of June 27, 2025 No. 174
About prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances
The parliament adopts this organic law.
(1) This law regulates prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances.
(2) Prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances are directed to exception of consumption of doping substances in the course of sports activities and to protection of basic rights on health of persons practicing physical activity and sports activities and also to respect for sports ethics.
(3) Doping substances are divided into the following categories:
a) the doping substances representing high risk; and
b) the doping substances representing risk.
(4) the List of the doping substances representing high risk, and the list of the doping substances representing risk affirm and change the Government based on offers of the National anti-doping agency.
(5) any forms of the offer, distribution, sale, exposure to sale, promotions, advertizing, applications, deliveries in any procedure, transportations, sendings, acquisitions, ownerships, import or export from the country Are forbidden, and also the import and export or other transactions connected with turnover of the doping substances and products containing such substances or containing doping substances in combination with other substances which list affirms the order of the Government except for of the medicines containing anabolic steroids and androgens which are used in the medical purposes and are applied based on the recipe under observation of the doctor.
(6) any forms of the offer, distribution, sale, exposure to sale, promotions, advertizing, applications, deliveries in any manner, transportations, sendings, acquisitions, ownerships, introduction or export from the country, and also import and export of the additives to food containing doping substances which list affirms the order of the Government Are forbidden.
The legal basis of activities for prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances is established by the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, international treaties which party is the Republic of Moldova, in particular the International convention of UNESCO about the fight against dope in sport accepted in Paris on October 19, 2005 (it is ratified by the Law No. 298/2007), the Convention against doping accepted in Strasbourg on November 16, 1989 (it is ratified by the Law No. 247/2008) and the Additional protocol to it accepted in Warsaw on September 12, 2002 (it is ratified by the Law No. 248/2008), the World anti-doping code accepted by the World Anti-Doping Agency on March 5, 2003, the international anti-doping rules, the Law on prevention of dope in sport and fight No. 24/2023, against it this law and other regulations regulating this area.
(1) Operation of this law extends to sports clubs and federations in which athletes, on persons practicing physical activity and sports activities and also on the bodies of the public power participating in prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances have training and training.
(This law regulates 2):
a) the mechanism of coordination and function of competent authorities and organizations in the field of prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances;
b) procedure for issue of permissions to anti-doping activities to sports clubs and federations in which athletes have training and training;
c) measures for prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances.
For the purposes of this law the following concepts mean:
1) permission to anti-doping activities - the individual administrative act issued by the National anti-doping agency which allows sports clubs and federations to be engaged in training and training of athletes as they are determined by article 4 of the Law on prevention of dope in sport and fight No. 24/2023 against it;
2) illicit trafficking in doping substances - the offer, distribution, sale, exposure to sale, promotion, advertizing, application, delivery in any procedure, transportation, sending, acquisition, ownership, import or export from the country, and also the import and export or other transactions connected with turnover of the doping substances and products containing such substances or containing doping substances in combination with other substances, without the permission on activities;
3) illegal consumption - unjustified use of doping substances for the purpose of receipt of benefit before other athletes in sports competitions without confirmation of indications by authorized body to their application and without appointment of the doctor;
4) ownership - the actual or real physical possession of the forbidden doping substance that is confirmed by the fact of implementation by person of exclusive control or intention to exercise exclusive control over this forbidden doping substance or over the place where there is the forbidden doping substance;
5) doping substance - the substance intended for artificial increase in physical capacities of the person for the purpose of change of sports scores;
6) the forbidden substance - any substance or class of substances which are qualified thus in the International standard "The Forbidden List of the World Anti-doping Code" and are included in the list of the doping substances representing high risk, and the list of the doping substances representing risk, approved by the order of the Government;
7) the doping substances representing high risk - doping substances which use renders serious consequences for physical and mental health of the person, up to lethal outcome;
8) the doping substances representing risk - doping substances which use renders to average weight of consequence for physical and mental health of the person.
(1) Council for prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances (further - Council) provides application of provisions of this law for the purpose of prevention and fight against illicit trafficking in doping substances.
(2) Council is interdepartmental consultative body without the status of the legal entity which activities are provided with the National anti-doping agency.
(3) the Regulations on the organization and functioning of Council affirm the order of the CEO of the National anti-doping agency.
(4) Council in the decisions and operational activity is independent of sports and government structures.
Tasks of Council are:
a) prevention and fight at the national level against illicit trafficking in doping substances;
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