or 13(5) shall include the full reasons for the

decision, including, if applicable, a justification for why the

maximum potential sanction was not imposed. Where the

decision is not in English or French, ADC shall provide an

English or French summary of the decision and the supporting

reasons.

(b)

An Anti-Doping Organisation having a right to

appeal a decision received pursuant to paragraph (a) may,

within fifteen (15) days of receipt, request a copy of the full

case file pertaining to the decision.

(3)

Public Disclosure

(a)

After notice has been provided to the Athlete or

other Person in accordance with the International Standard for

Results Management, and to the applicable Anti-Doping

Organisations in accordance with sub-regulation (1)(b), the

identity of any Athlete or other Person who is notified of a

potential anti-doping rule violation, the Prohibited Substance

or Prohibited Method and the nature of the violation involved,

and whether the Athlete or other Person is subject to a

Provisional Suspension may be Publicly Disclosed by the

ADC.

(b)

No later than twenty (20) days after it has been

determined in an appellate decision under sub-regulation

(2)(a) or (2)(b), or such appeal has been waived, or a hearing

in accordance with Regulation 8 has been waived, or the

assertion of an anti-doping rule violation has not otherwise

been timely challenged, or the matter has been resolved under

Regulation 10(8), or a new period of Ineligibility, or

reprimand, has been imposed under Regulation 10(14)(c), the

ADC must Publicly Disclose the disposition of the anti-doping

matter including the sport, the anti-doping rule violated, the

name of the Athlete or other Person committing the violation,

the Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method involved (if

any) and the Consequences imposed. The ADC must also

Publicly Disclose within twenty (20) days the results of

appellate decisions concerning anti-doping rule violations,

including the information described above.

(c)

After an anti-doping rule violation has been

determined to have been committed in an appellate decision

under Regulation 13(2)(a) or (b) or such appeal has been

waived, or in a hearing in accordance with Regulation 8 or

where such hearing has been waived, or the assertion of an

anti-doping rule violation has not otherwise been timely

challenged, or the matter has been resolved under Regulation

10(8), the ADC may make public such determination or

decision and may comment publicly on the matter.

(d)

In any case where it is determined, after a

hearing or appeal, that the Athlete or other Person did not

commit an anti-doping rule violation, the fact that the decision

has been appealed may be Publicly Disclosed. However, the

decision itself and the underlying facts may not be Publicly

Disclosed except with the consent of the Athlete or other

Person who is the subject of the decision. The ADC shall use

reasonable efforts to obtain such consent, and if consent is

obtained, shall Publicly Disclose the decision in its entirety or

in such redacted form as the Athlete or other Person may

approve.

(e)

Publication shall be accomplished at a minimum

by placing the required information on NADOMALTA’s

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website and leaving the information up for the longer of one

(1) month or the duration of any period of Ineligibility.

(f)

Except as provided in paragraphs (a) and (c), no

Anti-Doping Organisation, National Sports Organisation or

WADA-accredited laboratory, or any official of any such body,

shall publicly comment on the specific facts of any pending

case (as opposed to general description of process and science)

except in response to public comments attributed to, or based

on information provided by, the Athlete, other Person or their

entourage or other representatives.

(g)

The mandatory Public Disclosure required in

paragraph (b) shall not be required where the Athlete or other

Person who has been found to have committed an anti-doping

rule violation is a Minor, Protected Person or Recreational

Athlete. Any optional Public Disclosure in a case involving a

Minor, Protected Person or Recreational Athlete shall be

proportionate to the facts and circumstances of the case.

(4)

Statistical Reporting

The ADC shall, at least annually, publish publicly a

general statistical report of its Doping Control activities, with a copy

provided to WADA. The ADC may also publish reports showing the

name of each Athlete tested and the date of each Testing.

(5) Doping Control Information Database and Monitoring

of Compliance

To enable WADA to perform its compliance monitoring

role and to ensure the effective use of resources and sharing of

applicable Doping Control information among Anti-Doping

Organisations, the ADC shall report to WADA through ADAMS

Doping Control-related information, including, in particular

(a)

for

Athlete

Biological

Passport

Data

International-Level Athletes and National-Level Athletes;

(b)

Whereabouts information for Athletes including

those in Registered Testing Pools;

(c)

TUE decisions; and

(d)

Results Management decisions, as required

under the applicable International Standard(s).

(5)(1) To facilitate coordinated test distribution planning,

avoid unnecessary duplication in Testing by various Anti-Doping

Organisations, and to ensure that Athlete Biological Passport profiles

are updated, the ADC shall report all In-Competition and Out-of-

Competition tests to WADA by entering the Doping Control forms

into ADAMS in accordance with the requirements and time-lines

contained in the International Standard for Testing and

Investigations.

(5)(2) To facilitate WADA’s oversight and appeal rights for

TUEs, the ADC shall report all TUE applications, decisions and

supporting documentation using ADAMS in accordance with the

requirements and time-lines contained in the International Standard

for Therapeutic Use Exemptions.

(5)(3) To facilitate WADA’s oversight and appeal rights for

Results Management, the ADC shall report the following information

into ADAMS in accordance with the requirements and time-lines

outlined in the International Standard for Results Management

(a)

notifications of anti-doping rule violations and

related decisions for Adverse Analytical Findings;

(b)

notifications and related decisions for other anti-

doping rule violations that are not Adverse Analytical

Findings;

(c)

whereabouts failures; and

(d)

any decision imposing, lifting or reinstating a

Provisional Suspension.

(5)(4) The information described in this regulation will be

made accessible, where appropriate and in accordance with the

applicable rules, to the Athlete, the Athlete’s National Anti-Doping

Organisation and International Federation, and any other Anti-

Doping Organisations with Testing authority over the Athlete.

(6)

Data Privacy

(a)

NADOMALTA may collect, store, process or

disclose personal information relating to Athletes and other

Persons where necessary and appropriate to conduct its anti-

doping activities under the Code, the International Standards

(including specifically the International Standard for the

Protection of Privacy and Personal Information), these Anti-

Doping Regulations, and in compliance with applicable law.

(b)

Without limiting the foregoing, NADOMALTA

shall

(i)

only process personal information in

accordance with a valid legal ground;

(ii) notify any Participant or Person subject

to these Anti-Doping Regulations, in a manner and form

that complies with applicable laws and the International

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Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal

Information, that their personal information may be

processed by NADOMALTA and other Persons for the

purpose of the implementation of these Anti-Doping

Regulations;

(iii) ensure that any third-party agents

(including any Delegated Third Party) with whom

NADOMALTA shares the personal information of any

Participant or Person is subject to appropriate technical

and contractual controls to protect the confidentiality

and privacy of such information.

REGULATION 15

IMPLEMENTATION

OF

DECISIONS

(1) Automatic Binding Effect of Decisions by Signatory

Anti-Doping Organisations

(a)

A decision of an anti-doping rule violation made

by a Signatory Anti-Doping Organisation, an appellate body

(Regulation 13(2)(b)) or CAS shall, after the parties to the

proceeding are notified, automatically be binding beyond the

parties to the proceeding upon NADOMALTA and any National

Sports Organisation in Malta, as well as every Signatory in

every sport with the effects described below

(i)

a decision by any of the above-described

bodies imposing a Provisional Suspension (after a

Provisional Hearing has occurred or the Athlete or other

Person has either accepted the Provisional Suspension

or has waived the right to a Provisional Hearing,

expedited hearing or expedited appeal offered in

accordance with Regulation 7(4)(c) automatically

prohibits the Athlete or other Person from participation

(as described in Regulation 10(14)(a)) in all sports

within the authority of any Signatory during the

Provisional Suspension.

(ii) a decision by any of the above-described

bodies imposing a period of Ineligibility (after a hearing

has occurred or been waived) automatically prohibits the

Athlete or other Person from participation (as described

in Regulation 10(14)(a)) in all sports within the

authority of any Signatory for the period of Ineligibility.

(iii) a decision by any of the above-described

bodies accepting an anti-doping rule violation

automatically binds all Signatories.

(iv)

a decision by any of the above-described

bodies to Disqualify results under Regulation 10(10) for

a specified period automatically Disqualifies all results

obtained within the authority of any Signatory during

the specified period.

(b)

The ADC and any National Sports Organisation

in Malta shall recognize and implement a decision and its

effects as required by paragraph (a), without any further action

required, on the earlier of the date the ADC receives actual

notice of the decision or the date the decision is placed into

ADAMS.

(c)

A decision by an Anti-Doping Organisation, an

appellate body or CAS to suspend, or lift, Consequences shall

be binding upon the ADC, and any National Sports

Organisation in Malta, without any further action required, on

the earlier of the date the ADC receives actual notice of the

decision or the date the decision is placed into ADAMS.

(d)

Notwithstanding any provision in paragraph (a),

however, a decision of an anti-doping rule violation by a

Major Event Organisation made in an expedited process

during an Event shall not be binding on the ADC or National

Sports Organisation in Malta unless the rules of the Major

Event Organisation provide the Athlete or other Person with

an opportunity to an appeal under non-expedited procedures.

(2) Implementation of Other Decisions by Anti-Doping

Organisations

NADOMALTA and any National Sports Organisation in

Malta may decide to implement other anti-doping decisions rendered

by Anti-Doping Organisations not described in sub-regulation (1)(a)

above, such as a Provisional Suspension prior to a Provisional

Hearing or acceptance by the Athlete or other Person.

(3)

Implementation of Decisions by Body that is not a

Signatory

An anti-doping decision by a body that is not a

Signatory to the Code shall be implemented by NADOMALTA and

any National Sports Organisation in Malta, if NADOMALTA finds

that the decision purports to be within the authority of that body and

the anti-doping rules and regulations of that body are otherwise

consistent with the Code.

REGULATION 16

PRESCRIPTION

No anti-doping rule violation proceeding may be commenced

against an Athlete or other Person unless he has been notified of the

anti-doping rule violation as provided in Regulation 7, or notification

has been reasonably attempted, within ten (10) years from the date

the violation is asserted to have occurred.

REGULATION 17

EDUCATION

NADOMALTA shall plan, implement, evaluate and promote

Education in line with the requirements of Article 18.2 of the Code

and the International Standard for Education.

REGULATION 18

ADDITIONAL ROLES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES OF

NATIONAL SPORTS

ORGANISATION

(1) All National Sports Organisations of Malta and their

members shall comply with the Code, International Standards, and

these Anti-Doping Regulations. All National Sports Organisations of

Malta and other members shall include in their policies, rules and

programs the provisions necessary to recognise the authority and

responsibility of NADOMALTA for implementing Malta’s National

Anti-Doping Program and enforcing these Anti-Doping Regulations

(including carrying out Testing) directly in respect of Athletes and

other Persons under their anti-doping authority.

(2) Each National Sports Organisation of Malta shall accept

and abide by the spirit and terms of Malta’s National Anti-Doping

Program and these Anti-Doping Regulations as a condition of

receiving financial and, or other assistance from the Government of

Malta and, or the National Olympic Committee of Malta.

(3) Each National Sports Organisation of Malta shall

incorporate these Anti-Doping Regulations either directly or by

reference into its governing documents, constitution and, or rules as

part of the rules of sport that bind their members so that the National

Sports Organisation may enforce them itself directly in respect of

Athletes and other Persons under its anti-doping authority.

(4) By adopting these Anti-Doping Regulations, and

incorporating them into their governing documents and rules of sport,

National Sports Organisations shall cooperate with and support

NADOMALTA in that function. They shall also recognize, abide by

and implement the decisions made pursuant to these Anti-Doping

Regulations, including the decisions imposing sanctions on Persons

under their authority.

(5) All National Sports Organisations of Malta shall take

appropriate action to enforce compliance with the Code, International

Standards, and these Anti-Doping Regulations by inter alia

(a)

conducting testing only under the documented

authority of their International Federation and using the ADC

or other Sample collection authority to collect Samples in

compliance with the International Standard for Testing and

Investigations;

(b)

recognising the authority of the ADC in

accordance with Regulation 5(2)(a) and assisting as

appropriate with the ADC’s implementation of the national

Testing program for their sport;

(c)

analysing all Samples collected using a WADA-

accredited or WADA-approved laboratory in accordance with

Regulation 6(1); and

(d)

ensuring that any national level anti-doping rule

violation cases discovered by National Sports Organisations

are adjudicated by the NADDP in accordance with Regulation

8(1) and the International Standard for Results Management.

(6) All National Sports Organisations shall establish rules

requiring all Athletes preparing for or participating in a Competition

or activity authorized or organized by a National Sports Organisation

or one of its member organisations, and all Athlete Support Personnel

associated with such Athletes to agree to be bound by these Anti-

Doping Regulations and to submit to the Results Management

authority of the Anti-Doping Organisation in conformity with the

Code as a condition of such participation.

(7) All National Sports Organisations shall report any

information suggesting or relating to an anti-doping rule violation to

NADOMALTA and to their International Federation and shall

cooperate with investigations conducted by any Anti-Doping

Organisation with authority to conduct the investigation.

(8) All National Sports Organisations shall have

disciplinary rules in place to prevent Athlete Support Personnel who

are using Prohibited Substances or Prohibited Methods without valid

justification from providing support to Athletes under the authority of

NADOMALTA or the National Sports Organisation.

(9) All National Sports Organisations shall conduct anti-

doping Education in coordination with NADOMALTA.

REGULATION 19

ADDITIONAL ROLES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES OF

NADOMALTA

(1) In addition to the roles and responsibilities described in

Regulation 20(5) for National Anti-doping Organisations,

NADOMALTA shall report to WADA on NADOMALTA’s compliance

with the Code and International Standards in accordance with Article

Kull riżultat kompetittiv miksub bi ksur ta’ dan

il-paragrafu għandu jiġi Skwalifikat sakemm l-Atleta ma jistax

jistabbilixxi li hu jew hi ma setgħux raġjonevolment ikunu jafu

li dak kien Avveniment Internazzjonali jew Avveniment

Nazzjonali.

(b)

Jekk Atleta jirtira mill-isport waqt li jkun suġġett

ANTI-DOPING

għal perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, l-Atleta għandu jinnotifika lill-

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping li kienet imponiet il-perjodu

ta’ Ineliġibilità bil-miktub dwar tali irtirar. Jekk l-Atleta

imbagħad jixtieq jerġa’ lura għal kompetizzjoni attiva fl-

isport, l-Atleta ma jistax jikkompeti f’Avvenimenti

Internazzjonali jew f’Avvenimenti Nazzjonali sakemm l-Atleta

ma jagħmilx ruħu disponibbli għal Testjar billi jagħti avviż bil-

miktub minn sitt (6) xhur qabel (jew avviż ekwivalenti għal-

perjodu li jkun fadal ta’ Ineliġibiltà mid-data ta’ meta l-Atleta

rtira, jekk dak il-perjodu kien itwal minn sitt (6) xhur) lill-

ADC u lill-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali tiegħu.

(7)

Programm ta’ Osservaturi Indipendenti

L-ADC u kull kumitat organizzattiv għal Avvenimenti

Nazzjonali f’Malta għandhom jawtorizzaw u jiffaċilitaw il-

Programm ta’ Osservaturi Indipendenti f’tali Avvenimenti.

REGOLAMENT 6

ANALIŻI TA’ KAMPJUNI

Kampjuni għandhom jiġu analizzati skont il-prinċipji li ġejjin

(1) Użu ta’ Laboratorji Approvati, Akkreditati u

Laboratorji Oħra

(a)

Għall-finijiet li tiġi stabbilita direttament Sejba

Analitika Avversa taħt ir-Regolament 2(1), Kampjuni

għandhom jiġu analizzati f’laboratorji akkreditati mill-WADA

biss jew f’laboratorji approvati mod ieħor mill-WADA. L-

għażla bejn laboratorju akkreditat mill-WADA jew laboratorju

approvat mill-WADA li jintuża għall-analiżi ta’ Kampjun

għandha tiġi deċiża esklussivament mill-ADC.

(b)

Kif previst fir-Regolament 3(2), fatti relatati

mal-ksur ta’ regoli tal-anti-doping jistgħu jiġu stabbiliti

permezz ta’ mezzi ta’ min jorbot fuqhom. Dan għandu

jinkludi, per eżempju, testijiet f’laboratorju ta’ min jorbot fuqu

jew testijiet oħra forensiċi magħmulin barra minn laboratorji

akkreditati mill-WADA jew laboratorji approvati mill-WADA.

(2)

Għan tal-Analiżi ta’ Kampjuni u Data

Kampjuni u data analitika relatata jew informazzjoni

dwar Kontroll tad-Doping għandha tiġi analizzata biex jiġu skoperti

Sustanzi Projbiti u Metodi Projbiti identifikati fil-Lista Projbita u

sustanzi oħra kif jista’ jiġi ordnat mill-WADA konformement mal-

programm ta’ monitoraġġ imsemmi fir-Regolament 4(5), jew sabiex

jassistu lill-ADC fil-ħolqien ta’ profil tal-parametri rilevanti fl-urina,

demm jew matriċi oħra ta’ Atleta, inkluż profil għal DNA jew

ġenomiku, jew għal kull għan leġittimu ieħor tal-anti-doping.

(3)

Reċerka fuq Kampjuni u Data

Kampjuni, data analitika relatata u informazzjoni dwar

Kontroll tad-Doping tista’ tintuża għal għanijiet ta’ riċerka dwar l-

anti-doping, iżda l-ebda Kampjun ma jista’ jintuża għal riċerka

mingħajr il-kunsens bil-miktub tal-Atleta. Kampjuni u Data analitika

relatata jew informazzjoni dwar il-Kontroll tad-Doping użati għal

għanijiet ta’ riċerka għandhom l-ewwel jiġu pproċessati b’tali mod li

ma jippermettix li Kampjuni u data analitika relatata jew

informazzjoni dwar Kontroll tad-Doping ma jistgħux jiġu rintraċċati

għal Atleta partikolari. Kull riċerka li tinvolvi Kampjuni u data

analitika relatata jew informazzjoni dwar Kontroll tad-Doping

għandha tosserva l-prinċipji stabbiliti fl-Artikolu 19 tal-Kodiċi.

(4)

Standards għall-Analiżi ta’ Kampjuni u Rappurtar

L-ADC għandha titlob laboratorji biex janalizzaw

Kampjuni konformement mal-Istandards Internazzjonali għal

Laboratorji u l-Artikolu 4.7 tal-Istandard Internazzjonali għal Testjar

u Investigazzjonijiet.

Laboratorji fuq inizjattiva tagħhom stess u bi spejjeż

tagħhom jistgħu janalizzaw Kampjuni għal Sustanzi Projbiti jew

Metodi Projbiti li mhumiex inklużi fil-menu standard ta’ analiżi ta’

Kampjun, jew kif mitluba mill-ADC. Ir-riżultati minn dawn l-analiżi

għandhom jiġu rrappurtati lill-ADC u għandhom l-istess validità u

Konsegwenzi bħal kull riżultat analitiku ieħor.

(5) Analiżi Addizzjonali ta’ Kampjun Qabel jew Waqt

Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati

Ma għandu jkun hemm l-ebda limitu għall-ġurisdizzjoni

ta’ laboratorju li jmexxi analiżi ripetuti jew addizzjonali fuq Kampjun

qabel ma l-ADC tinnotifika lill-Atleta li l-Kampjun hu l-bażi ta’

akkuża ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping taħt ir-Regolament 2(1).

Jekk wara tali notifika l-ADC tixtieq tmexxi analiżi addizzjonali tal-

Kampjun, hi tista’ tagħmel dan bil-kunsens tal-Atleta jew l-

approvazzjoni ta’ korp ta’ smigħ.

(6) Analiżi Addizzjonali ta’ Kampjun wara li ġie

Rrappurtat bħala Negattiv jew Mod Ieħor ma Rriżultax

f’Akkuża ta’ Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-doping

Wara li laboratorju jkun irrapporta Kampjun bħala

negattiv, jew il-Kampjun ma rriżultax mod ieħor f’akkuża ta’ ksur ta’

regola tal-anti-doping, il-Kampjun jista’ jinħażen u jiġi assoġġettat

għal analiżi addizzjonali għall-finijiet tas-subregolament (2) fi

kwalunkwe żmien esklussivament skont l-ordni jew tal-

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping li tat bidu u mexxiet il-ġbir tal-

Kampjun jew mill-WADA. Kull Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping oħra

b’ġurisdizzjoni li tittestja l-Atleta li tixtieq twettaq analiżi

addizzjonali fuq Kampjun maħżun tista’ tagħmel dan bil-permess tal-

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping li tat bidu u mexxiet il-ġbir ta’

Kampjun jew il-WADA, u tkun responsabbli għal kull Ġestjoni tar-

Riżultat li jkollha ssir wara. Kull ħażna ta’ Kampjun jew analiżi

addizzjonali mibdija mill-WADA jew minn Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-

Doping oħra tkun bi spejjeż tal-WADA jew ta’ dik l-Organizzazzjoni.

Analiżi addizzjonali ta’ Kampjuni għandha tkun konformi mal-ħtiġiet

tal-Istandard Internazzjonali għal Laboratorji.

(7)

Qasma ta’ Kampjun A jew B

Meta l-WADA, Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping

b’ġurisdizzjoni fuq il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati, u, jew laboratorju

akkreditat mill-WADA (bl-approvazzjoni mill-WADA jew mill-

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping b’ġurisdizzjoni fuq il-Ġestjoni tar-

Riżultati) tixtieq taqsam Kampjun A jew B sabiex tuża l-ewwel parti

tal-Kampjun maqsum għal analiżi tal-Kampjun A u t-tieni parti tal-

Kampjun maqsum għal konferma, allura għandhom jiġu segwiti l-

proċeduri stabbiliti fl-Istandard Internazzjonali għal Laboratorji.

(8)

Id-Dritt tal-WADA li Tieħu Pussess ta’ Kampjuni u

Data

Il-WADA tista’, fid-diskrezzjoni assoluta tagħha fi

kwalunkwe żmien, b’avviż minn qabel jew mingħajru, tieħu pussess

fiżiku ta’ kull Kampjun u data analitika relatata jew informazzjoni

fil-pussess ta’ laboratorju jew Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping. Fuq

talba tal-WADA, il-laboratorju jew l-Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping

fil-pussess tal-Kampjun jew data għandhom minnufih jagħtu aċċess

lil u jawtorizzaw lill-WADA biex tieħu pussess fiżiku tal-Kampjun

jew data. Jekk il-WADA ma pprovdietx avviż minn qabel lil-

laboratorju jew lill-Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping qabel ma ħadet

pussess ta’ Kampjun jew data, hi għandha tipprovdi tali avviż lil-

laboratorju u lil kull Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping li l-WADA tkun

ħadet Kampjuni jew data tagħhom fi żmien raġjonevoli wara li tkun

ħadet pussess. Wara l-analiżi u kull investigazzjoni ta’ Kampjun jew

data maqbuda, il-WADA tista’ tordna lil Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-

Doping oħra b’ġurisdizzjoni li tittestja l-Atleta biex tassumi r-

responsabbiltà għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati għall-Kampjun jew data

jekk jinstab ksur potenzjali ta’ regola tal-anti-doping.

REGOLAMENT 7

ĠESTJONI

TAR-

RIŻULTATI

RESPONSABBILTÀ,

REVIŻJONI

INIZJALI,

AVVIŻ

U

SOSPENSJONIJIET

PROVVIŻORJI

Il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati taħt dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping tistabbilixxi proċess intiż biex jirriżolvi kwistjonijiet dwar

ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping b’mod ġust, tempestiv u effiċjenti.

(1)

Responsabbiltà

għat-Tmexxija

tal-Ġestjoni

tar-

Riżultati

(a)

Ħlief kif previst mod ieħor fir-Regolament 6(6)

u (8) fl-Artikolu 7(1) tal-Kodiċi, il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati taqa’

taħt ir-responsabbiltà ta’, u tkun regolata minn, ir-regoli ta’

proċedura tal-Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping li tkun tat bidu

u mexxiet il-ġbir tal-Kampjun (jew, jekk ma jkunx involut l-

ebda Kampjun, l-Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping li tkun l-

ewwel li tavża lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra dwar ksur

potenzjali ta’ regola tal-anti-doping u imbagħad diliġentement

issegwi dak il-ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping).

(b)

F’ċirkostanzi fejn ir-regoli ta’ Organizzazzjoni

Nazzjonali tal-Anti-Doping ma jagħtux lill-Organizzazzjoni

Nazzjonali tal-Anti-Doping ġurisdizzjoni fuq l-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra li ma jkunx ċittadin, resident, detentur ta’

liċenza, jew membru ta’ Organizzazzjoni sportiva ta’ dak il-

pajjiż, jew l-Organizzazzjoni Nazzjonali tal-Anti-Doping

tonqos milli teżerċita tali ġurisdizzjoni, il-Ġestjoni tar-

Riżultati għandha titmexxa mill-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali

applikabbli jew minn terza persuna b’ġurisdizzjoni fuq l-Atleta

jew Persuna oħra kif stabbilit bir-regoli tal-Federazzjoni

Internazzjonali applikabbli.

(ċ)

Il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati fir-rigward ta’ nuqqas

potenzjali ta’ informazzjoni dwar whereabouts (nuqqas ta’

reġistrazzjoni jew test maqbuż) għandha titmexxa mill-

Federazzjoni Internazzjonali jew mill-ADC li magħhom l-

Atleta

inkwisjoni

jirreġistra

l-informazzjoni

dwar

whereabouts, kif previst fl-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-

Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati. Jekk NADOMALTA tiddetermina dwar

nuqqas ta’ reġistrazzjoni jew test maqbuż, hi għandha

tissottometti dik l-informazzjoni lill-WADA permezz tal-

ADAMS, fejn issir disponibbli għal Organizzazzjonijiet tal-

Anti-Doping rilevanti oħra.

(d)

Ċirkostanzi oħra li fihom l-ADC għandha tieħu

r-responsabbiltà biex tmexxi l-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati fir-

ANTI-DOPING

rigward tal-ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li jinvolvi Atleti u

Persuni oħra taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni tagħha għandhom jiġu

determinati b’referenza għal u skont l-Artikolu 7 tal-Kodiċi.

(e)

Il-WADA tista’ tordna lill-ADC biex tmexxi l-

Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati f’ċirkostanzi partikolari. Jekk l-ADC

tirrifjuta li tmexxi Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati qabel l-iskadenza

raġjonevoli stabbilita mill-WADA, tali rifjut għandu jitqies

bħala att ta’ nuqqas ta’ konformità, u l-WADA tista’ tordna

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping oħra b’ġurisdizzjoni fuq l-

Atleta jew Persuna oħra, li hi lesta li tagħmel dan, biex tieħu r-

responsabbiltà tal-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati minflok l-ADC jew,

jekk ma jkunx hemm tali Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping, xi

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping oħra li hi lesta li tagħmel

dan. F’dan il-każ, l-ADC għandha tirrimborża l-ispejjeż u d-

drittijiet tal-avukat tat-tmexxija tal-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati lill-

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping l-oħra magħżula mill-WADA,

u nuqqas ta’ rimborż tal-ispejjeż u tad-drittijiet tal-avukat

għandu jitqies bħala att ta’ nuqqas ta’ konformità.

(2) Reviżjoni u Notifika fir-Rigward ta’ Ksur Potenzjali

ta’ Regola tal-Anti-Doping

L-ADC għandha twettaq ir-reviżjoni u n-notifika fir-

rigward ta’ kull ksur potenzjali ta’ regola tal-anti-doping skont l-

Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati.

(3) Identifikazzjoni ta’ Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-doping

preċedenti

Qabel ma tagħti lil Atleta jew Persuna oħra avviż dwar

ksur potenzjali ta’ regola tal-anti-doping rule kif previst hawn qabel,

l-ADC għandha tirreferi lil ADAMS u tagħmel kuntatt mal-WADA u

Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping rilevanti oħra biex tiddetermina

jekk jeżistix xi ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping preċedenti.

(4)

Sospensjonijiet Provviżorji

(a)

Sospensjoni Provviżorja Mandatorja wara Sejba

Analitika Avversa jew Sejba tal-Passaport Avversa

Jekk l-ADC tirċievi Sejba Analitika Avversa jew

Sejba tal-Passaport Avversa (wara li jintemm proċess tas-

Sejba tal-Passaport Avversa) għal Sustanza Projbita jew

Metodu Projbit li ma jkunux Sustanza Speċifikata jew Metodu

Speċifikat, hi għandha timponi Sospensjoni Provviżorja fuq l-

Atleta minnufih malli ssir jew wara li ssir ir-reviżjoni u n-

notifika meħtieġa bis-subregolament (2).

Sospensjoni Provviżorja mandatorja tista’ tiġi

eliminata jekk

(i)

l-Atleta juri lill-NADDP li

l-ksur

x’aktarx kien jinvolvi Prodott Kontaminat, jew

(ii) il-ksur jinvolvi Sustanza ta’ Abbuż u l-

Atleta jistabbilixxi d-dritt ta’ perjodu ridott ta’

Ineliġibilità taħt ir-Regolament 10(2)(d)(i).

Id-deċiżjoni tal-NADDP li ma teliminax

Sospensjoni

Provviżorja

mandatorja

minħabba

fl-

affermazzjoni tal-Atleta fir-rigward ta’ Prodott Kontaminat

mhijiex appellabbli.

(b)

Sospensjoni Provviżorja mhux obbligatorja

bbażata fuq Sejba Analitika Avversa għal Sustanzi Speċifikati,

Metodi Speċifikati, Prodotti Kontaminati, jew Ksur Ieħor ta’

Regola tal-Anti-Doping

L-ADC tista’ timponi Sospensjoni Provviżorja

għall-ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping mhux kopert taħt il-

paragrafu (a) qabel l-analiżi tal-Kampjun B tal-Atleta jew l-

aħħar seduta kif imfisser fir Regolament 8.

Sospensjoni Provviżorja mhux obbligatorja tista’

titneħħa fid-diskrezzjoni tal-ADC fi kwalunkwe ħin qabel d-

deċiżjoni tal-NADDP taħt ir-Regolament 8, sakemm ma jkunx

previst mod ieħor fl-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni

tar-Riżultati.

(ċ)

Opportunità għal Smigħ jew Appell

Minkejja d-dispożizzjonijiet tal-paragrafi (a) u

(b), Sospensjoni Provviżorja ma tistax tiġi imposta sakemm l-

Atleta jew il-Persuna l-oħra ma jingħatawx

(i)

opportunità għal Smigħ Provviżorju, jew

qabel jew abbażi ta’ tempestività wara l-impożizzjoni ta’

Sospensjoni Provviżorja; jew

(ii) opportunità

għal

smigħ

bikri

konformement

mar-Regolament

abbażi

ta’

tempestività wara l-impożizzjoni ta’ Sospensjoni

Provviżorja.

L-impożizzjoni ta’ Sospensjoni Provviżorja, jew

id-deċiżjoni li ma tiġix imposta Sospensjoni Provviżorja, tista’

tiġi appellata fi proċess bikri konformement mar-Regolament

13(2).

(d)

Aċċettazzjoni

Volontarja

ta’

Sospensjoni

Provviżorja

Atleti jistgħu, fuq inizjattiva tagħhom stess,

ANTI-DOPING

volontarajament jaċċettaw Sospensjoni Provviżorja jekk dan

isir qabel l-aħħar ta’

(i)

l-għeluq ta’ għaxart (10) ijiem mir-

rapport tal-Kampjun B (jew ir-rinunzja tal-Kampjun B)

jew għaxart (10) ijiem mill-avviż ta’ ksur ieħor ta’

regola tal-anti-doping, jew

(ii) id-data li fiha l-Atleta jikkompeti għall-

ewwel darba wara tali rapport jew avviż.

Persuni ohra fuq inizjattiva tagħhom stess

jistgħu volontarjament jaċċettaw Sospensjoni Provviżorja jekk

dan isir fi żmien għaxart (10) ijiem mill-avviż tal-ksur tar-

regola tal-anti-doping.

Meta ssir tali aċċettazzjoni volontarja, is-

Sospensjoni Provviżorja għandu jkollka effett sħiħ u tiġi

trattata bl-istess mod bħallikieku s-Sospensjoni Provviżorja

kienet ġiet imposta taħt il-paragrafi (a) jew (b)

Iżda fi kwalunkwe ħin wara li jkunu aċċettaw

volontarjament Sospensjoni Provviżorja, l-Atleta jew il-

Persuna l-oħra jistgħu jirtiraw tali aċċettazzjoni, f’liema każ l-

Atleta jew il-Persuna l-oħra ma jirċevu l-ebda kredtu għal

kwalunkwe żmien li jkunu servew qabel taħt Sospensjoni

Provviżorja.

(e)

Jekk tiġi imposta Sospensjoni Provviżorja

bbażata fuq Sejba Analitika Avversa ta’ Kampjun A u analiżi

sussegwenti ta’ Kampjun B (jekk mitluba mill-Atleta jew mill-

ADC) ma tikkonfermax l-analiżi tal-Kampjun A, allura l-

Atleta ma jkunx suġġett għal xi Sospensjoni Provviżorja

addizzjonali minħabba fil-ksur tar-Regolament 2(1).

F’ċirkostanzi fejn l-Atleta jew it-tim tal-Atleta ġie mneħħi

minn Avveniment fuq il-bażi ta’ ksur tar-Regolament 2(1) u l-

analiżi sussegwenti tal-Kampjun B ma tikkonfermax is-sejba

tal-Kampjun A, allura, jekk ikun għadu possibbli li l-Atleta

jew it-tim tal-Atleta jiġi inserit mill-ġdid, mingħajr ma

jaffettwa mod ieħor l-Avveniment, l-Atleta jew tim jistgħu

jkomplu jipparteċipaw fl-Avveniment.

(5)

Deċiżjonijiet dwar il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati

Deċiżjonijiet jew ġudizzji dwar il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati

mill-ADC jew ġudizzji mill-NADDP u, jew mill-NADAP

mgħandhomx jidhru li jkunu limitati għal żona ġeografika partikolari

jew sport u għandhom jindirizzaw u jiddeterminaw mingħajr

limitazzjoni l-kwistjonijiet li ġejjin

(a)

jekk kienx hemm ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

jew jekk għandhiex tiġi imposta Sospensjoni Provviżorja, il-

bażi fattwali għal tali determinazzjoni, u r-regolamenti

speċifiċi li ġew miksura, u

(b)

il-Konsegwenzi kollha li joħorġu mill-ksur tar-

regola tal-anti-doping, inklużi Skwalifiki applikabbli taħt ir-

Regolamenti 9 u 10(10), kull konfiska ta’ medalji u premjijiet,

kull perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità (u d-data minn meta jibda) u kull

Konsegwenza Finanzjarja.

(6)

Notifika ta’ Deċiżjonijiet dwar il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati

Il-NADDP għandu jinnotifika l-Atleti, Persuni oħra,

Firmatarji u l-WADA dwar deċiżjonijiet dwar il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati

kif previst fir-Regolament 14(2) u fl-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-

Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati.

(7)

Irtirar mill-Isport

Jekk Atleta jew Persuna ohra jirtiraw waqt li jkun

għaddej il-proċess ta’ Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati ta’ NADOMALTA,

NADOMALTA żżomm l-awtorità tagħha li ttemm il-proċess ta’

Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati. Jekk Atleta jew Persuna oħra jirtiraw qabel ma

jkun inbeda l-proċess ta’ Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati, u NADOMALTA kien

ikollha l-ġurisdizzjoni tal-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati fuq l-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra fiż-żmien meta l-Atleta jew il-Persuna l-oħra

kkommettew il-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping, NADOMALTA jkollha

l-ġurusdizzjoni biex tmexxi l-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati.

REGOLAMENT 8

ĠESTJONI

TAR-

RIŻULTATI: DRITT GĦAL

SMIGĦ ĠUST U AVVIŻ

DWAR DEĊIŻJONI TA’

SMIGĦ

Għal kull Persuna li tiġi akkużata b’allegat ksur ta’ regola tal-

anti-doping, il-NADDP għandu jipprovdi smigħ ġust fi żmien

raġjonevoli permezz ta’ panel ta’ smigħ ġust, imparzjali u

Indipendenti fl-Operat konformement mal-Kodiċi u mal-Istandards

Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati.

(1)

Smigħ ġust

(a)

Panel ta’ Smigħ Ġust, Imparzjali u Indipendenti

fl-Operat

(i)

Il-Ministru responsabbli għall-Isport

għandu jistabbilixxi panel ta’ smigħ li jkun magħruf

bħala l-NADDP li jkollu ġurisdizzjoni biex jisma’ u

jiddetermina jekk Atleta jew Persuna oħra, bla ħsara

għal dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping,

ikkommettewx ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping u, jekk

ANTI-DOPING

applikabbli, jimponi l-Konsegwenzi rilevanti.

(ii) Il-Ministru għandu jiżgura li l-NADDP

hu liberu minn kunflitt ta’ interess u li għamla, iż-żmien

tal-kariga, esperjenza professjonali, Indipendenza

Operattiva u finanzjar adegwat josservaw il-ħtiġiet tal-

Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati.

(iii) Membri tal-Bord, membri tal-persunal,

membri ta’ kummissjoni, konsulenti u uffiċjali ta’

NADOMALTA jew il-korpi tiegħu, kif ukoll kull Persuna

involuta fl-investigazzjoni ta’ sentenza preċedenti l-

kwistjoni, ma jistgħux jinħatru bħala membri u, jew

skrivani tal-NADDP. B’mod partikolari, l-ebda membru

ma għandu preċedentement ikkonsidra xi applikazzjoni

għal TUE, deċiżjoni dwar il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati, jew

appelli fl-istess każ partikolari.

(iv) Il-NADDP għandu jkun magħmul minn

Chairperson indipendenti u sitt (6) membri indipendenti

oħra.

(v)

Kull membru għandu jinħatar wara li

tingħata konsiderazzjoni tal-esperjenza meħtieġa tiegħu

fl-anti-doping inklużi l-kompetenza legali, sportiva,

medika u, jew xjentifika tagħhom. Kull membru jinħatar

għal żmien ta’ tliet (3) snin li jista’ jiġġedded darba.

(vi) Il-NADDP għandu jkun f’pożizzjoni li

jmexxi s-smigħ u l-proċess ta’ teħid ta’ deċiżjoni

mingħajr interferenza mill-ADC jew minn parti terza.

(b)

Proċess dwar is-Smigħ

(i)

Meta l-ADC tibgħat avviż lil Atleta jew

Persuna oħra li tinnotifikhom dwar ksur potenzjali ta’

regola tal-anti-doping, u l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra ma

jirrinunzjawx għal smigħ konformement mas-

subregolament (3)(a) jew (b), allura l-każ għandu jiġi

riferit lill-NADDP għal smigħ u ġudizzju, li għandu

jitmexxa skont il-prinċipji mfissra fir-Regolamenti 8 u 9

tal-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-

Riżultati.

(ii) Iċ-Chairperson għandu jappunta tliet (3)

membri (li jistgħu jinkludu ċ-Chairperson) biex

jisimgħu l-każ. Meta jinstema’ każ, membru wieħed (1)

tal-panel għandu jkun avukat kwalifikat, b’mhux inqas

minn tliet (3) snin esperjenza legali rilevanti, u membru

wieħed (1) tal-panel għandu jkun tabib kwalifikat,

b’mhux inqas minn tliet (3) snin esperjenza medika

rilevanti.

(iii) Mal-ħatra

miċ-Chairperson

bħala

membru tal-NADDP, kull membru għandu wkoll jiffirma

dikjarazzjoni li ma għandu l-ebda għarfien ta’ fatti jew

ċirkostanzi li jistgħu jitfgħu fid-dubju l-imparzjalità

tagħhom quddiem xi waħda mill-partijiet, ħlief dawk iċ-

ċirkostamzi żvelati fid-dikjarazzjoni.

(iv) Is-smigħ li jsir f’konnessjoni ma’

Avvenimenti fir-rigward ta’ Atleti u Persuni oħra li huma

soġġetti għal dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping

jista’ jitmexxa permezz ta’ proċess mgħaġġel jekk dan

ikun permess mill-NADDP.

(v)

Il-WADA,

il-Federazzjoni

Internazzjonali, u l-Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali

tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jistgħu jattendu għas-smigħ

bħala osservaturi. Fi kwalunkwe każ, l-NADDP għandu

jżommhom infurmati fir-rigward tal-istatus ta’ każijiet

pendenti u r-riżultat ta’ kull smigħ.

(2)

Avviż ta’ Deċiżjonijiet

(a)

Mat-temm tas-smigħ, jew tempestivament wara,

l-NADDP għandu joħroġ deċizjoni bil-miktub li tkun konformi

mal-Artikolu 9 tal-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni

tar-Riżultati u li jinkludi r-raġunijiet kollha għad-deċiżjoni, il-

perjodu tal-Ineliġibiltà, l-Iskwalifika tar-riżultati taħt ir-

Regolament 10(10) u, jekk tkun applikabbli, ġustifikazzjoni

għar-raġuni li għaliha l-ogħla Konsegwewnzi potenzjali ma

ġewx imposti.

(b)

L-NADDP għandu jinnotifika dik id-deċiżjoni

lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra u Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-

Doping oħra bi dritt ta’ appell taħt ir-Regolament 13(2)(ċ), u

għandu minnufih jirraportaha fl-ADAMS. Id-deċiżjoni tista’

tiġi appellata kif previst fir-Regolament 13.

(3)

Rinunzja għal Smigħ

(a)

Atleta jew Persuna oħra li dwarhom qed jiġi

allegat ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping jistgħu espressament

jirrinunzjaw għal smigħ u jaqblu mal-Konsegwenzi proposti

mill-ADC.

(b)

Madankollu, jekk l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra li

kontra tagħhom ġie allegat ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

jonqsu milli joġġezzjonaw għal dik l-allegazzjoni sal-

iskadenza speċifikata mod ieħor fl-avviż mibgħut mill-ADC li

jallega l-ksur, f’dak il-każ jitqiesu li jkunu rrinuzjaw għal

smigħ, li ammettew il-ksur u li jkunu aċċettaw il-Konsegwenzi

ANTI-DOPING

proposti.

(ċ)

F’każijiet fejn japplika l-paragrafu (a) jew il-

paragrafu (b), ma jkunx meħtieġ smigħ quddiem l-NADDP.

Minflok l-ADC għandha minnufih toħroġ deċiżjoni bil-miktub

li tkun konformi mal-Artikolu 9 tal-Istandard Internazzjonali

għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati u li tinkludi r-raġunijiet kollha

għad-deċiżjoni, il-perjodu tal-Ineliġibilità imposta, l-

Iskwalifika tar-riżultati taħt ir-Regolament 10(10) u, jekk tkun

applikabbli, ġustifikazzjoni għar-raġuni li għaliha l-ogħla

Konsegwewnzi potenzjali ma ġewx imposti.

(d)

L-ADC għandha tinnotifika dik id-deċiżjoni lill-

Atleta jew lill-Persuna l-oħra u lill-Organizzazzjonijiet tal-

Anti-Doping dwar id-dritt ta’ appell taħt ir-Regolament

13(2)(ċ), u għandha minnufih tirrapportah fl-ADAMS. L-ADC

għandha Tiżvela lill-Pubbliku dik id-deċiżjoni konformement

mar-Regolament 14(3)(b).

(4)

Seduta Unika quddiem il-CAS

Ksur allegat ta’ regoli tal-Anti-doping kontra Atleti ta’

Livell Internazzjonali, Atleti ta’ Livell Nazzjonali jew Persuni oħra

jista’, bil-kunsens tal-Ahleta jew il-Persuna l-oħra, l-ADC u l-WADA,

jinstema’ f’seduta unika direttament għand il-CAS.

REGOLAMENT 9

SKWALIFIKA

AWTOMATIKA

TA’

RIŻULATATI

INDIVIDWALI

Ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping fi Sports Individwali

f’konnessjoni ma’ test Waqt Kompetizzjoni jwassal awtomatikament

għal Skwalifika tar-riżultat miksub f’dik il-Kompetizzjoni bil-

Konsegwenzi kollha li jirriżultaw, inkluża l-konfiska ta’ kull medalja,

punti u premjijiet.

REGOLAMENT 10

SANZJONIJIET

FUQ

INDIVIDWI

(1) Skwalifika ta’ Riżultati f’Avveniment fejn iseħħ Ksur ta’

Regola tal-Anti-Doping

(a)

Ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li jseħħ waqt jew

f’konnessjoni ma’ Avveniment jista’, b’deċiżjoni tal-korp

regolatorju tal-Avveniment, iwassal għal Skwalifika tar-riżultati

kollha individwali tal-Atleta miksuba f’dak l-Avveniment bil-

Konsegwenzi kollha, inkluża l-konfiska tal-medalji, punti u

premjijiet kollha, ħlief kif previst fil-paragrafu (b).

Il-fatturi

li

għandhom

jiġu

inklużi

fil-

konsiderazzjoni jew għandux ikun hemm Skwalifika ta’

riżultati oħra fl-Avveniment jistgħu jinkludu, per eżempju, il-

gravità tal-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-dpoing min-naħa tal-Atleta

u jekk l-Atleta rriżultax negattiv f’test fi Kompetizzjonijiet

oħra.

(b)

Jekk l-Atleta jistabbilixxi li ma għandu l-Ebda

Tort jew Negliġenza għall-ksur, ir-riżultati individwali tal-

Atleta fil-Kompetizzjonijiet l-oħra ma jiġux Skwalifikati,

sakemm ir-riżultati tal-Atleta f’Kompetizzjonijiet oħra,

minbarra l-Kompetizzjoni li fiha seħħ il-ksur tar-regola tal-

anti-doping, ma ġewx x’aktarx affettwati bil-ksur tar-regola

tal-anti-doping min-naħa tal-Atleta.

(2) Ineliġibiltà għal Preżenza, Użu jew Tentattiv tal-Użu jew

Pussess ta’ Sustanza Projbita jew Metodu Projbit

Il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għal ksur tal-paragrafu (a), il-

paragrafu (b) jew il-paragrafu (f) ikun kif ġej, bla ħsara għall-

eliminazzjoni, riduzzjoni jew sospensjoni potenzjali konformement

mas-subregolamenti (5), (6) jew (7)

(a)

Il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, bla ħsara għall-

paragrafu (d), għandu jkun ta’ erba’ (4) snin fejn

(i)

il-ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping ma

jinvolvix Sustanza Speċifikata jew Metodu Speċifikat,

sakemm l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jistgħu jistabbilixxu

li l-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping ma kienx intenzjonat;

(ii)

il-ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping jinvolvi

Sustanza Speċifikata jew Metodu Speċifikat, u

NADOMALTA jista jistabbilixxi li l-ksur ta’ regola tal-

anti-doping kien intenzjonat.

(b)

Jekk ma japplikax il-paragrafu (a), bla ħsara

għall-paragrafu (ċ)(i), il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità jkun ta’

sentejn (2).

(ċ)

Kif użata f’dan is-subregolament, il-kelma

"intenzjonat" hi intiża li tidentifika dawk l-Atleti jew Persuni

oħra li jaġixxu b’mod li kienu jafu li jikkostitwixxi ksur ta’

regola tal-anti-doping jew kienu jafu li kien hemm riskju

sinjifikattiv li l-imġieba tista’ tikkostitwixxi jew tirriżulta fi

ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping u manifestament ma tawx każ

ta’ dak ir-riskju. Ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li jirriżulta

minn Sejba Analitika Avversa għal sustanza li hi projbita biss

Waqt Kompetizzjoni jiġi meqjus, iżda tista’ ssir oġġezzjoni,

bħala mhux "intenzjonat" jekk is-sustanza hi Sustanza

Speċifikata u l-Atleta jista’ jistabbilixxi li s-Sustanza Projbita

ġiet użata Barra mill-Kompetizzjoni. Ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-

ANTI-DOPING

doping li jirriżulta minn Sejba Analitika Avversa għal sustanza

li hi projbita Waqt Kompetizzjoni biss ma jitqiesx bħala

"intenzjonat" jekk is-sustanza mhijiex Sustanza Speċifikata u

l-Atleta jista’ jistabbilixxi li s-Sustanza Projbita ntużat Barra

mill-Kompetizzjoni f’kuntest li mgħandux x’jaqsam ma’

prestazzjoni fl-isport.

(d)

Minkejja kull dispożizzjoni oħra f’dan is-

subregolament, fejn il-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping jinvolvi

Sustanza ta’ Abbuż

(i)

jekk l-Atleta jista’ jistabbilixxi li kull

inġestjoni jew Użu seħħew Barra minn Kompetizzjoni u

ma kellhomx x’jaqsmu ma’ prestazzjoni fl-isport, allura

l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun ta’ Ineliġibilità

għal tliet (3) xhur.

Barra minn dan, il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità kkalkulat taħt dan is-subparagrafu jista’

jitnaqqas għal xahar wieħed (1) jekk l-Atleta jew

Persuna

oħra

jikkompletaw

soddifaċentement

programm ta’ trattament għal Abbuż ta’ Sustamza

approvat minn NADOMALTA. Il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità

stabbbilit f’dan is-subparagrafu mhuwiex suġġett għal

ebda tnaqqis ibbażat fuq xi dispożizzjoni fis-

subregolament (6);

(ii) jekk l-inġestjoni, l-Użu jew il-Pussess

seħħew Waqt il-Kompetizzjoni, u l-Atleta jista’

jistabbilixxi li l-kuntest tal-inġestjoni, Użu jew Pussess

ma kellux x’jaqsam ma’ prestazzjoni fl-isport, allura l-

inġestjoni, Użu jew Pussess ma jitqiesux bħala

intenzjonati għall-finijiet tal-paragrafu (a) u ma

jipprovdux bażi għall-sejba ta’ Ċirkostanzi Aggravanti

taħt is-subregolament (4).

(3)

Ineliġibilità għal Ksur Ieħor ta’ Regola tal-Anti-Doping

Il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għal ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping minbarra kif previst fis-subregolament (2) ikun kif ġej,

sakemm ma jkunux applikabbli s-subregolamenti (6) jew (7)

(a)

Għal ksur tar-Regolament 2(3) jew (5), il-

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun ta’ erba’ (4) snin ħlief

(i)

fil-każ ta’ nuqqas ta’ sottomissjoni għal

ġbir ta’ Kampjun, jekk l-Atleta jista’ jistabbilixxi li t-

twettiq tal-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping ma kienx

intenzjonat, il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun ta’

sentejn (2);

(ii) fil-każijiet l-oħra kollha, jekk l-Atleta

jew Persuna oħra jistgħu jistabbilixxu ċirkostanzi

eċċezzjonali li jiġġustifikaw tnaqqis tal-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità, il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun

f’marġni minn sentejn (2) għal erba’ (4) snin skont il-

gravità tat-Tort tal-Atleta jew Persuna l-oħra; jew

(iii) f’każ li jinvolvi Persuna Protetta jew

Atleta tal-Passatemp, il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu

jkun f’marġni bejn massimu ta’ sentejn (2) u, bħala

minimu, ċanfira u l-ebda perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, skont

il-gravità tat-Tort tal-Persuna Protetta jew Atleta tal-

Passatemp.

(b)

Għall-ksur tar-Regolament 2(4), il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità għandu jkun ta’ sentejn (2), bla ħsara għal tnaqqis

għal minimu ta’ sena waħda (1), skont il-gravità tat-Tort tal-

Atleta. Il-flessibilità bejn perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità ta’ sentejn

(2) u sena (1) f’dan il-paragrafu ma tkunx disponibbli għal

Atleti fejn is-sekwenza ta’ bidliet fl-aħħar minuta dwar

whereabouts jew mġieba oħra joħolqu dubju li l-Atleta kien

qed jipprova jevita li jkun disponibbli għal ittestjar.

(ċ)

Għal ksur tar-Regolament 2(7) jew (8), il-

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun minimu ta’ erba’ (4) snin

sa Ineliġibilità għal għomru skont il-gravità tal-ksur. Ksur tar-

Regolament 2(7) jew (8) li jinvolvi Persuna Protetta jitqies

bħala ksur partikolarment serju u, jekk imwettaq minn

Persunal tal-Appoġġ tal-Atleta għal ksur li ma jkunx ksur għal

Sustanzi Speċifikati, għandu jwassal għal Ineliġibilità tal-

Persunal tal-Appoġġ tal-Atleta għal għomorhom. Barra minn

dan, ksur sinjifikattiv tar-Regolament 2(7) jew (8) li jista’

wkoll jikser liġijiet u regolamenti mhux sportivi, għandu jiġi

rrappurtat lill-awtoritajiet kompetenti amministrattivi,

professjonali jew ġudizzjarji.

(d)

Għal ksur tar-Regolament 2(9), il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità stabbilit għandu jkun minimu ta’ sentejn (2), sa

Ineliġibilità għal għomru skont il-gravità tal-ksur.

(e)

Għal ksur tar-Regolament 2(10), il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità għandu jkun ta’ sentejn (2), bla ħsara għal tnaqqis

sa minimu ta’ sena (1), skont il-gravità tat-Tort tal-Atleta jew

tal-Persuna l-oħra u ċirkostanzi oħra tal-każ.

(f)

Għal ksur tar-Regolament 2(11), il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità għandu jkun minimu ta’ sentejn (2), sa

Ineliġibilità għal għomru, skont il-gravità tal-ksur mill-Atleta

jew Persuna oħra.

(4)

Ċirkostanzi Aggravanti li jistgħu Jżidu l-Perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità

Jekk l-NADDP jistabbbilixxi f’każ individwali li

jinvolvi ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li ma jkunx ksur taħt ir-

Regolament 2(7) (Traffikar jew Tentattiv ta’ Traffikar), 2(8)

(Somministrazzjoni jew Tentattiv ta’ Somministrazzjoni), 2(9)

(Kompliċità jew Tentattiv ta’ Kompliċità) jew 2(11) (Atti ta’ Atleta

jew Persuna ohra biex Jiskoraġġixxi jew Jirritalja kontra Rappurtar)

li jeżistu Ċirkostanzi Aggravanti li jiġġustifikaw l-impożizzjoni ta’

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità ogħla mis-sanzjoni normali, allura l-perjodu

ta’ Ineliġibilità li jkun applikabbli mod ieħor għandu jiżdied bi

perjodu addizzjonali ta’ Ineliġibilità ta’ sa sentejn (2) skont il-gravità

tal-ksur u n-natura taċ-Ċirkostanzi Aggravanti, jekk l-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra jistgħu jistabbilixxu li ma kkomettewx il-ksur tar-

regola tal-anti-doping xjentement.

(5) Eliminazzjoni tal-Perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità fejn ma kien

hemm l-ebda Tort jew Negliġenza

Jekk Atleta jew Persuna oħra jistabbilixxi f’każ

individwali li hu jew hi ma kellu/kellha l-ebda Tort jew aġixxa/

aġixxiet b’Negliġenża, allura l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li mod ieħor

kien ikun applibabbli jiġi eliminat.

(6) Tnaqqis tal-Perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità bbażat fuq Ebda

Tort Sinjifikattiv jew Negliġenza

(a)

Tnaqqis

ta’

Sanzjonijiet

f’Ċirkostanzi

Partikolari għal Ksur tar-Regolament 2(1), (2) jew (6).

It-tnaqqis kollu taħt dan il-paragrafu hu reċiprokament

esklussiv u mhuwiex kumulattiv.

(i)

Sustanzi

Speċifikati

jew

Metodi

Speċifikati

Meta ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

jinvolvi Sustanza Speċifikata (għajr Sustanza ta’ Abbuż)

jew Metodu Speċifikat, u l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jista’

jistabbilixxi l-Ebda Tort Sinjifikattiv jew Negliġenza,

allura l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun, bħala

minimu, ċanfira jew ebda perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, u

bħala massimu, sentejn (2) ta’ Ineliġibilità, skont il-

gravità ta’ Tort tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra.

(ii)

Prodotti Kkontaminati

F’każijiet fejn l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jista’

jistabbilixxi kemm l-Ebda Tort Sinifikattiv jew

Negliġenza kif ukoll li s-Sustanza Projbita identifikata

(għajr Sustanza ta’ Abbuż) ġiet minn Prodott

Ikkontaminat, allura l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu

jkun, bħala minimu, ċanfira u l-ebda perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità, u bħala massimu, sentejn (2) ta’

Ineliġibilità, skont il-gravità ta’ Tort tal-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra.

(iii)

Persuni

Protetti

jew

Atleti

tal-

Passatemp

Meta l-ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li

ma jinvolvix Sustanza ta’ Abbuż jitwettaq minn Persuna

Protetta jew Atleta tal-Passatemp, u l-Persuna Protetta

jew l-Atleta tal-Passatemp jistgħu jistabbilixxu li ma

kien hemm l-Ebda Tort Sinifikattiv jew Negliġenza,

allura l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun, bħala

minimu, ċanfira u l-ebda perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, u

bħala massimu, sentejn (2) Ineliġibilità, skont il-gravità

ta’ Tort tal-Persuna Protetta jew Atleta tal-Passatemp.

(b)

Applikazzjoni ta’ Ebda Tort Sinifikanti jew

Negliġenza lil hinn mill-applikazzjoni tal-paragrafu (a)

Jekk l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jistabbilixxu

f’każ individwali fejn il-paragrafu (a) mhuwiex applikabbli, li

ma kien hemm l-Ebda Tort Sinjifikattiv jew Negliġenza, allura,

bla ħsara għal tnaqqis addizzjonali jew eliminazzjoni kif

previst fis-subregolament (7), il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li kien

ikun mod ieħor applikabbli jista’ jitnaqqas skont il-gravità tat-

Tort tal-Atleta jew tal-Persuna l-oħra, iżda l-perjodu mnaqqas

ta’ Ineliġibilità ma jistax ikun inqas minn nofs il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità li klien ikun mod ieħor applikabbli. Jekk il-

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li kien ikun mod ieħor applikabbili hu

għal għomru, il-perjodu imnaqqas taħt dan il-paragrafu

mgħandux ikun anqas minn tmien (8) snin.

(7) Eliminazzjoni, Tnaqqis, jew Sospensjoni ta’ Perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità jew Konsegwenzi oħra għal Raġunijiet għajr Tort

(a)

Assistenza Sostanzjali meta Jinstab jew jiġi

Stabbilit ksur tal-Kodiċi

(i)

L-ADC tista’, qabel deċiżjoni ta’ appell

taħt ir-Regolament 13 jew qabel ma jiskadi t-terminu

għal appell, tissospendi parti mill-Konsegwenzi (ħlief

Skwalifika u Żvelar lill-Pubblku mandatorju) imposti

f’każ individwali fejn l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jkunu

pprovdew Assistenza Sostanzjali lil Organizzazzjoni tal-

Anti-Doping, awtorità ġudizzjarja jew korp dixxiplinari

professjonali li twassal għal

(A)

l-Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping

ANTI-DOPING

tiskopri jew tipproċedi dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-

anti-doping minn Persuna oħra; jew

(B) twassal biex korp ġudizzjarju jew

dixxiplinari jiskopri jew jipproċedi dwar reat

kriminali jew il-ksur ta’ regoli professjonali

mwettqa minn Persuna oħra u l-informazzjoni

pprovduta mill-Persuna li tipprovdi Assistenza

Sostanzjali ssir disponibbli għall-ADC jew għal

Organizzazzjoni

tal-Anti-Doping

oħra

b’responsabbiltà għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati;

jew

(Ċ) twassal biex il-WADA tibda

proċeduri kontra Firmatarju, laboratorju

akkreditat mill-WADA, jew korp tal-ġestjoni ta’

passaport ta’ Atleta (kif imfisser fl-Istandard

Internazzjonali għal Laboratorji) għal nuqqas

ta’

konformità

mal-Kodiċi,

Standard

Internazzjonali jew Dokument Tekniku; jew

(D) bl-approvazzjoni tal-WADA, li

jwassal biex korp ġudizzjarju jew dixxiplinari

jibda proċeduri għal reat kriminali jew ksur ta’

regoli professjonali jew sportivi li jirriżultaw

minn ksur ta’ integrità fl-isport li ma jkunx

doping. Wara deċiżjoni f’appell taħt ir-

Regolament 13 jew wara li jiskadi t-terminu

għal appell, NADOMALTA tista’ tissospendi

parti mill-Konsegwenzi bl-approvazzjoni tal-

WADA u tal-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali biss.

Il-limitu

safejn

il-perjodu

ta’

Ineliġibilità li kien ikun mod ieħor applikabbli għandu

jkun bbażat fuq il-gravità tal-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-

doping imwettaq mill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra u l-

importanza tal-Assistenza Sostanzjali provduta mill-

Atleta jew Persuna oħra fl-isforz biex jiġi eliminat id-

doping fl-isport, in-nuqqas ta’ osservanza tal-Kodiċi u,

jew ksur ta’ integrità fl-isport. Ma jistax jitnaqqas iktar

minn tliet kwarti mill-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li kien

ikun mod ieħor applikabbli. Jekk il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità li kien ikun mod ieħor applikabbli hu għal

għomru, il-perjodu mhux sospiż taħt dan is-subparagrafu

għandu jkun ta’ mhux inqas minn tmien (8) snin. Għall-

finijiet ta’ dan is-subparagrafu, il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità li kien ikun mod ieħor applikabbli

mgħandux jinkludi kull perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li jista’

jiżdied taħt is-subregolament (9)(ċ)(ii).

Jekk hekk jintalab mill-Atleta jew

ANTI-DOPING

Persuna oħra li jixtiequ jipprovdu Assistenza

Sostanzjali, NADOMALTA għandha tippermetti li l-

Atleta jew Persuna oħra jipprovdu l-informazzjoni bla

ħsara għal Ftehin Mingħajr Preġudizzju.

Jekk l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jonqsu

milli jkomplu jikkooperaw u jipprovdu l-Assistenza

Sostanzjali sħiħa u kredibbli, li fuqha kienet ibbażata s-

sospensjoni tal-Konsegwenzi, NADOMALTA għandha

terġa’ ġġib fis-seħħ il-Konsegwenzi oriġinali. Jekk

NADOMALTA tiddeċiedi li terġa’ ġġib fis-seħħ il-

Konsegwenzi sospiżi jew tiddeċiedi li ma terġax iġġib

fis-seħħ Konsegwenzi sospiżi, dik id-deċiżjoni tista’ tiġi

appellata taħt ir-Regolament 13.

(ii) Sabiex tinkoraġġixxi aktar lil Atleti u

Persuni oħra biex jipprovdu Assistenza Sostanzjali lil

Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping, fuq talba tal-ADC

jew fuq talba tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra li jkun

ikkommetta jew hu allegat li kkommetta ksur ta’ regola

tal-anti-doping, jew ksur ieħor ta’ dawn ir-regolamenti,

il-WADA tista’ taqbel, fi kwalunkwe stadju tal-proċess

tal-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati, inkluż wara deċiżjoni tal-

appell taħt ir-Regolament 13, dwar dak li tikkonsidra li

hi sospensjoni xierqa ta’ perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li kien

ikun mod ieħor applikabbli u Konsegwenzi oħra.

F’ċirkostanzi eċċezzjonali, il-WADA tista’ taqbel ma’

sospensjonijiet

tal-perjodu

ta’

Ineliġibilità

u

Konsegwenzi oħra għal Assistenza Sostanzjali li jkunu

ogħla minn dawk li huma mod ieħor previsti f’dan is-

subparagrafu, kif ukoll l-ebda perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, l-

ebda Żvelar lill-Pubbliku mandatorju u, jew l-ebda għoti

lura ta’ flus bħala premji jew ħlas ta’ multi jew spejjeż.

L- approvazzjoni tal-WADA tkun bla ħsara għat-treġġigħ

fis-seħħ ta’ Konsegwenzi, kif previst mod ieħor f’dan is-

subparagrafu.

Minkejja

d-dispożizzjonijiet

tar-

Regolament 13, id-deċiżjonijiet tal-WADA fil-kuntest ta’

dan is-subparagrafu mhumiex appellabbli.

(iii) Jekk NADOMALTA jissospendi xi parti

minn xi sanzjoni, li kienet tkun applikabbli mod ieħor,

minħabba f’Assistenza Sostanzjali, allura għandu

jingħata avviż li juri l-ġustifikazzjoni għad-deċiżjoni lil

Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping oħra li għandhom

dritt ta’ appell taħt ir-Regolament 13(2)(ċ) kif previst

fir-Regolament 14(2). F’ċirkostanzi uniċi fejn il-WADA

tiddetermina li jkun fl-aħjar interess tal-anti-doping, il-

WADA tista’ tawtorizza lil NADOMALTA biex tidħol fi

ftehimijiet kunfidenzjali xierqa li jillimitaw jew jdewmu

l-iżvelar tal-ftehim dwar Assistenza Sostanzjali jew in-

natura ta’ Assistenza Sostanzjali li tkun qed tingħata.

ANTI-DOPING

(b)

Ammissjoni ta’ Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-Doping

fl-Assenza ta’ Xhieda Oħra

Fejn Atleta jew Persuna oħra jammettu

volontarjament li jkunu wettqu ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

qabel ma jkunu rċevew avviż dwar ġbir ta’ Kampjun li jista’

jistabbilixxi ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping (jew, fil-każ ta’

ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li ma jkunx taħt ir-Regolament

2(1), qabel ma jirċievu l-ewwel avviż tal-ksur ammess

konformement mar-Regolament 7) u dik l-ammissjoni hi l-

unika xhieda ta’ min jorbot fuqha tal-ksur fil-ħin tal-

ammissjoni, allura l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità jista’ jitnaqqas,

iżda għal mhux inqas minn nofs il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità

applikabbli mod ieħor.

(ċ)

Applikazzjoni ta’ Raġunijiet Multipli għal

Tnaqqis ta’ Sanzjoni

Fejn Atleta jew Persuna oħra jistabbilixxu li

huma intitolati għal tnaqqis ta’ sanzjoni taħt iktar minn waħda

mid-dispożizzjonijiet tas-subregolamenti (5), (6) jew dan is-

subregolament, qabel ma jiġu applikati xi tnaqqis jew

sospensjoni taħt dan is-subregolament, għandu jiġi determinat

il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li kien ikun mod ieħor applikabbli

skont is-subregolamenti (2), (3), (5) u (6). Jekk l-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra jistabbilixxu li jkunu intitolati għal tnaqqis jew

sospensjoni tal-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità taħt dan is-

subregolament, allura l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità jista’ jitnaqqas

jew jiġi sospiż, iżda għal mhux inqas minn kwart tal-perjodu

ta’ Ineliġibilità li kien ikun mod ieħor applikabbli.

(8)

Ftehimijiet dwar il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati

(a)

Tnaqqis ta’ Sena (1) Waħda għal Ċertu Ksur ta’

Regola tal-Anti-Doping Ibbażat fuq Ammissjoni Bikrija u

Aċċettazzjoni tas-Sanzjoni

Fejn Atleta jew Persuna oħra, wara li jkunu ġew

notifikati mill-ADC dwar ksur potenzjali ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping li twassal għal perjodu stabbilit ta’ Ineliġibilità ta’

erba’ (4) snin jew iktar (inkluż kull perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità

stabbilit taħt is-subregolament (4)), jammettu l-ksur u

jaċċettaw il-perjodu stabbilit ta’ Ineliġibilità mhux aktar tard

minn għoxrin (20) ġurnata minn wara li jirċievu avviż dwar

akkuża ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping, l-Atleta jew Persuna

oħra jistgħu jingħataw tnaqqis ta’ sena (1) waħda fil-perjodu

ta’ Ineliġibilità stabbilit mill-ADC. Fejn l-Atleta jew Persuna

oħra jingħataw tnaqqis ta’ sena (1) waħda fil-perjodu stabbilit

ta’ Ineliġibilità taħt dan il-paragrafu, ma jistax jingħata l-ebda

tnaqqis ieħor tal-perjodu stabbilit ta’ Ineliġibilità taħt xi

regolament ieħor.

(b)

Ftehim dwar Riżoluzzjoni ta’ Każ

Fejn Atleta jew Persuna oħra jammettu ksur ta’

regola tal-anti-doping wara li jkunu ġew ikkonfrontati bil-ksur

tar-regola tal-anti-doping mill-ADC u jaqblu mal-

Konsegwenzi aċċettabbli għall-ADC u għall-WADA, fid-

diskrezzjoni unika tagħhom, allura

(i)

l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jistgħu

jingħataw tnaqqis fil-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità bbażat fuq

valutazzjoni mill-ADC u l-WADA tal-applikazzjoni tas-

subregolamenti (1) sa (7) għall-ksur stabbilit tar-regola

tal-anti-doping, il-gravità tal-ksur, il-livell ta’ Tort tal-

Atleta jew Persuna oħra u kemm malajr l-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra ammettew il-ksur; u

(ii) il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità jista’ jibda

minn data meta jinġabar il-Kampjun jew mid-data ta’

meta twettaq l-aħħar ksur ta’ regola oħra tal-anti-

doping. F’kull każ, madankollu, meta jiġi applikat dan

il-paragrafu, l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra għandhom iservu

għallinqas nofs il-perjodu miftiehem ta’ Ineliġibilità, li

jibda jew mid-data ta’ meta l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra

aċċettaw l-impożizzjoni ta’ sanzjoni jew id-data ta’

Sospensjoni Provviżorja li ġiet sussegwentement

rispettata mill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra, liema minnhom

tkun l-iktar bikrija. Id-deċiżjoni tal-WADA u tal-ADC li

jidħlu jew ma jidħlux fi ftehim dwar riżoluzzjoni ta’ każ,

u l-ammont tat-tnaqqis ta’, u d-data tal-bidu tal-perjodu

ta’ Ineliġibilità, mhumiex materji għad-determinazzjoni

jew reviżjoni minn korp ta’ smigħ u mhumiex

appellabbli taħt ir-Regolament 13.

Jekk ikun ġie hekk mitlub minn Atleta

jew Persuna oħra li jixtiequ jidħlu fi ftehim dwar

riżoluzzjoni ta’ każ taħt dan il-paragrafu, l-ADC

għandha tippermetti lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra li

jiddiskutu magħha l-ammissjoni ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-

anti-doping bla ħsara għal Ftehim Mingħajr

Preġudizzju.

(9)

Ksur Multiplu

(a)

It-Tieni jew it-Tielet Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-

Doping

(i)

Għal Atleta jew Persuna oħra li jwettqu

t-tieni ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping, il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità għandu jkun l-ogħla minn

(A)

perjodu ta’ sitt (6) xhur ta’

ANTI-DOPING

Ineliġibilità; jew

(B)

perjodu

ta’

Ineliġibilità

fil-

marġni bejn

-

l-ammont tal-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità impost għall-ewwel ksur

tar-regola tal-anti-doping miżjud bil-

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità applikabbli mod

ieħor għat-tieni ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping ittrattat bħallikieku kien l-ewwel

ksur, u

-

id-doppju tal-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità applikabbli mod ieħor għat-

tieni ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

bħallikieku kien l-ewwel ksur.

Il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità f’dan il-

marġni għandu jiġi determinat fuq il-bażi taċ-ċirkostanzi

kollha u l-gravità ta’ Tort tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra

fir-rigward tat-tieni ksur.

(ii) It-tielet ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

iwassal dejjem għal perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għal

għomru, ħlief jekk it-tielet ksur hu konformi mal-

kondizzjoni għall-eliminazzjoni jew tnaqqis tal-perjodu

ta’ Ineliġibilità taħt is-subregolamenti (5) jew (6), jew

jinvolvi ksur tar-Regolament 2.4. F’dawn il-każijiet

partikolari, il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jkun

Ineliġibilità minn tmien (8) snin għal għomru.

(iii) Il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità stabbbilit fis-

subparagrafi (i) u (ii) jista’ imbagħad jerġa’ jitnaqqas bl-

applikazzjoni tas-subregolament (7).

(b)

Ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li għalih Atleta

jew Persuna oħra stabbilixxa Ebda Tort jew Negliġenza ma

jitqiesx bħala ksur għall-finijiet ta’ dan is-subregolament.

Barra minn dan, ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping sanzjonat taħt

is-subregolament (2)(d)(i) ma jitqiesx bħala ksur għall-finijiet

ta’ dan is-subregolament.

(ċ)

Regolamenti Addizzjonali għal Ċertu Ksur

Potenzjali Multiplu

(i)

Għall-finijet

tal-impożizzjoni

ta’

sanzjonijiet taħt dan is-subregolament, ħlief kif previst

fil-paragrafu (ċ)(ii) u (iii), ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

jitqies bħala t-tieni ksur fil-każ biss fejn l-ADC tista’

tistabbilixxi li l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra wettqu ksur

ANTI-DOPING

addizzjonali ta’ regola tal-anti-doping wara li l-Atleta

jew Persuna oħra kienu rċevew avviż konformement

mar-Regolament 7, jew wara li l-ADC tagħmel sforzi

raġjonevoli biex tagħti avviż dwar l-ewwel ksur tar-

regola tal-anti-doping. Jekk l-ADC ma tistax

tistabbilixxi dan, il-ksur kollu għandu jitqies bħala ksur

singolu tal-ewwel, u s-sanzjoni li tiġi imposta tkun

ibbażata fuq il-ksur li jwassal għall-ogħla sanzjoni,

inkluża l-applikazzjoni ta’ Ċirkostanzi Aggravanti. Ir-

riżultati fil-Kompetizzjonijiet kollha sa mill-ksur ta’

qabel ta’ regola tal-anti-doping għandhom jiġu

Skwalifikati kif previst fis-subregolament (10).

(ii) Jekk l-ADC tistabbilixxi li Atleta jew

Persuna oħra wettqu ksur addizzjonali ta’ regola tal-

anti-doping qabel in-notifika, u dak il-ksur addizzjonal

sar tnax (12)-il xahar jew iktar qabel jew wara li ġie

nnotat l-ewwel ksur, allura l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità

għal ksur addizzjonali għandu jiġi kkalkolat bħallikieku

l-ksur addizzjonali kien l-ewwel ksur fih innifsu u dan

il-perjodu

ta’

Ineliġibilità

għandu

jitgħadda

konsekuttivament, u mhux flimkien, mal-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità impost għall-ksur innotat qabel. Fejn

japplika dan is-subregolament, il-ksur kollu magħdud

flimkien għandu jikkostitwixxi ksur wieħed għall-

finijiet tal-paragrafu (a).

(iii) Jekk l-ADC tistabbilixxi li Atleta jew

Persuna oħra wettqu ksur tar-Regolament 2(5)

f’konnessjoni mal-proċess tal-Kontroll tad-Doping taħt

ksur ta’ regola msejsa stabbilita tal-anti-doping, il-ksur

tar-Regolament 2(5) għandu jiġi ttrattat bħala l-ewwel

ksur fih innifsu u l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għal tali ksur

għandu jitgħadda konsekuttivament, u mhux flimklien,

mal-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, jekk ikun hemm, impost

għall-ksur tar-regola msejsa tal-anti-doping. Fejn jiġi

applikat dan is-subparagrafu, il-ksur kollu magħdud

flimkien għandu jikkostitwixxi ksur wieħed għall-

finijiet tal-paragrafu (a).

(iv) Jekk l-ADC tistabbilixxi li Atleta jew

Persuna oħra wettqet it-tieni jew it-tielet ksur ta’ regola

tal-anti-doping f’perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, il-perjodi ta’

Ineliġibilità għal ksur multiplu għandhom jingħaddu

konsekuttivament, u mhux flimkien.

(d)

Ksur Multiplu ta’

Regoli

tal-Anti-Doping

f’Perjodu ta’ Għaxar (10) Snin

Għall-finijiet ta’ dan is-subregolament, kull ksur

ta’ regola tal-anti-doping għandu jseħħ fi żmien l-istess

perjodu ta’ għaxar (10) snin sabiex jiġi kkunsidrat bħala ksur

multiplu.

(10) Skwalifika ta’ Riżultati f’Kompetizzjonijiet Wara Ġbir

ta’ Kampjun jew twettiq ta’ Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-Doping

Minbarra l-Iskwalifika awtomatika tar-riżultati fil-

Kompetizzjoni li pproduċiet il-Kampjun pożittiv taħt ir-Regolament

9, ir-riżultati kompetittivi l-oħra kollha tal-Atleta miksuba mid-data

ta’ meta nġabar Kampjun pożittiv (kemm jekk Waqt Kompetizzjoni

kif ukoll Barra minn Kompetizzjoni), jew minn meta seħħ il-ksur

ieħor ta’ regola tal-anti-doping, permezz tal-bidu ta’ xi Sospensjoni

Provviżorja jew perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, għandhom, sakemm is-sens

tal-ġustizzja ma jeħtieġx mod ieħor, jiġu Skwalifikati bil-

Konsegwenzi kollha li jirriżultaw inkluża l-konfiska ta’ kull medalja,

punti u premjijiet.

(11) Premji fi Flus Ikkonfiskati

Jekk NADOMALTA tiġbor lura premji fi flus

ikkonfiskati bħala riżultat ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping, hi

għandha tieħu l-provvedimenti meħtieġa biex talloka u tqassam dawn

il-premji fi flus lill-Atleti li kienu jkunu intitolati għall-premji li kieku

l-Atleta li fuqu saret il-konfisha ma kkompetix.

(12) Konsegwenzi Finanzjarji

(a)

Fejn Atleta jew Persuna oħra twettaq ksur ta’

regola tal-anti-doping, NADOMALTA tista’, fid-diskrezzjoni

tagħha u bla ħsara għall-prinċipju tal-proporzjonalità, tagħżel

li tiġbor lura mill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra l-spejjeż assoċjati

mal-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping, irrispettivament mill-

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità impost.

(b)

L-impożizzjoni tal-ġbir lura ta’ spejjeż minn

NADOMALTA mgħandhiex titqies bħala bażi għat-tnaqqis tas-

sanzjoni ta’ Ineliġibilità jew sanzjoni oħra li kienet tkun mod

ieħor applikabbli taħt dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping.

(13) Bidu tal-Perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità

Fejn Atleta jkun diġà qed iservi perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità

għall-ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping, kull perjodu ġdid ta’

Ineliġibilità għandu jibda fl-ewwel ġurnata wara l-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità li jkun għaddej jispiċċa. Inkella, ħlief kif previst hawn

aktar ’l isfel, il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għandu jibda fid-data tad-

deċiżjoni fl-aħħar smigħ li tipprovdi għall-Ineliġibilità jew, jekk issir

rinunzja għas-smigħ jew ma jkun hemm l-ebda smigħ, fid-data li l-

Ineliġibilità tiġi aċċettata jew imposta mod ieħor.

(a)

Dewmien Mhux Attribwibbli għall-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra

Fejn jirrikorri dewmien sostanzjali fil-proċess

ta’ smigħ jew f’aspetti oħra tal-Kontroll tad-Doping, u l-Atleta

jew Persuna oħra jistgħu jistabbilixxu li tali dewmien

mhuwiex attribwibbli għall-Atleta jew Persuna oħra,

NADOMALTA jew NADDP, jekk ikun applikabbli, jistgħu

jibdew il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità f’data iktar kmieni li tista’

tibda mid-data tal-ġbir tal-Kampjun jew mid-data li fiha l-

aħħar seħħ ksur ieħor ta’ regola tal-anti-doping. Ir-riżultati

kompetittivi kollha miksuba matul il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità,

inkluża Ineliġibilità retroattiva, għandhom jiġu Skwalifikati.

(b)

Kredtu għal Sospensjoni

Provviżorja

jew

Perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilita Mgħoddi

(i)

Jekk Sospensjoni Provviżorja tiġi

rispettata mill-Atleta jew mill-Persuna l-oħra, allura l-

Atleta jew Persuna oħra għandhom jirċievu kredtu għal

tali perjodu ta’ Sospensjoni Provviżorja kontra kull

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li jista’ jiġi impost fl-aħħar. Jekk

l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra ma jirrispettawx Sospensjoni

Provviżorja, allura l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra ma

jirċievu l-ebda kredtu għal kull perjodu ta’ Sospensjoni

Provviżorja mgħoddi. Jekk jiġi mgħoddi perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità konformement ma’ deċiżjoni li wara tiġi

appellata, allura l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra għandhom

jirċievu kredtu għal tali perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità mgħoddi

kontra kull perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li jista’ fl-aħħar jiġi

impost wara l-appell.

(ii) Jekk Atleta jew Persuna oħra

volontarjament jaċċettaw Sospensjoni Provviżorja bil-

miktub mill-ADC u wara jirrispettaw is-Sospensjoni

Provviżorja, l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra għandhom

jirċievu kredtu għal tali perjodu ta’ Sospensjoni

Provviżorja kontra kull perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li jista’

jiġi impost fl-aħħar. Minnufih għandha tingħata kopja

tal-aċċettazzjoni volontarja tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra

lil kull parti intitolata li tirċievi avviż ta’ ksur allegat ta’

regola tal-anti-doping taħt ir-Regolament 14(1).

(iii) Ma jingħata l-ebda kredtu kontra

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità qabel id-data effettiva ta’

Sospensjoni Provviżorja jew Sospensjoni Provviżorja

volontarja irrispettivament jekk l-Atleta għażilx li

jikkompeti jew kienx ġie sospiż minn tim.

(iv) Fi Sports ta’ Timijiet, fejn jiġi impost

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità fuq tim, sakemm il-prinċipju tal-

ANTI-DOPING

ġustizzja ma jeħtieġx mod ieħor, il-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità għandu jibda fid-data tad-deċiżjoni fl-aħħar

smigħ li jipprovdi għall-Ineliġibilità jew, jekk ikun

hemm rinunzja għal smigħ, fid-data li l-Ineliġibilità tiġi

aċċettata jew imposta mod ieħor. Kull perjodu ta’

Sospensjoni Provviżorja ta’ tim (kemm jekk impost kif

ukoll jekk aċċettat volontarjament) għandu jiġi

akkreditat kontra l-perjodu totali ta’ Ineliġibilità li

għandu jiġi mgħoddi.

(14)

Status waqt Ineliġibilita jew Sospensjoni Provviżorja

(a)

Projbizzjoni

ta’

Parteċipazzjoni

waqt

Ineliġibilità jew Sospensjoni Provviżorja

L-ebda Atleta jew Persuna oħra, li ġew

iddikjarati Ineliġibbli jew soġġetti għal Sospensjoni

Provviżorja ma jistgħu, waqt perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità jew

Sospensjoni Provviżorja, jipparteċipaw fi kwalunkwe kapaċità

f’Kompetizzjoni jew attività (ħlief fi programmi awtorizzati ta’

Edukazzjoni dwar l-anti-doping jew rijabilitazzjoni)

awtorizzati jew

organizzati

minn

xi Firmatarju,

Organizazzjoni li tkun membru tal-Firmatarju, jew klabb jew

Organizzazzjoni oħra li tkun membru ta’ Organizzazzjoni ta’

Firmatarju, jew f’Kompetizzjonijiet awtorizzati jew

organizzati minn lega professjonistika jew minn

Organizzazzjoni li torganizza xi Avveniment ta’ livell

internazzjonali jew livell nazzjonali jew xi attività sportiva

elitista jew ta’ livell nazzjonali ffinanzjata minn aġenzija

governattiva.

Atleta jew Persuna oħra soġġetti għal perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità itwal minn erba’ (4) snin jistgħu, wara li

jikkompletaw erba’ (4) snin tal-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità,

jipparteċipaw bħala Atleta f’avvenimenti sportivi lokali mhux

sanzjonati jew mod ieħor taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni ta’ Firmatarju

tal-Kodiċi jew membru ta’ Firmatarju tal-Kodiċi, iżda biss

sakemm l-avveniment sportiv lokali ma jkunx f’livell li jista’

mod ieħor jikkwakifika tali Atleta jew Persuna oħra

direttament jew indirettament biex jikkompeti fi (jew

jakkumula punti lejn) lega nazzjonali jew Avveniment

Internazzjonali, u ma jinvolvix lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra

f’ħidma fi kwalunkwe kariga ma’ Persuni Protetti.

Atleta jew Persuna oħra soġġetti għal perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità għandhom jibgħu soġġetti għal Testjar u kull

ħtieġa mill-ADC biex jipprovdu informazzjoni dwar

whereabouts.

(b)

Ritorn għal Taħriġ

Bħala eċċezzjoni għall-paragrafu (a), Atleta

jista’ jirritorna għal taħriġ ma’ tim jew juża l-faċilitajiet ta’

klabb jew ta’ Organizzazzjoni sportiva nazzjonali matul l-iqsar

minn

(i)

l-aħħar

xahrejn

tal-perjodu

ta’

Ineliġibilità tal-Atleta, jew

(ii)

l-aħħar kwart tal-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità

imposta.

(Ċ)

Ksur tal-Projbizzjoni ta’ Parteċipazzjoni Waqt

Ineliġibilità jew Sospensjoni Provviżorja

Fejn Atleta jew Persuna oħra li ġew iddikjarati

Ineliġibbli jiksru l-projbizzjoni kontra parteċipazzjoni waqt l-

Ineliġibilità mfissra fil-paragrafu (a), ir-riżultati ta’ tali

parteċipazzjoni għandhom jiġu Skwalifikati u għandu jiżdied

perjodu ġdid ta’ Ineliġibilità ugwali fit-tul għall-perjodu

oriġinali ta’ Ineliġibilità fl-aħħar tal-perjodu oriġinali ta’

Ineliġibilità. Il-perjodu ġdid ta’ Ineliġibilità, inklużi ċanfira u

ebda perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità, jistgħu jiġu aġġustati fuq il-bażi

tal-gravità tat-Tort tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra u ċirkostanzi

oħra tal-każ. Id-determinazzjoni dwar jekk Atleta jew Persuna

oħra kisrux il-projbizzjoni kontra parteċipazzjoni, u jekk

aġġustament hu xieraq, għandha ssir mill-Organizzazzjoni tal-

Anti-Doping li l-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati tagħha wasslet għall-

impożizzjoni tal-ewwel perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità. Id-deċiżjoni

tista’ tiġi appellata taħt ir-Regolament 13.

Atleta jew Persuna oħra li jiksru l-projbizzjoni

kontra parteċipazzjoni waqt Sospensjoni Provviżorja mfissra

fil-paragrafu (a) ma jirċievu l-ebda kredtu għal kull perjodu ta’

Sospensjoni Provviżorja li jkunu servew u r-riżultati ta’ tali

parteċipazzjoni għandhom jiġu Skwalifikati.

Fejn Persunal tal-Appoġġ tal-Atleta jew

Persuna oħra tassisti lil Persuna biex tikser il-projbizzjoni

kontra parteċipazzjoni waqt Ineliġibilità jew Sospensjoni

Provviżorja, l-NADDP għandu jimponi sanzjonijiet għal ksur

tar-Regolament 2(9) għal tali assistenza.

(d)

Ċħid ta’ Għajnuna Finanzjarja waqt Ineliġibilità

Barra minn dan, għal kull ksur ta’ regola tal-

anti-doping li ma jinvolvix sanzjoni mnaqqsa kif imfisser fis-

subregolament (5) jew (6), parti mill-għajnuna finanzjarja jew

benefiċċji oħra relatati mal-isport, jew kollha kemm huma, li

tali Persuna tirċievi għandhom jiġu miċħuda mill-

organizzazzjoni sportiva nazzjonali, il-Gvern ta’ Malta, il-

Kumitat Olimpiku Nazzjonali ta’ Malta u l-Kumitat

Paralimpiku Nazzjonali ta’ Malta.

(15) Pubblikazzjoni Awtomatika ta’ Sanzjoni

Parti mandatorja ta’ kull sanzjoni għandha tinkludi

pubblikazzjoni awtomatika, kif previst fir-Regolament 14(3).

REGOLAMENT 11

KONSEGWENZI

GĦAL

TIMIJIET

(1)

Testjar ta’ Sports ta’ Timijiet

Fejn iktar minn membru (1) wieħed ta’ tim fi Sport ta’

Timijiet jiġi notifikat dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping taħt ir-

Regolament 7 f’konnessjoni ma’ Avveniment, il-korp regolatorju

għall-Avveniment għandu jwettaq Testjar Immirat xieraq tat-tim waqt

il-Perjodu tal-Avveniment.

(2)

Konsegwenzi għal Sports ta’ Timijiet

Jekk iktar minn żewġ (2) membri ta’ tim fi Sport ta’

Timijiet jinsabu li kisru regola tal-anti-doping waqt Perjodu ta’

Avveniment, il-korp regolatorju tal-Avveniment għandu jimponi

sanzjoni xierqa fuq it-tim (eż., telf ta’ punti, Skwalifika minn

Kompetizzjoni jew Avveniment, jew sanzjoni oħra) b’żieda ma’ kull

Konsegwenza imposta fuq l-Atleti individwali li wettqu l-ksur tar-

regola tal-anti-doping.

(3) Il-Korp Regolatorju tal-Avveniment jista’ Jistabbilixxi

Konsegwenzi Iktar Ħorox għal Sports ta’ Timijiet

Il-korp regolatorju ta’ Avveniment jista’ jagħżel li

jistabbilixxi regoli għal Avveniment li jimponu Konsegwenzi għal

Sports ta’ Timijiet li jkunu iktar ħorox minn dawk fis-subregolament

(2) għall-finijiet tal-Avveniment.

REGOLAMENT 12

SANZJONIJIET

MINN

SPORTMALTA

KONTRA

KORPI SPORTIVI OĦRA

Meta l-Gvern, SportMalta jew NADOMALTA jsiru jafu li

organizzazzjoni sportiva nazzjonali f’Malta jew xi korp sportiv

nazzjonali ieħor f’Malta li fuqu għandu ġurisdizzjoni jkun naqas li

josserva, jimplimenta, japplka jew jinforza dawn ir-Regolamenti

dwar l-Anti-Doping fil-kamp ta’ kompetenza ta’ dik l-

Organizzazzjoni jew dak il-korp, NADOMALTA tista’ tieħu l-

azzjonijiet dixxiplinari addizzjonali li ġejjin

(1) Teskludi l-membri kollha, jew xi uħud minnhom, ta’ dik

l-Organizzazzjoni jew korp minn Avvenimenti futuri speċifikati jew

mill-Avvenimenti kollha li jsiru matul perjodu speċifikat ta’ żmien.

(2) Tieħu azzjonijiet dixxiplinari addizzjonali fir-rigward

tar-rikonoxximent ta’ dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew dak il-korp, l-

eliġibilità tal-membri tagħhom li jipparteċipaw fl-attivitajiet tal-

Organizzazzjoni jew tal-korp abbażi ta’ dan li ġej

(a)

Erba’ (4) każijiet ta’ ksur jew aktar ta’ dawn ir-

Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping (għajr ksur li jinvolvi r-

Regolament 2(4)) jitwettqu minn Atleti jew Persuni oħra

affiljati ma’ dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew dak il-korp matul

perjodu ta’ tnax (12)-il xahar. F’dan il-każ il-membri kollha

jew xi grupp ta’ membri ta’ dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew ta’ dak

il-korp jistgħu jiġu miċħuda minn parteċipazzjoni f’kull

attività ta’ NADOMALTA għal perjodu ta’ żmien sa sentejn (2).

(b)

Erba’ (4) każijiet ta’ ksur jew aktar ta’ dawn ir-

Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping (għajr ksur li jinvolvi r-

Regolament 2(4)) jitwettqu b’żieda mal-ksur imsemmi fil-

paragrafu (a) minn Atleti jew Persuni oħra affiljati ma’ dik l-

Organizzazzjoni jew korp matul perjodu ta’ tnax (12)-il xahar

f’testijiet immexxija mill-federazzjoni internazzjonali jew

mill-organizzazzjonijiet

tal-anti-doping

inkluża

NADOMALTA. F’dan il-każ, dik l-Organizzazzjoni u dak il-

korp jistgħu jiġu sospiżi għal perjodu ta’ żmien sa erba’ (4)

snin.

(ċ)

Iżjed minn Atleta wieħed jew Persuna oħra

affiljati ma’ dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew dak il-korp iwettaq ksur

ta’ regola tal-anti-doping waqt Avveniment Internazzjonali.

F’dan il-każ, dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew dak il-korp jistgħu,

fid-diskrezzjoni ta’ SportMalta, jiċħdu kull assistenza proposta

jew diġà mwegħda lill-organizzazzjoni sportiva nazzjonali

involuta; u

(d)

Dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew dak il-korp naqsu

milli jagħmlu sforzi diliġenti biex iżommu lil NADOMALTA

informata dwar fejn ikun jinsab Atleta wara li jirċievu talba

għal dik l-informazzjoni minn NADOMALTA. F’dan il-każ, il-

Gvern jew SportMalta, fid-diskrezzjoni tagħhom, jistgħu

jiċħdu kull assistenza proposta jew diġà mwegħda lill-

assoċjazzjoni nazzjonali involuta, b’żieda għall-ispejjeż kollha

ta’ NADOMALTA li jkunu nġarrbu fl-ittestjar tal-Atleti ta’ dik

l-organizzazzjoni sportiva nazzjonali.

(3) Tiċħad l-iiffinanzjar kollu jew parti minnu jew kull

appoġġ ieħor finanzjarju jew mhux finanzjarju lil dik l-

Organizzazzjoni jew li dak il-korp.

(4) Tobbliga lil dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew lil dak il-korp

biex iħallsu lura lil NADOMALTA l-ispejjeż kollha (inklużi iżda

mhux limitati għal, drittijiet ta’ laboratorji, spejjeż dwar smigħ, u

vvjaġġar) li għandhom x’jaqsmu ma’ ksur ta’ dawn ir-Regolamenti

ANTI-DOPING

dwar l-Anti-Doping imwettaq minn Atleta jew Persuna oħra affiljati

ma’ dik l-Organizzazzjoni jew dak il-korp.

REGOLAMENT 13

ĠESTJONI

TAR-

RIŻULTATI: APPELLI

(1)

Deċiżjonijiet Soġġetti għal Appell

Deċiżjonijiet meħuda taħt il-Kodiċi jew taħt dawn ir-

Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping huma appellabbli kif imfisser hawn

aktar ’il quddiem fis-subregolamenti (2) sa (7) jew kif mod ieħor

previst f’dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping, il-Kodiċi jew l-

Istandards Internazzjonali. Dawn id-deċiżjonijiet għandhom jibgħu

fis-seħħ waqt l-appell sakemm il-korp tal-appell ma jordnax mod

ieħor.

(a)

Kamp ta’ Applikazzjoni Mhux Limitat ta’

Reviżjoni

Il-kamp ta’ applikazzjoni fl-appell jinkludi l-

kwistjonijiet kollha li huma rilevanti għall-materja u hu

espressament mhux limitat għall-kwistjonijiet u għall-kamp ta’

applikazzjoni tar-reviżjoni quddiem min ikun ħa l-ewwel

deċiżjoni. Kull parti fl-appell tista’ tissottometti xhieda,

argumenti legali u talbiet li ma ġewx magħmula fis-smigħ tal-

ewwel istanza sakemm jinħolqu mill-istess kawża ta’ azzjoni

jew l-istess fatti jew ċirkostanzi ġenerali magħmula jew

indirizzati fis-smigħ tal-ewwel istanza.

(b)

Il-CAS Mgħandux Jiddifferixxi s-Sejbiet li Jiġu

Appellati

Fid-teħid tad-deċiżjoni tiegħu, il-CAS mgħandux

jiddifferixxi mid-diskrezzjoni eżerċitata mill-korp li deċizjoni

tiegħu qed tiġi appellata.

(ċ)

WADA Mhux Meħtieġa li Teżawrixxi Rimedji

Interni

Fejn il-WADA għandha dritt ta’ appell taħt dan

ir-regolament u l-ebda parti ma appellat kontra d-deċiżjoni

finali fi ħdan il-proċess ta’ NADOMALTA, il-WADA tista’

tappella kontra tali deċiżjoni direttament lill-CAS mingħajr ma

jkollha bżonn teżawrixxi rimedji oħra fil-proċess ta’

NADOMALTA.

(2) Appelli minn Deċiżjonijiet li Jirrigwardaw Ksur ta’

Regola tal-Anti-Doping, Konsegwenzi, Sospensjoni Provviżorja,

Implimentazzjoni ta’ Deċiżjonijiet u Ġurisdizzjoni

Deċiżjoni li ġie mwettaq ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping,

deċiżjoni li timponi Konsegwenzi jew li ma timponix Konsegwenzi

għal ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping, jew deċiżjoni li ma twettaq l-

ebda ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping; deċiżjoni li proċedura dwar ksur

ta’ regola tal-anti-doping ma tistax titkompla minħabba f’raġunijiet

proċedurali (inkluża, per eżempju, preskrizzjoni); deċiżjoni mill-

WADA li ma tagħtix eċċezzjoni għall-ħtieġa ta’ avviż ta’ sitt (6) xhur

biex Atleta rtirat jerġa’ lura għal kompetizzjoni taħt ir-Regolament

5(6)(a); deċiżjoni minn WADA li tassenja l-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati taħt

l-Artikolu 7(1) tal-Kodiċi; deċiżjoni mill-ADC li ma tikkonsidrax

Sejba Analitika Avversa jew Sejba Atipika bħala ksur ta’ regola tal-

anti-doping, jew deċiżjoni li ma jitkomplix proċess dwar ksur ta’

regola tal-anti-doping wara investigazzjoni konformement mal-

Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati; deċiżjoni li

timponi, jew tħassar, Sospensjoni Provviżorja b’riżultat ta’ Smigħ

Provviżorju; in-nuqqas tal-ADC li tosserva r-Regolament 7(4);

deċiżjoni li l-ADC mgħandhiex ġurisdizzjoni biex tiddeċiedi dwar

ksur allegat ta’ regola tal-anti-doping jew il-Konsegwwenzi tiegħu;

deċiżjoni biex tissospendi, jew biex ma tissospendix, Konsegwenzi

jew biex terġa’ ġġib fis-seħħ, jew biex ma terġax iġġib fis-seħħ,

Konsegwenzi taħt ir-Regolament 10(7)(a); nuqqas ta’ osservanza tal-

Artikolu 7.1.4 u 7.1.5 tal-Kodiċi; nuqqas ta’ osservanza tar-

Regolament 10(8)(a); deċiżjoni taħt ir-Regolament 10(14)(ċ);

deċiżjoni minn NADOMALTA biex ma jimplimentax deċiżjoni ta’

organizzazzjoni oħra tal-anti-doping taħt ir-Regolament 15; u

deċiżjoni taħt l-Artikolu 27.3 tal-Kodiċi jistgħu jiġu appellati

esklussivament kif previst f’dan is-subartikolu.

(a)

Appelli li Jinvolvu Atleti

ta’

Livell

Internazzjonali jew Avvenimenti Internazzjonali

F’każijiet li jinħolqu minn parteċipazzjoni

f’Avveniment Internazzjonali jew f’każijiet li jinvolvu Atleti

ta’ Livell Internazzjonali, id-deċiżjoni tista’ tiġi appellata

esklussivament lill-CAS.

(b)

Appelli li Jinvolvu Atleti Oħra jew Persuni Oħra

F’każijiet fejn il-paragrafu (a) mhuwiex

applikabbli, id-deċiżjoni tista’ tiġi appellata quddiem il-

NADAP. Il-proċess tal-appell għandu jitmexxa konformement

mal-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati.

(i)

Smigħ quddiem il-NADAP

(A) Il-NADAP għandu jkun magħmul

minn Chairperson indipendenti u sitt (6)

membri indipendenti oħra.

(B) Kull membru għandu jinħatar

billi tittieħed f’konsiderazzjoni l-esperjenza

meħtieġa tagħhom fl-anti-doping inkluża l-

kompetenza tagħhom legali, sportiva, medika

ANTI-DOPING

u, jew xjentifika. Kull membru jinħatar għal

perjodu ta’ tliet (3) snin li jista’ jiġġedded

darba.

(Ċ) Il-membri maħtura għandhom

ikunu Operattivament u Istituzzjonalment

Indipendenti. Membri tal-Bord, membri tal-

istaff, membri tal-kummissjonijiet, konsulenti

u uffiċjali ta’ NADOMALTA jew l-affiljati

tagħha (bħal ma hi Parti Terza Delegata), kif

ukoll kull Persuna involuta fl-investigazzjoni,

aġġudikazzjoni minn qabel, jew Ġestjoni tar-

Riżultati dwar il-kwistjoni, ma jistgħux

jinħatru bħala membri u, jew skrivani tal-

NADAP. B’mod partikolari, l-ebda membru ma

għandu jkun qabel ikkonsidra xi applikazzjoni

għal TUE, deċiżjoni dwar Ġestjoni tar-

Riżultati, f’xi każ partikolari fil-prima istanza

jew f’appell li jinvolvi l-istess Atleta.

(D) Il-NADAP

għandha

tkun

f’pożizzjoni li tmexxi s-smigħ u l-proċess ta’

teħid ta’ deċiżjoni mingħajr interferenza minn

NADOMALTA jew xi parti terza.

(E) Jekk membru maħtur miċ-

Chairperson biex jisma’ każ ma jkunx irid jew

ma jistax, għal kwalunkwe raġuni, jisma’ l-

każ, iċ-Chairperson jista’ jaħtar sostitut jew

jaħtar panel ta’ smigħ ġdid.

(F)

Il-NADAP għandu s-setgħa, fid-

diskrezzjoni assoluta tiegħu, li jaħtar espert

biex jassisti u jagħti pariri lill-panel.

(G) Il-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali, l-

Organizzazzjoni

Sportiva

Nazzjonali

konċernata, il-Kumitat Olimpiku Nazzjonali,

jekk ma jkunx/jkunux parti/partijiet fil-

proċeduri, u l-WADA għandhom id-dritt, kull

wieħed minnhom, li jattendu għas-smigħ ta’

NADAP bħala osservaturi.

(H) Smigħ konformi ma’ dan ir-

regolament għandu jitlesta kemm jista’ jkun

malajr. Smigħ li jinżamm f’konnessjoni ma’

avvenimenti jista’ jsir fuq bażi mgħaġġla.

(ii)

Proċeduri tal-NADAP

(A)

Il-proċeduri

tal-NADAP

ANTI-DOPING

għandhom jirrispettaw il-prinċipji mfissra fl-

Artikoli 8, 9, u 10 tal-Istandard Internazzjonali

għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati.

(B) Iċ-Chairperson għandu jaħtar

tliet (3) membri (li jistgħu jinkludu ċ-

Chairperson) biex jittrattaw l-appell. Meta

jittrattaw appell, membru wieħed (1) tal-panel

għandu jkun avukat kwalifikat, b’mhux inqas

minn tliet (3) snin esperjenza legali rilevanti, u

membru wieħed (1) tal-panel għandu jkun

tabib kwalifikat, b’mhux inqas minn tliet (3)

snin esperjenza medika rilevanti.

(Ċ) Meta jinħatar miċ-Chairperson

bħala membru ta’ NADAP, kull membru

għandu wkoll jiffirma dikjarazzjoni li ma

jeżistu l-ebda fatti jew ċirkostanzi, sa fejn jaf

hu, li jistgħu jitfgħu dubju dwar l-imparzjalità

tiegħu fil-fehma ta’ xi waħda mill-partijiet,

ħlief iċ-ċirkostanzi żvelati fid-dikjarazzjoni.

(D) L-appellant għandu jippreżenta l-

każ tiegħu u l-parti(jiet) intimata/i għandha/

għandhom tippreżenta/ jippreżentaw il-

każ(ijiet) tagħha/tagħhom fi tweġiba.

(E) Jekk xi parti jew ir-rappreżentant

tagħha tonqas milli tattendi wara notifika, xorta

waħda s-smigħ jista’ jkompli.

(F)

Kull parti jkollha d-dritt li tkun

rappreżentata minn avukat fi smigħ, bl-ispejjeż

ikunu fuq dik il-parti.

(G) Kull parti jkollha d-dritt għal

interpretu waqt is-smigħ, bl-ispejjeż ikunu fuq

dik il-parti.

(H) Kull parti fil-proċeduri jkollha d-

dritt ta’ aċċess għal u tippreżenta xhieda

rilevanti, li tissottometti dikjarazzjonijiet bil-

miktub jew bil-fomm, u li ssejjaħ u teżamina

xhieda.

(iii)

Deċiżjonijiet tal-NADAP

(A) Meta jintemm is-smigħ, jew

minnufih wara, il-NADAP għandu joħroġ

deċiżjoni bil-miktub, datata u ffirmata, li

tirrispetta l-prinċipji tal-Artikolu 9 tal-

Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-

ANTI-DOPING

Riżultati.

(B) Id-deċiżjoni għandha senjatament

tinkludi r-raġunijiet kollha għad-deċiżjoni u

għal kull perjodu impost ta’ Ineliġibilità,

inkluża (jekk applikabbli) ġustifikazzjoni dwar

r-raġuni li għaliha ma ġietx imposta s-sanzjoni

massima potenzjali.

(C) Il-NADAP għandha tinnotifika d-

deċiżjoni lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra, lill-

Federazzjoni Nazzjonali tiegħu jew tagħha, u

lill-Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping li

jkollhom dritt jappellaw taħt il-paragrafu (ċ)

(appell lill-CAS), u għandha tirrapporta d-

deċiżjoni fl-ADAMS minnufih.

(D) Id-deċiżjoni tista’ tiġi appellata

kif previst fil-paragrafu (ċ) u żvelata

pubblikament kif previst fir-Regolament 14(3).

(ċ)

Persuni Intitolati għal Appell

(i)

Appelli li jinvolvu Atleti ta’ Livell

Internazzjonali jew Avvenimenti Internazzjonali

F’każijiet taħt is-subregolament

(2)(a), il-partijiet li ġejjin ikollhom dritt ta’

appell lill-CAS

(A)

l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra li hi

soġġetta għad-deċiżjoni appellata;

(B)

il-parti l-oħra fil-każ li fih

ingħatat id-deċiżjoni;

(Ċ)

il-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali

rilevanti;

(D)

NADOMALTA

u

(jekk

differenti) l-Organizzazzjoni Nazzjonali tal-

Anti-Doping tal-pajjiż fejn il-Persuna hi

residenti jew pajjiżi fejn il-Persuna tkun

ċittadin jew detentur ta’ liċenza;

(E)

il-Kumitat

Olimpiku

Internazzjonali jew il-Kumitat Paralimpiku

Internazzjonali, kif ikun applikabbli, fejn id-

deċiżjoni jista’ jkollha effett fir-rigward tal-

Logħob Olimpiku u il-Logħob Paralimpiku,

inklużi deċiżjonijiet li jaffettwaw l-eliġibilità

għal Logħob Olimpiku

jew Logħob

ANTI-DOPING

Paralimpiku; u

(F)

il-WADA.

(ii)

Appelli li Jinvolvu Atleti oħra jew

Persuni oħra

F’każijiet taħt is-subregolament (2)(b),

il-partijiet li ġejjin ikollhom dritt ta’ appell

(A)

l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra li hi

soġġetta għad-deċiżjoni appellata

(B)

il-parti l-oħra fil-każ li fih

ingħatat id-deċiżjoni;

(Ċ)

il-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali

rilevanti;

(D)

NADOMALTA

u

(jekk

differenti) l-Organizzazzjoni Nazzjonali tal-

Anti-Doping Organisation tal-pajjiż fejn il-

Persuna hi residenti jew pajjiżi fejn il-Persuna

tkun ċittadin jew detentur ta’ liċenza;

(E)

il-Kumitat

Olimpiku

Internazzjonali jew il-Kumitat Paralimpiku

Internazzjonali, kif ikun applikabbli, fejn id-

deċiżjoni jista’ jkollha effett fir-rigward tal-

Logħob Olimpiku u il-Logħob Paralimpiku,

inklużi deċiżjonijiet li jaffettwaw l-eliġibilità

għal Logħob Olimpiku jew Logħob

Paralimpiku; u

(F)

il-WADA.

Għal każijiet taħt is-subregolament

(2)(b), il-WADA, il-Kumitat Olimpiku Internazzjonali,

il-Kumitat Paralimpiku Internazzjonali, u l-Federazzjoni

Internazzjonali rilevanti wkoll ikollhom dritt ta’ appell

lill-CAS fir-rigward tad-deċiżjoni tal-NADAP.

Kull parti li tippreżenta appell tkun

intitolata għal assistenza mill-CAS biex tikseb kull

informazzjoni rilevanti mill-Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-

Doping li d-deċiżjoni tagħha tkun qed tiġi appellata u l-

informazzjoni għandha tingħata jekk il-CAS hekk

jiddeċiedi.

(iii)

Obbligu ta’ Notifika

Il-partijiet

kollha

f’appell

lill-CAS

għandhom jiżguraw li l-WADA u l-partijiet l-oħra kollha

li jkollhom dritt ta’ appell jingħataw avviż tal-appell

tempestivament.

(iv) Appell

minn

Impożizzjoni

ta’

Sospensjoni Provviżorja

Minkejja kull dispożizzjoni li tinsab

hawn, l-unika Persuna li tista’ tappella mill-

impożizzjoni ta’ Sospensjoni Provviżorja hi l-Atleta jew

Persuna li fuqhom tkun ġiet imposta Sospensjoni

Provviżorja.

(v)

Appell

minn

Deċiżjonijiet

taħt

ir-

Regolament 12

Deċiżjonijiet

minn

NADOMALTA

konformement mar-Regolament 12 jistgħu jiġu appellati

quddiem il-NADAP mill-Organizzazzjoni Sportiva

Nazzjonali jew minn korp ieħor.

(d)

Appelli Trasversali u Appelli oħra Sussegwwenti

huma Permessi

Appelli trasversali u appelli oħra sussegwenti

minn intimat f’każijiet miġjuba quddiem il-CAS taħt il-Kodiċi

huma speċifikatament permessi. Kull parti bi dritt ta’ appell

taħt dan ir-regolament għandha tippreżenta appell trasversali

jew appell sussegwenti, l-aktar tard, mat-tweġiba tal-parti.

(3)

Nuqqas li Tingħata Deċiżjoni Tempestivament minn

NADDP

Fejn, f’każ partikolari, il-NADDP jonqos milli jagħti

deċiżjoni fir-rigward jekk jkunx twettaq ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping fi żmien raġjonevoli stabbilit mill-WADA, il-WADA tista’

tagħżel li tappella direttament lill-CAS bħallikieku il-NADDP kien ta

deċiżjoni li ma nstab l-ebda ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping. Jekk il-

panel ta’ smigħ tal-CAS jiddeċiedi li twettaq ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping u li l-WADA aġixxiet raġjonevolment meta għażlet li tappella

direttament lill-CAS, allura l-ispejjeż tal-WADA u d-drittijiet tal-

avukat fil-prosekuzzjoni tal-appell għandhom jiġu rimborżati lill-

WADA mill-NADDP.

(4

Appelli li Jirrigwardaw TUE

Deċiżjonijiet dwar TUE jistgħu

jiġu

appellati

esklussivament kif previst fir-Regolament 4(4).

(5)

Notifika ta’ Deċiżjonijiet tal-Appell

Il-NADAP għandu minnufih jipprovdi d-deċiżjoni tal-

appell lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra u lil Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-

Doping oħra li kienu jkunu intitolati għal appell taħt is-

subregolament (2)(ċ) kif previst taħt ir-Regolament 14(2).

(6)

Żmien għall-Preżentata ta’ Appell

(a)

Appelli lill-CAS

Iż-żmien biex jiġi preżentat appell lill-CAS

għandu jkun wieħed u għoxrin (21) ġurnata mid-data meta l-

parti li tappella tirċievi d-deċiżjoni. Minkejja dan kollu, dan li

ġej għandu japplika f’konnessjoni ma’ appelli preżentati minn

parti intitolata li tappella iżda li ma kienitx parti fil-proċeduri

li wasslu biex id-deċiżjoni tiġi appellata

(i)

fi żmien ħmistax (15)-il ġurnata mill-

avviż tad-deċiżjoni, tali parti(jiet) ikollha dritt titlob

kopja tal-faxxikolu tal-każ li jirrigwarda d-deċiżjoni

mill-Organizzazzjoni

tal-Anti-Doping

li

kellha

ġurisdizzjoni fuq il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati;

(ii) jekk tali talba ssir fil-perjodu taż-żmien

ta’ ħmistax (15)-il ġurnata, allura l-parti li tagħmel dik

it-talba jkollha wieħed u għoxrin (21) ġurnata minn meta

tirċievi l-faxxikolu biex tippreżenta l-appell lill-CAS.

Minkejja dak li ntqal qabel, iż-żmien perentorju għall-

preżentata ta’ appell ippreżentat mill-WADA għandu jkun l-

aktar tard minn

(i)

wieħed u għoxrin (21) ġurnata wara l-

aħħar ġurnata li fiha kull parti oħra li għandha dritt ta’

appell setgħet tappella, jew

(ii) wieħed u għoxrin (21) ġurnata wara li l-

WADA tkun rċeviet il-faxxikolu komplet li jirrigwarda d-

deċiżjoni.

(b)

Appelli taħt is-subregolament (2)(b)

Iż-żmien biex jiġi preżentat appell lill-NADAP

għandu jkun ta’ għoxrin (20) ġurnata minn meta l-parti li

tappella tirċievi d-deċiżjoni. Minkejja dan kollu, dan li ġej

għandu japplika f’konnessjoni ma’ appelli preżentati minn

parti li għandha dritt tappella iżda li ma kienitx parti fil-

proċeduri li wasslu għad-deċiżjoni soġġetta għal appell

(i)

fi żmien ħmistax (15)-il ġurnata mill-

avviż tad-deċiżjoni, tali parti/jiet ikollha d-dritt titlob

kopja tal-faxxikolu tal-każ li jirrigwarda d-deċiżjoni

mill-Organizzazzjoni

tal-Anti-Doping

li

kellha

ġurisdizzjoni fuq il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati;

ANTI-DOPING

(ii) jekk tali talba ssir fil-perjodu taż-żmien

ta’ ħmistax (15)-il ġurnata, allura l-parti li tagħmel dik

it-talba jkollha għoxrin (20) ġurnata minn meta tirċievi

l-faxxikolu biex tippreżenta l-appell lill-NADAP.

Minkejja dak li ntqal qabel, iż-żmien perentorju għall-

preżentata ta’ appell ippreżentat mill-WADA għandu jkun l-

aktar tard minn

(i)

wieħed u għoxrin (21) ġurnata wara l-

aħħar ġurnata li fiha kull parti oħra li għandha dritt ta’

appell setgħet tappella, jew

(ii) wieħed u għoxrin (21) ġurnata wara li l-

WADA tkun rċeviet il-faxxikolu komplet li jirrigwarda d-

deċiżjoni.

REGOLAMENT 14

KUNFIDENZJALITÀ

U

RAPPURTAR

(1) Informazzjoni li Tirrigwarda Sejbiet Analitiċi Avversi,

Sejbiet Atipiċi, u Ksur Allegat Ieħor ta’ Regola tal-Anti-doping

(a)

Avviż ta’ Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-Doping lil

Atleti u Persuni oħra

Avviż lil Atleti jew Persuni oħra dwar ksur

allegat ta’ regola tal-anti-doping kontrihom għandu jsir kif

previst f’dan ir-Regolament u r-Regolament 7.

Jekk f’xi stadju waqt il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati sa

meta ssir l-akkuża dwar il-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping, l-

ADC tiddeċiedi li ma tkomplix tmexxi dwar kwistjoni, hi

għandha tinnotifika lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra (sakemm l-

Atleta jew Persuna oħra ma jkunux diġà ġew infurmati dwar

il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati li tkun għaddejja).

(b)

Avviż dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping lil

Organizzazzjonijiet

Nazzjonali

tal-Anti-Doping,

Federazzjonijiet Internazzjonali u l-WADA

Avviż dwar ksur allegat ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping lil Organizzazzjoni Nazzjonali tal-Anti-Doping ta’

Atleta jew Persuna oħra, jekk differenti mill-ADC, il-

Federazzjoni Internazzjonali u l-WADA għandu jsir kif previst

taħt dan ir-Regolament jew ir-Regolament 7, fl-istess ħin mal-

avviż lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra.

Jekk f’xi stadju waqt il-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati sa

meta ssir l-akkuża dwar il-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping, l-

ADC tiddeċiedi li ma tkomplix tmexxi dwar kwistjoni, hi

għandha tinnotifika (bir-raġunijiet) lill-Organizzazzjonijiet tal-

Anti-Doping li jkollhom dritt ta’ appell taħt ir-Regolament

13(2)(ċ).

(ċ)

X’ikun fih Avviż ta’ Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-

Doping

In-notifika ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

għandha tinkludi: l-isem, il-pajjiż, sport u dixxiplina fi ħdan l-

isport tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra, il-livell kompetittiv tal-

Atleta, jekk it-test kienx Waqt Kompetizzjoni jew Barra minn

Kompetizzjoni, id-data tal-ġbir tal-Kampjun, ir-riżultat

analitiku rappurtat mil-laboratorju u informazzjoni oħra kif

meħtieġ mill-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-

Riżultati.

Notifika ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping, ħlief

taħt ir-Regolament 2(1), għandha tinkludi wkoll r-regola

miksura u l-bażi tal-allegat ksur.

(d)

Rapporti Dwar Status

Ħlief fir-rigward ta’ investigazzjonijiet li ma wasslux

għal avviż ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping konformement

mal-paragrafu (a), l-Organizzazzjoni Nazzjonali tal-Anti-

Doping tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra, jekk differenti mill-ADC,

il-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali u l-WADA għandhom jiġu

aġġornati regolarment dwar l-istatus u s-sejbiet ta’ kull

reviżjoni jew proċeduti mmexxija konformement mar-

Regolamenti 7, 8 jew 13 u għandhom jingħataw spjegazzjoni

jew deċiżjoni raġjunata minnufih bil-miktub li tispjega r-

riżoluzzjoni tal-kwistjoni.

(e)

Konfidenzjalità

L-organizzazzjonijiet riċeventi mgħandhomx

jiżvelaw l-informazzjoni lil hinn mill-persuni li jkun

neċessarju li jkunu jafu (li jinkludu l-persunal xieraq fil-

Kumitat Olimpiku Nazzjonali, l-Organizzazzjoni Sportiva

Nazzjonali applikabbli, u tim fi Sport għal Timijiet) sa meta l-

ADC twettaq l-Iżvelar lill-Pubbliku kif permess bis-

subregolament (3).

(f)

Protezzjoni ta’ Informazzjoni Kunfidenzjali

minn Impjegat jew Aġent ta’ NADOMALTA

L-ADC għandha tiżgura li informazzjoni li

tikkonċerna Sejbiet Analitiċi Avversi, Sejbiet Atipiċi, u ksur

allegat ieħor ta’ regola tal-anti-doping jibqgħu kunfidenzjali sa

meta tali informazzjoni tiġi Żvelata lill-Pubbliku skont is-

subregolament (3). L-ADC għandha tiżgura li l-impjegati

tagħha (kemm permanenti jew mod ieħor), kuntratturi, aġenti,

konsulenti, u Partijiet Terzi Delegati jkunu soġġetti għal

ANTI-DOPING

obbligu

kuntrattwali

kompletament

inforzabbli

ta’

kunfidenzjalità u għal proċeduri kompletament infurzabbli

għall-investigazzjoni u dixxiplinar ta’ żvelar mhux xieraq u,

jew mhux awtorizzat ta’ tali informazzjoni kunfidenzjali.

(2) Avviż ta’ Ksur ta’ Regola tal-Anti-Doping jew Ksur ta’

Deċiżjonijiet dwar Ineliġibilità jew Sospensjoni Provviżorja u Talba

għal Faxxikoli

(a)

Deċiżjonijiet dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping jew deċiżjonijiet li jirrigwardaw ksur ta’ Ineliġibilità

jew Sospensjoni Provviżorja mwettaq konformement mar-

Regolamenti 7(6), 8(2), 10(5), (6), u (7), 10(14)(ċ) jew 13(5)

għandhom jinkludu r-raġunijiet kollha għad-deċiżjoni, inkluża,

jekk applikabbli, ġustifikazzjoni dwar għaliex ma ġietx

imposta s-sanzjoni massima potenzjali. Fejn id-deċiżjoni

mhijiex bl-Ingliż jew bil-Franċiż, l-ADC għandha tipprovdi

sommarju tad-deċiżjoni u tar-raġunijiet li jappoġġjawha bl-

Ingliż jew bil-Franċiż.

(b)

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping li jkollha d-

dritt tappella deċiżjoni li tirċievi konformement mal-paragrafu

(a) tista’ fi żmien ħmistax (15)-il ġurnata minn meta tirċeviha,

titlob kopja tal-faxxikolu tal-każ sħiħ li għandu x’jaqsam mad-

deċiżjoni.

(3)

Żvelar lill-Pubbliku

(a)

Wara li jkun ingħata avviż lill-Atleta jew lill-

Persuna oħra skont l-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni

tar-Riżultati, u lill-Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping

applikabbli skont is-subregolament (1)(b), l-identità tal-Atleta

jew Persuna oħra li jkunu ġew notifikati bi ksur potenzjali ta’

regola tal-anti-doping, is-Sustanza Projbita jew Metodu

Projbit u n-natura tal-ksur involut, u jekk l-Atleta jew Persuna

oħra humiex soġġetti għal Sospensjoni Provviżorja jidstgħu

jiġu Żvelati lill-Pubbliku mill-ADC.

(b)

Mhux iktar tard minn għoxrin (20) ġurnata wara

li jkun ġie determinat f’deċiżjoni tal-appell taħt is-

subregolament (2)(a) jew (2)(b), jew tali appell ġie rrinunzjat,

jew smigħ skont ir-Regolament 8 ġie rrinunzjat, jew l-

allegazzjoni ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping ma ġietx sfidata

mod ieħor fil-ħin, jew il-kwistjoni ġiet riżolta taħt ir-

Regolament 10(8), jew ġie impost perjodu ġdid ta’

Ineliġibilità, jew ċanfira ġiet imposta taħt ir-Regolament

10(14)(ċ), l-ADC għandha Tiżvela lill-Publiku d-dispożizzjoni

tal-materja tal-anti-doping inklużi l-isport, ir-regola tal-anti-

doping miksura, l-isem tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra li wettqu l-

ksur, is-Sustanza Projbita jew Metodu Projbit involuti (jekk

ikun hemm) u l-Konsegwenzi imposti. L-ADC għandha wkoll

Tiżvela lill-Pubbliku fi żmien għoxrin (20) ġurnata r-riżultati

ta’ deċiżjonijiet tal-appell li jikkonċernaw ksur ta’ regoli tal-

anti-doping, inkluża l-informazzjoni deskritta hawn qabel.

(ċ)

Wara li jkun ġie determinat li jkun sar ksur ta’

regola tal-anti-doping f’deciżjoni f’appell taħt ir-Regolament

13(2)(a) jew (b) jew tkun saret rinunzja għall-appell, jew fi

smigħ skont ir-Regolament 8 jew tkun saret rinunzja għal tali

smigħ, jew l-allegazzjoni ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping ma

ġietx sfidata mod ieħor fil-ħin, jew il-kwistjoni ġiet riżolta taħt

ir-Regolament

10(8),

l-ADC

tista’

tagħmel

tali

determinazzjoni u deċiżjoni pubblika u tista’tikkummenta

pubblikament dwar il-kwistjoni.

(d)

F’kull każ fejn jiġi determinat, wara smigħ jew

appell, li l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra ma wettqux ksur ta’ regola

tal-anti-doping, il-fatt li d-deċiżjoni ġiet appellata jista’ jiġi

Żvelat lill-Pubbliku. Madankollu, id-deċiżjoni nfisha u l-fatti

sottostanti ma jistgħux jiġi Żvelati lill-Pubbliku ħlief bil-

kunsens tal-Atleta jew Persuna oħra li jkunu soġġetti għad-

deċiżjoni. L-ADC għandha tagħmel sforzi raġjonevoli biex

tikseb tali kunsens, u jekk jinkiseb kunsens, għandha Tiżvela

lill-Pubbliku d-deċiżjoni kollha kemm hi jew f’tali forma

editjata kif l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra jistgħu japprovaw.

(e)

Il-pubblikazzjoni titwettaq għall-inqas billi l-

informazzjoni meħtieġa titqiegħed fuq is-sit tal-web ta’

NADOMALTA u billi l-informazzjoni titħalla għal xahar

wieħed (1) jew kemm idum xi perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità liema

minnhom ikun l-itwal.

(f)

Ħlief kif previst fil-paragrafi (a) u (ċ), l-ebda

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping, Organizzazzjoni Sportiva

Nazzjonali jew laboratorju akkreditat mill-WADA, jew xi

uffiċjal ta’ xi tali korp, ma għandhom jikkummentaw

pubblikament dwar fatti speċifiċi tal-każ pendenti (kif oppost

għal deskrizzjoni ġenerali tal-proċess u xjenza) ħlief bħala

tweġiba għal kummenti pubbliċi attribwiti għal, jew bbażati

fuq inforrmazzjoni provduta minn, l-Atleta, Persuna oħra jew

in-nies li jakkumpanjawhom jew rappreżentanti oħra.

(g)

L-Iżvelar Pubbliku mandatorju meħtieġ fil-

paragrafu (b) ma jkunx meħtieġ fejn l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra

li jinstabu li wettqu ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping jkunu

Minuri, Persuna Protetta jew Atleta tal-Passatemp. Kull

Żvelar lill-Pubbliku mhux obbligatorju f’każ li jinvolvi

Minuri, Persuna Protetta jew Atleta tal-Passatemp għandu

jkun proporzjonat għall-fatti u ċ-ċirkostanzi tal-każ.

(4)

Rappurtar ta’ Statistika

L-ADC għandha, għallinqas kull sena, tippubblika

għall-pubbliku rapport ġenerali tal-istatistika tal-attivitajiet tiegħu

dwar il-Kontroll tad-Doping, b’kopja mogħtija lill-WADA. L-ADC

tista’ wkoll tippubblika rapporti li juru l-isem ta’ kull Atleta ttestjat u

d-data ta’ kull Testjar.

(5) Database ta’ Informazzjoni dwar Kontroll tad-Doping u

Monitoraġġ fuq Konformità

Sabiex tgħin lill-WADA twettaq ir-rwol ta’ monitoraġġ

fuq konformità u sabiex tiżgura l-użu effettiv tar-riżorsi u taqssim ta’

informazzjoni applikabbli dwar il-Kontroll tad-Doping fost

Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping, l-ADC għandha tirrapporta lill-

WADA permezz tal-ADAMS informazzjoni li għandha x’taqsam mal-

Kontroll tad-Doping, inklużi, b’mod partikolari

(a)

Data dwar il-Passaport Bijoloġiku ta’ Atleta

għal Atleti ta’ Livell Internazzjonali u Atleti ta’ Livell

Nazzjonali;

(b)

Informazzjoni dwar whereabouts inklużi dawk fi

Gruppi Reġistrati ta’ Testjar;

(ċ)

Deċizjonijiet dwar TUE; u

(d)

Decizjonijiet dwar Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati, kif

meħtieġ taħt l-Istandard(s) Internazzjonali applikabbli.

(5)(1)

Sabiex tiffaċilita l-ippjanar tad-distribuzzjoni

koordinata ta’ testijiet, tevita duplikazzjoni mhux neċessarja fit-

Testjar minn varji Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping, u biex tiżgura

li profili ta’ Passaport Bijoloġiku ta’ Atleta jiġu aġġornati, l-ADC

għandha tirrapporta testitijiet Waqt Kompetizzjoni u Barra minn

Kompetizzjoni lill-WADA billi tirreġistra l-formuli dwar Kontroll tad-

Doping f’ADAMS konformement mal-ħtiġiet u żminijiet perentorji li

jinsabu fl-Istandard Internazzjonali għal Testjar u Investigazzjonijiet.

(5)(2) Sabiex tiffaċilita s-superviżjoni tal-WADA u drittijiet ta’

appell għal TUE, l-ADC għandha tirrapporta l-applikazzjonijiet

kollha għal TUE, deċiżjonijiet u dokumentazzjoni ta’ appoġġ bl-użu

tal-ADAMS konformement mal-ħtiġiet u żminijiet perentorji li

jinsabu fl-Istandard Internazzjonali għal Eċċezzjonijiet għal Użu

Terapewtiku.

(5)(3) Sabiex tiffaċilita s-superviżjoni tal-WADA u drittijiet ta’

appell għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati, l-ADC għandha tirrapporta l-

informazzjoni li ġejja fl-ADAMS konformement mal-ħtiġiet u

żminijiet perentorji specifikati fl-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-

Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati

(a)

notifiki ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping u

deciżjonijiet relatati ma’ Sejbiet Analitiċi Avversi;

(b)

notifiki u deċiżjonijiet relatati ma’ ksur ieħor ta’

regola tal-anti-doping li mhumiex Sejbiet Analitiċi Avversi;

(ċ)

nuqqasijiet dwar whereabouts; u

(d)

kull deċiżjoni li timponi, tirrevoka jew terġa

ddaħħal fis-seħħ mill-ġdid Sospensjoni Provviżorja.

(5)(4) L-informazzjoni deskritta f’dan ir-regolament għandha

tkun aċċessibbli, fejn xieraq u konformi mar-regoli applikabbli,

għall-Atleta, l-Organizzazzjoni Nazzjonali tal-Anti-Doping tal-Atleta

u Federazzjoni Internazzjonali, u kull Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-

Doping oħra li jkollha ġurisdizzjoni ta’ Testjar fuq l-Atleta.

(6)

Privatezza tad-Data

(a)

NADOMALTA jista’ jiġbor, jaħżen, jipproċessa

jew jiżvela informazzjoni personali li tirrigwarda Atleti jew

Persuni oħra fejn ikun meħtieġ u xieraq sabiex imexxi l-

attivitajiet tiegħu tal-anti-doping taħt il-Kodiċi, l-Istandards

Internazzjonali

(inkluż

speċifikatament

l-Istandard

Internazzjonali

għall-Protezzjoni

tal-Privatezza

ta’

Informazzjoni Personali), dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping, u konformement mal-liġi applikabbli.

(b)

Mingħajr ma jiġi limitat dak li ntqal qabel,

NADOMALTA għandu

(i)

jipproċessa informazzjoni

personali

konformement ma’ bażi legali biss;

(ii) jinnotifika lil kull Parteċipant jew

Persuna soġġetti għal dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping, b’mod u f’dik il-forma li tosserva liġijiet

applikabbli u l-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-

Protezzjoni tal-Privatezza tal-Informazzjoni Personali, li

l-informazzjoni personali tagħhom tista’ tiġi proċessata

minn NADOMALTA u Persuni oħra għall-għan tal-

implimentazzjoni ta’ dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping;

(iii) jiżgura li kull aġent terz (inkluża kull

Terza Parti Delegata) li miegħu NADOMALTA jaqsam

informazzjoni personali ta’ xi Parteċipant jew Persuna

jkun soġġett għal kontrolli xierqa tekniċi u kuntrattwali

biex tiġi protetta l-kunfidezjalità u l-privatezza ta’ tali

informazzjoni.

ANTI-DOPING

REGOLAMENT 15

IMPLIMENTAZZJONI TA’

DEĊIŻJONIJIET

(1) Effett Awtomatiku Vinkolanti ta’ Deċiżjonijiet minn

Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping Firmatarji

(a)

Deċiżjoni dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

meħuda minn Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping Firmatarja,

korp tal-appell (Regolament 13(2)(b)) jew il-CAS għandha,

wara li l-partijiet fil-proċeduri jiġu notifikati, tkun

awtomatikament vinkolanti lil hinn mill-partijiet fil-proċedura

fuq NADOMALTA u kull Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali

f’Malta, kif ukoll fuq kull Firmatarju f’kull sport bl-effetti

msemmijin hawn aħtar ’il quddiem

(i)

deċiżjoni minn xi wieħed mill-korpi fuq

imsemmija li timponi Sospensjoni Provviżorja (wara li

jkun sar Smigħ Provviżorju jew l-Atleta jew Persuna

oħra jew aċċettaw is-Sospensjoni Provviżorja jew

irrinunzjaw għad-dritt ta’ Smigħ Provviżorju, smigħ

mgħaġġel jew appell mgħaġġel offert skont ir-

Regolament 7(4)(ċ) awtomatikament tipprojbixxi lill-

Atleta jew Persuna oħra minn parteċipazzjoni (kif

imsemmi fir-Regolament 10(14)(a)) minn kull sport li

jaqa’ taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni ta’ xi Firmatarju waqt il-

perjodu ta’ Sospensjoni Provviżorja.

(ii) deċizjoni minn xi wieħed mill-korpi fuq

imsemmija li timponi perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità (wara li

jkun sar jew ġie rrinunzjat smigħ) awtomatikament

tipprojbixxi lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra minn

parteċipazzjoni (kif imsemmi fir-Regolament 10(14)(a))

minn kull sport li jaqa’ taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni ta’ xi

Firmatarju waqt il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità.

(iii) deċizjoni minn xi wieħed mill-korpi fuq

imsemmija li taċċetta ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

torbot awtomatikament il-Firmatarji kollha.

(iv) deċizjoni minn xi wieħed mill-korpi fuq

imsemmija li Tiskwalifika riżultati taħt ir-Regolament

10(10) għal perjodu speċifikat awtomatikament

Tiskwalifika r-riżultati kollha miksuba fi ħdan il-

ġurisdizzjoni ta’ kull Firmatarju matul il-perjodu

speċifikat.

(b)

L-ADC u kull Organizzazzjoni Sportiva

Nazzjonali f’Malta għandha tirrikonoxxi u timplimenta

deċiżjoni u l-effetti tagħha kif meħtieġ bil-paragrafu (a),

mingħajr il-ħtieġa ta’ ebda azzjoni oħra, jew mid-data meta l-

ADC fil-fatt tirċievi avviż tad-deċiżjoni jew mid-data meta d-

deċiżjoni tiġi reġistratra fl-ADAMS, liema minnhom isseħħ l-

ewwel.

(ċ)

Deċiżjoni ta’ Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping,

korp ta’ appell jew il-CAS li tissospendi, jew tneħħi,

Konsegwenzi tkun vinkolanti fuq l-ADC, u kull

Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali f’Malta, mingħajr il-

ħtieġa ta’ ebda azzjoni oħra, jew mid-data meta l-ADC fil-fatt

tirċievi avviż tad-deċiżjoni jew mid-data meta d-deċiżjoni tiġi

reġistrata fl-ADAMS, liema minnhom isseħħ l-ewwel.

(d)

Minkejja kull dispożizzjoni fil-paragrafu (a),

madankollu, deċiżjoni dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping

minn Organizzazzjoni ta’ Avveniment Maġġuri meħuda fi

proċess mgħaġġel waqt Avveniment ma tkunx vinkolanti fuq l-

ADC jew l-Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali f’Malta

sakemm ir-regoli tal-Organizzazzjoni ta’ Avveniment Maġġuri

ma jipprovdux lill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra opportunità ta’

appell taħt proċedimenti mhux mgħaġġla.

(2) Implimentazzjoni ta’

Deċiżjonijiet

Oħra

minn

Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping

NADOMALTA u kull Organizzazzjoni Sportiva

Nazzjonali f’Malta tista’ tiddeċiedi li timplimenta deċiżjonijiet oħra

dwar l-anti-doping mogħtija minn Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-

Doping mhux imfissra fis-subregolament (1)(a) hawn qabel, bħal

Sospensjoni Provviżorja qabel Smigħ Provviżorju jew aċċettazzjoni

mill-Atleta jew Persuna oħra.

(3) Implimentazzjoni ta’ Deċiżjonijiet minn Korp li

mhuwiex Firmatarju

Deċiżjoni dwar l-anti-doping minn korp li mhuwiex

Firmatarju għall-Kodiċi għandha tiġi implimentata minn

NADOMALTA u kull Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali f’Malta,

jekk NADOMALTA isib li d-deċiżjoni tidher li taqa’ taħt il-

ġurisdizzjoni ta’ dak il-korp u li r-regoli u regolamenti tal-anti-

doping ta’ dak il-korp huma mod ieħor konsistenti mal-Kodiċi.

REGOLAMENT 16

PRESKRIZZJONI

L-ebda proċediment dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping ma

jista’ jinbeda kontra Atleta jew Persuna oħra jekk ma jkunux ġew

notifikati dwar il-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping kif previst fir-

Regolament 7, jew sar tentattiv raġjonevoli biex issir in-notifika, fi

żmien għaxar (10) snin mid-data ta’ meta sar il-ksur allegat ta’ regola

tal-anti-doping.

REGOLAMENT 17

EDUKAZZJONI

NADOMALTA għandu jippjana, jimplimenta, jevalwa u

jippromwovi Edukazzjoni konformement mal-ħtiġiet tal-Artikolu

2 tal-Kodiċi u l-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Edukazzjoni.

REGOLAMENT 18

RWOLI U

RESPONSABBILTAJIET

ADDIZZJONALI TA’

ORGANIZZAZZJONI

SPORTIVA NAZZJONALI

(1) L-Organizzazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali kollha ta’

Malta u l-membri tagħhom għandhom josservaw il-Kodiċi, Standards

Internazzjonali, u dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping. L-

Organizazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali kollha ta’ Malta u membri

oħra għandhom jinkludu fil-politika, regoli u regolamenti tagħhom

id-dispożizzjonijiet meħtieġa biex jirrikonoxxu l-ġurisdizzjoni u r-

responsabbiltà ta’ NADOMALTA biex timplimenta l-Programm

Nazzjonali tal-Anti-Doping ta’ Malta u tinforza dawn ir-Regolamenti

dwar l-Anti-Doping (inklużi li jitwettqu Testijiet) direttament fir-

rigward ta’ Atleti u Persuni oħra taħt il-ġurusdizzjoni tagħhom dwar

l-anti-doping.

(2) Kull Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali ta’ Malta

għandha taċċetta u tosserva l-ispirtu u l-pattijiet tal-Programm

Nazzjonali tal-Anti-Doping ta’ Malta u dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-

Anti-Doping bħala kundizzjoni biex tirċievi għajnuna finanzjarja u,

jew xi assistenza oħra mill-Gvern ta’ Malta u, jew il-Kumitat

Olimpiku Nazzjonali ta’ Malta.

(3) Kull Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali ta’ Malta

għandha tinkorpora dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping jew

direttament jew permezz ta’ referenza fid-dokumenti regolatorji,

kostituzzjoni u, jew regoli tagħha bħala parti mir-regoli tal-isport li

jivvinkolaw il-membri tagħhom sabiex l-Organizzazzjoni Sportiva

Nazzjonali tista’ tinforzahom hi stess direttament fir-rigward ta’

Atleti u Persuni oħra taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni tagħha fuq l-anti-doping.

(4) Bl-adozzjoni ta’ dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping, u bl-inkorporazzjoni tagħhom fid-dokumenti regolatorji

tagħhom u r-regoli tal-isport, Organizzazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali

għandhom jikkooperaw ma’ u jappoġġjaw lil NADOMALTA f’dik il-

funzjoni. Huma għandhom ukoll jirrikonoxxu, josservaw u

jimplimentaw id-deċiżjonijiet meħuda konformement ma’ dawn ir-

Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping, inklużi d-deċiżjonijiet li jimponu

sanzjonijiet fuq Persuni li jaqgħu taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni tagħhom.

(5) L-Organizzazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali kollha ta’

Malta għandhom jieħdu l-azzjoni xierqa biex jinforzaw l-osservanza

tal-Kodiċi, Standards Internazzjonali, u dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-

Anti-Doping permezz inter alia

(a)

tat-tmexxija ta’ testijiet taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni

dokumentata tal-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali tagħhom biss u

billi jużaw l-ADC jew awtorità oħra ta’ ġbir ta’ Kampjuni

konformement mal-Istandards Internazzjonali għal Testjar u

Investigazzjonijiet;

(b)

tar-rikonoxximent tal-ġurisdizzjoni tal-ADC

skont ir-Regolament 5(2)(a) u billi jassistu kif xieraq fl-

implimentazzjoni mill-ADC tal-programm nazzjonali ta’

Testjar għall-isport tagħhom;

(ċ)

tal-analiżi tal-Kampjuni kollha miġbura billi

jużaw laboratorju akkreditat jew approvat mill-WADA skont ir-

Regolament 6(1); u

(d)

tal-iżgurar li kull każ ta’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-

doping fuq livell nazzjonali li jinstab mill-Organizzazzjonijiet

Sportivi Nazzjonali jiġi aġġudikat mill-NADDP skont ir-

Regolament 8(1) u l-Istandard Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni

tar-Riżultati.

(6) L-Organizzazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali kollha

għandhom jistabbilixxu regoli li jeħtieġu li kull Atleta li jkun qed

jipprepara biex jipparteċipa f’Kompetizzjoni jew attività awtorizzata

jew organizzata minn Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali jew minn

xi waħda mill-organizzazzjonijiet membri tagħha, u kull Persunal

tal-Appoġġ tal-Atleta assoċjat ma’ tali Atleti jaqblu li jkunu marbutin

b’dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping u li jissottomettu ruħhom

għall-ġurisdizzjoni tal-awtorità tal-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati tal-

Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping konformement mal-Kodiċi bħala

kundizzjoni għal tali parteċipazzjoni.

(7) L-Organizzazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali għandhom

jirrapurtaw kull informazzjoni li tissuġġerixxi jew li għandha

x’taqsam ma’ ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping lil NADOMALTA u lill-

Federazzjoni Internazzjonali tagħhom u għandhom jikkooperaw ma’

investigazzjonijiet immexxija minn xi Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-

Doping li jkollha ġurisdizzjoni biex tmexxi l-investigazzjoni.

(8) L-Organizzazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali kollha għandu

jkollhom fis-seħħ regoli ta’ dixxiplina biex iwaqqfu lil Persunal tal-

Appoġġ ta’ Atleta li jkunu qed jużaw Sustanzi Projbiti jew Metodi

Projbiti mingħajr ġustifikazzjoni valida milli jipprovdu appoġġ lil

Atleti taħt il-ġurisdizzjoni ta’ NADOMALTA jew tal-Organizzazzjoni

Sportiva Nazzjonali.

(9) L-Organizzazzjonijiet Sportivi Nazzjonali kollha

għandhom imexxu Edukazzjoni dwar l-anti-doping f’koordinazzjoni

ma’ NADOMALTA.

REGOLAMENT 19

RWOLI U

RESPONSABBILTAJIET

ADDIZZJONALI TA’

NADOMALTA

(1) B’żieda mar-rwoli u responsabbiltajiet imsemmija fir-

Regolament 20(5) għal Organizzazzjonijiet Nazzjonali tal-Anti-

doping, NADOMALTA għandha tirrapporta lil WADA dwar il-

konformità ta’ NADOMALTA mal-Kodiċi u mal-Istandards

Internazzjonali skont l-Artikolu 24.1.2 tal-Kodiċi.

(2) Bla ħsara għal-liġi applikabbli, u f’konformità mal-

Artikolu 20.5.10 tal-Kodiċi, il-membri tal-bord, diretturi uffiċjali u

impjegati oħra kollha ta’ NADOMALTA (u dawk ta’ Partijiet Terzi

Delegati maħtura), li huma involuti fi kwalunkwe aspett ta’ Kontroll

tad-Doping, għandhom jiffirmaw formula provduta minn

NADOMALTA, li jaqblu li jkunu marbuta b’dawn ir-Regoli dwar l-

Anti-Doping bħala Persuni f’konformità mal-Kodiċi għal kondotta

ħażina diretta u intenzjonali.

(3) Bla ħsara għal-liġi applikabbli, u f’konformità mal-

Artikolu 20.5.11 tal-Kodiċi, kull impjegat ta’ NADOMALTA li hu

involut fi Kontroll tad-Doping (li ma jkunux programmi ta’

Edukazzjoni awtorizzati dwar l-anti-doping jew programmi ta’

rijabilitazzjoni) għandu jiffirma dikjarazzjoni provduta minn

NADOMALTA li jikkonferma li mhuwiex Sospiżi Provviżorjament

jew qed iservi perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità u li ma kienx involut

direttament u intenzjonalment f’kondotta hażina matul l-aħħar sitt (6)

snin li kienet tkun tikkostitwixxi ksur ta’ regoli tal-anti-doping li

kieku regoli li josservaw il-Kodiċi kienu applikabbli għalih.

REGOLAMENT 20

RWOLI

U

RESPONSABBILTAJIET

ADDIZ-ZJONALI

TA’

ATLETI

(1) Li jkunu konxji ta’ u josservaw dawn ir-Regoli dwar l-

Anti-Doping.

(2) Li jkunu disponibbli fi kwalunkwe ħin għall-ġbir ta’

Kampjuni.

(3) Li jassumu r-responsabbiltà, fil-kuntest ta’ anti-doping,

għal dak li jibilgħu u jużaw.

(4) Li jinfurmaw lill-persunal mediku dwar l-obbligu

tagħhom li ma Jużawx Sustanzi Projbiti u Metodi Projbiti u jassumu

r-responsabbiltà li jiżguraw li kull trattament mediku li jirċievu ma

jmurx kontra dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping.

(5)

Li jiżvelaw lil NADOMALTA u lill-Federazzjoni

Internazzjonali tagħhom kull deċiżjoni minn non-Firmatarju li ssib li

l-Atleta wettaq ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping matul l-aħħar għaxar

(10) snin.

(6) Li jikkooperaw ma’ Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping

li jinvestigaw ksur ta’ regoli tal-anti-doping.

In-nuqqas minn xi Atleta li jikkoopera kompletament

ma’ Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping li jinvestigaw ksur ta’ regola

tal-anti-doping jista’ jwassal għal akkuża ta’ kondotta ħażina taħt ir-

regoli ta’ dixxiplina/regoli ta’ kondotta ta’ NADOMALTA.

(7) Li jiżvelaw l-identità tal-Persunal tal-Appoġġ tal-Atleta

tagħhom meta mitluba minn NADOMALTA jew minn

Organizzazzjoni Sportiva Nazzjonali, jew minn xi Organizzazzjoni

tal-Anti-Doping oħra li jkollha ġurisdizzjoni fuq l-Atleta.

(8) Kondotta offensiva lejn uffiċjal ta’ Kontroll tad-Doping

jew Persuna oħra involuta fil-Kontroll tad-Doping minn Atleta, li

mod ieħor ma tikkostitwix Tbagħbis, tista’ twassal għal akkuża ta’

kondotta ħażina taħt ir-regoli ta’ dixxiplina/regoli ta’ kondotta ta’

NADOMALTA.

REGOLAMENT 21

RWOLI U

RESPONSABBILTAJIET

ADDIZ-ZJONALI TA’

PERSUNAL TAL-APPOĠĠ

TAL-ATLETA

(1) Li jkunu konxji ta’ u josservaw dawn ir-Regoli dwar l-

Anti-Doping.

(2)

Li jikkooperaw kompletament mal-programm ta’ Testjar

ta’ Atleti.

(3) Li jużaw l-influwenza tagħhom fuq il-valuri u l-imġieba

ta’ Atleti sabiex jinkoraġġixxu attitudnijiet ta’ anti-doping.

(4) Li jiżvelaw lil NADOMALTA u lill-Federazzjoni

Internazzjonali tagħhom kull deċiżjoni minn non-Firmatarju li ssib li

jkunu wettqu ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping matul l-aħħar għaxar

(10) snin.

(5) Li jikkooperaw ma’ Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping

li jinvestigaw ksur ta’ regoli tal-anti-doping.

In-nuqqas minn xi Atleta li jikkoopera kompletament

ma’ Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping li jinvestigaw ksur ta’ regola

tal-anti-doping jista’ jwassal għal akkuża ta’ kondotta ħażina taħt ir-

regoli ta’ dixxiplina/regoli ta’ kondotta ta’ NADOMALTA.

(6)

Il-Persunal tal-Appoġġ ta’ Atleta mgħandux juża jew

ikollu fil-pussess tiegħu xi Sustanza Projbita jew Metodu Projbit

mingħajr ġustifikazzjoni valida.

Kull tali Użu jew Pussess jistgħu jwasslu għal akkuża ta’

kondotta ħażina taħt ir-regoli ta’ dixxiplina/regoli ta’ kondotta ta’

NADOMALTA.

(7) Kondotta offensiva lejn uffiċjal ta’ Kontroll tad-Doping

jew Persuna oħra involuta fil-Kontroll tad-Doping minn Persunal

tal-Appoġġ ta’ Atleta, li mod ieħor ma tikkostitwix Tbagħbis, tista’

twassal għal akkuża ta’ kondotta ħażina taħt ir-regoli ta’ dixxiplina/

regoli ta’ kondotta ta’ NADOMALTA.

REGOLAMENT 22

RWOLI U

RESPONSABBILTAJIET

ADDIZZJONALI TA’

PERSUNI OĦRA

SOĠĠETTI GĦAL DAWN

IR-REGOLAMENTI DWAR

L-ANTI-DOPING

(1) Li jkunu konxji ta’ u josservaw dawn ir-Regoli dwar l-

Anti-Doping.

(2) Li jiżvelaw lil NADOMALTA u lill-Federazzjoni

Internazzjonali tagħhom kull deċiżjoni minn non-Firmatarju li ssib li

jkunu wettqu ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping matul l-aħħar għaxar

(10) snin.

(3) Li jikkooperaw ma’ Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping

li jinvestigaw ksur ta’ regoli tal-anti-doping.

In-nuqqas minn xi Persuna oħra li tikkoopera

kompletament ma’ Organizzazzjonijiet tal-Anti-Doping li jinvestigaw

ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping jista’ jwassal għal akkuża ta’ kondotta

ħażina taħt ir-regoli ta’ dixxiplina/regoli ta’ kondotta ta’

NADOMALTA.

(4) Li ma Jużawx jew ikollhom fil-Pussess tagħhom xi

Sustanza Projbita jew Metodu Projbit mingħajr ġustifikazzjoni

valida.

(5) Kondotta offensiva lejn uffiċjal ta’ Kontroll tad-Doping

jew Persuna oħra involuta fil-Kontroll tad-Doping minn Persunal

tal-Appoġġ ta’ Atleta, li mod ieħor ma tikkostitwix Tbagħbis, tista’

twassal għal akkuża ta’ kondotta ħażina taħt ir-regoli ta’ dixxiplina/

regoli ta’ kondotta ta’ NADOMALTA.

REGOLAMENT 23

DISPOŻIZZJONIJIET

FINALI

(1) Fejn jintuża t-terminu "ġranet/jiem" f’dawn ir-

Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping, dan għandu jfisser ġranet

kalendarji sakemm ma jkunx speċifikat mod ieħor.

(2) Dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping għandhom

jiġu interpretati bħala test indipendenti u awtonomu u mhux

b’referenza għal liġijiet jew statuti eżistenti.

(3) Dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping ġew adottati

konformement mad-dispożizzjonijiet applikabbli tal-Kodiċi u l-

Istandards Internazzjonali u għandhom jiġu interpretati b’mod li jkun

konsistenti mad-dispożizzjonijiet applikabbli tal-Kodiċi u tal-

Istandards Internazzjonali. Il-Kodiċi u l-Istandards Internazzjonali

għandhom jitqiesu bħala partijiet integrali ta’ dawn ir-Regolament

dwar l-Anti-Doping u għandhom jirbħu f’każ ta’ kunflitt.

(4) It-tifsiriet għandhom jitqiesu bħala partijiet integrali ta’

dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping.

(5) Il-kummenti bħala annotazzjonijiet għal diversi

dispożizzjonijiet tal-Kodiċi li huma inkorporati permezz ta’ referenza

f’dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping, għandhom jiġu ttrattati

bħallikieku kienu riportati kompletament f’dawn ir-regolamenti, u

għandhom jintużaw għall-interpretazzjoni ta’ dawn ir-Regolamenti

dwar l-Anti-Doping.

(6) Dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping mgħandhomx

japplikaw retroattivament għal kwistjonijiet pendenti qabel id-Data

Effettiva. Madankollu

(a)

ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li jitwettaq qabel

id-Data Effettiva jgħodd bħala "l-ewwel ksur" jew "it-tieni

ksur" għall-finijiet tad-determinazzjoni tas-sanzjonijiet taħt ir-

Regolament 10 għal ksur li jitwettaq wara d-Data Effettiva;

(b)

kull każ dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li

jkun pendenti fid-Data Effettiva u kull każ dwar ksur ta’ regola

tal-anti-doping li jinġieb wara d-Data Effettiva bbażat fuq ksur

ta’ regola tal-anti-doping li jkun twettaq qabel id-Data

Effettiva, għandu jiġi regolat bir-regolamenti sostantivi fis-

seħħ fid-data ta’ meta twettaq il-ksur allegat tar-regola tal-

anti-doping, u mhux bir-regolamenti sostantivi tal-anti-doping

stabbiliti b’dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-Doping, sakemm

il-panel li jisma’ l-każ ma jiddeterminax li l-prinċipju ta’ "lex

mitior" japplika kif xieraq taħt iċ-ċrkostanzi tal-każ. Għal

dawn l-għanijiet, il-perjodi retrospettivi li fihom jista’ jiġi

kkunsidrat ksur ta’ qabel għall-finijiet ta’ ksur multiplu taħt ir-

Regolament 10(9)(d) u l-perjodu ta’ preskrizzjoni stabbilit fir-

ANTI-DOPING

Regolament 16 huma regoli proċedurali, mhux regoli

sostantivi, u għandhom jiġu applikati retroattivament flimkien

mar-regoli l-oħra kollha proċedurali f’dawn ir-Regolamenti

dwar l-Anti-Doping (hekk iżda li, madankollu, li r-Regolament

16 għandu jiġi applikat retroattivament jekk il-perjodu ta’

preskrizzjoni ma jkunx diġà skada sad-Data Effettiva biss);

(ċ)

kull nuqqas ta’ informazzjoni dwar whereabouts

skont ir-Regolament 2.4 (kemm jekk ikun nuqqas ta’ sejba jew

test maqbuż, kif dawk it-termini huma mfissra fl-Istandard

Internazzjonali għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati) qabel id-Data

Effettiva għandu jinġieb ’il quddiem u wieħed ikun jista’

jorbot fuqu, qabel l-iskadenza, skont l-Istandard

Internazzjonali għall- Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati, iżda għandu

jitqies li skada meta jgħaddu tnax (12)-il xahar minn meta jkun

twettaq;

(d)

fir-rigward ta’ każijiet fejn tkun ingħatat

deċiżjoni finali dwar ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping qabel id-

Data Effettiva, iżda l-Atleta jew Persuna oħra tkun għadha qed

tiskonta perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità fid-Data Effettiva, l-Atleta

jew Persuna oħra jistgħu jintavolaw rikors lil NADOMALTA

jew lil Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping oħra li kellha r-

responsabbiltà tal-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati għall-ksur tar-regola

tal-anti-doping biex jikkunsidraw tnaqqis tal-perjodu ta’

Ineliġibilità fid-dawl ta’ dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping. Dan ir-rikors għandu jsir qabel ma jintemm il-perjodu

ta’ Ineliġibilità. Id-deċiżjoni li tingħata tista’ tiġi appellata

skont ir-Regolament 13(2). Dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Anti-

Doping ma jkollhom l-ebda applikazzjoni għal xi każ fejn tkun

ingħatat deċiżjoni finali li ssib ksur ta’ regola tal-anti-doping u

jkun skada l-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità.

(e)

sabiex jiġi stmat il-perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità għat-

tieni ksur taħt ir-Regolament 10(9)(a), fejn tkun ġiet

determinata sanzjoni għall-ewwel ksur bbażata fuq ir-regoli

fis-seħħ qabel id-Data Effettiva, għandu jiġi applikat il-

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità li kien ikun stmat għal dak l-ewwel

ksur li kieku kienu applikabbli dawn ir-Regolamenti dwar l-

Anti-Doping.

(7) Bidliet fil-Lista Projbita u fid-Dokumenti Tekniċi li

jirrigwardaw sustanzi jew metodi fuq il-Lista Projbita mgħandhomx,

sakemm ma jipprovdux mod ieħor speċifikatament, jiġu applikati

retroattivament. Bħala eċċezzjoni, madankollu, meta Sustanza

Projbita jew Metodu Projbit ikunu ġew imneħħija mill-Lista

Projbita, Atleta jew Persuna oħra li f’dak iż-żmien ikunu qed iservu

perjodu ta’ Ineliġibilità minħabba fis-Sustanza Projbita jew il-

Metodu Projbit ta’ qabel jistgħu jintavolaw rikors lil NADOMALTA

jew Organizzazzjoni tal-Anti-Doping oħra li kella r-responsabbiltà

għall-Ġestjoni tar-Riżultati għall-ksur tar-regola tal-anti-doping biex

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REGOLAMENT 24

INTERPRETAZZJONI

TAL-KODIĊI

1.2 of the Code.

(2)

Subject to applicable law, and in accordance with Article

20.5.10 of the Code, all NADOMALTA’s board members, directors,

officers, and employees (and those of appointed Delegated Third

Parties), who are involved in any aspect of Doping Control, must

sign a form provided by NADOMALTA, agreeing to be bound by

these Anti-Doping Regulations as Persons in conformity with the

Code for direct and intentional misconduct.

(3) Subject to applicable law, and in accordance with Article

20.5.11 of the Code, any NADOMALTA employee who is involved in

Doping Control (other than authorised anti-doping Education or

rehabilitation programs) must sign a statement provided by

NADOMALTA confirming that they are not Provisionally Suspended

or serving a period of Ineligibility and have not been directly or

intentionally engaged in conduct within the previous six (6) years

which would have constituted a violation of anti-doping rules if

Code-compliant rules had been applicable to them.

REGULATION 20

ADDITIONAL ROLES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES OF

ATHLETES

(1) To be knowledgeable of and comply with these Anti-

Doping Regulations.

(2)

To be available for Sample collection at all times.

(3) To take responsibility, in the context of anti-doping, for

what they ingest and use.

(4) To inform medical personnel of their obligation not to

Use Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods and to take

responsibility to make sure that any medical treatment received does

not violate these Anti-Doping Regulations.

(5) To disclose to NADOMALTA and their International

Federation any decision by a non-Signatory finding that the Athlete

committed an anti-doping rule violation within the previous ten (10)

years.

(6) To cooperate with Anti-Doping

Organisations

investigating anti-doping rule violations.

Failure by any Athlete to cooperate in full with Anti-

Doping Organisations investigating anti-doping rule violations may

result in a charge of misconduct under NADOMALTA’s disciplinary

rules/code of conduct.

(7) To disclose the identity of their Athlete Support

Personnel upon request by NADOMALTA or a National Sports

Organisation, or any other Anti-Doping Organisation with authority

over the Athlete.

(8) Offensive conduct towards a Doping Control official or

other Person involved in Doping Control by an Athlete, which does

not otherwise constitute Tampering, may result in a charge of

misconduct under NADOMALTA’s disciplinary rules/code of conduct.

REGULATION 21

ADDITIONAL ROLES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES OF

ATHLETE SUPPORT

PERSONNEL

(1) To be knowledgeable of and comply with these Anti-

Doping Regulations.

(2)

To cooperate with the Athlete Testing program.

(3) To use their influence on Athlete values and behaviour to

foster anti-doping attitudes.

(4) To disclose to NADOMALTA and their International

Federation any decision by a non-Signatory finding that they

committed an anti-doping rule violation within the previous ten (10)

years.

(5) To cooperate with Anti-Doping

Organisations

investigating anti-doping rule violations.

Failure by any Athlete Support Personnel to cooperate in

full with Anti-Doping Organisations investigating anti-doping rule

violations may result in a charge of misconduct under

NADOMALTA’s disciplinary rules/code of conduct.

(6) Athlete Support Personnel shall not use or possess any

Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method without valid

justification.

Any such Use or Possession may result in a charge of

misconduct under NADOMALTA’s disciplinary rules/code of conduct.

(7) Offensive conduct towards a Doping Control official or

other Person involved in Doping Control by Athlete Support

Personnel, which does not otherwise constitute Tampering, may

result in a charge of misconduct under NADOMALTA’s disciplinary

rules/code of conduct.

REGULATION 22

ADDITIONAL ROLES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES OF

OTHER PERSONS SUBJECT TO

THESE ANTI-DOPING

REGULATIONS

(1) To be knowledgeable of and comply with these Anti-

Doping Regulations.

(2) To disclose to NADOMALTA and their International

Federation any decision by a non-Signatory finding that they

committed an anti-doping rule violation within the previous ten (10)

years.

(3) To cooperate with Anti-Doping

Organisations

investigating anti-doping rule violations.

Failure by any other Person subject to these Anti-

Doping Regulations to cooperate in full with Anti-Doping

Organisations investigating anti-doping rule violations may result in

a charge of misconduct under NADOMALTA’s disciplinary rules/code

of conduct.

(4) Not to Use or Possess any Prohibited Substance or

Prohibited Method without valid justification.

(5) Offensive conduct towards a Doping Control official or

other Person involved in Doping Control by a Person, which does

not otherwise constitute Tampering, may result in a charge of

misconduct under NADOMALTA’s disciplinary rules/code of conduct.

REGULATION 23

FINAL PROVISIONS

(1) Where the term "days" is used in these Anti-Doping

Regulations, it shall mean calendar days unless otherwise specified.

(2) These Anti-Doping Regulations shall be interpreted as

an independent and autonomous text and not by reference to existing

law or statutes.

(3) These Anti-Doping Regulations have been adopted

pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Code and the

International Standards and shall be interpreted in a manner that is

consistent with applicable provisions of the Code and the

International Standards. The Code and the International Standards

shall be considered integral parts of these Anti-Doping Regulations

and shall prevail in case of conflict.

(4) The definitions are to be considered integral parts of

these Anti-Doping Regulations.

(5)

The comments annotating various provisions of the

Code are incorporated by reference into these Anti-Doping

Regulations, shall be treated as if set out fully herein, and shall be

used to interpret these Anti-Doping Regulations.

(6) These Anti-Doping Regulations shall not apply

retroactively to matters pending before the Effective Date. However

(a)

anti-doping rule violations taking place prior to

the Effective Date count as "first violations" or "second

violations" for purposes of determining sanctions under

Regulation 10 for violations taking place after the Effective

Date;

(b)

any anti-doping rule violation case which is

pending as of the Effective Date and any anti-doping rule

violation case brought after the Effective Date based on an

anti-doping rule violation which occurred prior to the Effective

Date, shall be governed by the substantive anti-doping

regulations in effect at the time the alleged anti-doping rule

violation occurred, and not by the substantive anti-doping

regulations set out in these Anti-Doping Regulations, unless

the panel hearing the case determines the principle of "lex

mitior" appropriately applies under the circumstances of the

case. For these purposes, the retrospective periods in which

prior violations can be considered for purposes of multiple

violations under Regulation 10(9)(d) and the prescription

period set forth in Regulation 16 are procedural rules, not

substantive rules, and should be applied retroactively along

with all of the other procedural rules in these Anti-Doping

Regulations (provided, however, that Regulation 16 shall only

be applied retroactively if the period of prescription has not

already expired by the Effective Date);

(c)

any Regulation 2.4 whereabouts failure (whether

a filing failure or a missed test, as those terms are defined in

the International Standard for Results Management) prior to

the Effective Date shall be carried forward and may be relied

upon, prior to expiry, in accordance with the International

Standard for Results Management, but it shall be deemed to

have expired twelve (12) months after it occurred;

(d)

with respect to cases where a final decision

finding an anti-doping rule violation has been rendered prior to

the Effective Date, but the Athlete or other Person is still

serving the period of Ineligibility as of the Effective Date, the

Athlete or other Person may apply to NADOMALTA or other

Anti-Doping Organisation which had Results Management

responsibility for the anti-doping rule violation to consider a

reduction in the period of Ineligibility in light of these Anti-

Doping Regulations. Such application must be made before

the period of Ineligibility has expired. The decision rendered

may be appealed pursuant to Regulation 13(2). These Anti-

Doping Regulations shall have no application to any case

where a final decision finding an anti-doping rule violation has

been rendered and the period of Ineligibility has expired.

(e)

for purposes of assessing the period of

Ineligibility for a second violation under Regulation 10(9)(a),

where the sanction for the first violation was determined based

on rules in force prior to the Effective Date, the period of

Ineligibility which would have been assessed for that first

violation had these Anti-Doping Regulations been applicable,

shall be applied.

(7) Changes to the Prohibited List and Technical Documents

relating to substances or methods on the Prohibited List shall not,

unless they specifically provide otherwise, be applied retroactively.

As an exception, however, when a Prohibited Substance or a

Prohibited Method has been removed from the Prohibited List, an

Athlete or other Person currently serving a period of Ineligibility on

account of the formerly Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method

may apply to NADOMALTA or other Anti-Doping Organisation

which had Results Management responsibility for the anti-doping

rule violation to consider a reduction in the period of Ineligibility in

light of the removal of the substance or method from the Prohibited

List.

REGULATION 24

INTERPRETATION

OF

THE

CODE

24. (1)

The official text of the Code shall be maintained

by WADA and shall be published in English and French. In the event

of any conflict between the English and French versions, the English

version shall prevail.

(2) The comments annotating various provisions of the

Code shall be used to interpret the Code.

(3) The Code shall be interpreted as an independent and

autonomous text and not by reference to the existing law or statutes

of the Signatories or governments.

(4) The headings used for the various Parts and Articles of

the Code are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of the

substance of the Code or to affect in any way the language of the

provisions to which they refer.

(5) Where the term "days" is used in the Code or an

International Standard, it shall mean calendar days unless otherwise

specified.

(6)

The Code shall not apply retroactively to matters

pending before the date the Code is accepted by a Signatory and

implemented in its rules. However, pre-Code anti-doping rule

violations would continue to count as "First violations" or "Second

violations" for purposes of determining sanctions under Article 10 for

subsequent post-Code violations.

(7) The Purpose, Scope and Organization of the World Anti-

Doping Program and the Code and Appendix 1, Definitions, shall be

considered integral parts of the Code.