LAW OF TURKMENISTAN

of June 3, 2017 No. 568-V

About fight against dope in sport

This Law establishes legal, organizational and economic basis of activities in the field of fight against dope in sport and is directed to promotion of state policy on forming of healthy lifestyle in Turkmenistan.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. The basic concepts applied in this Law

For the purpose of this Law the used basic concepts mean the following:

1) the organizations of physical culture and sport – the legal entities performing activities in the field of physical culture and sport as core activity;

2) dope – violation of one or several antiyodopingovy rules;

3) drug test – conducting the investigations or analyses connected with the entire periods and processes, since planning of carrying out tesyot before its termination with execution of the final resolution and conclusion according to the appeal, but not limited to it, with testing, investigation, provision of information on the location, therapeutic use, collection and working off of tests, laboratory researches, development of the conclusions and violations during deprivation of sports qualification or temporary discharge;

4) the Prohibited list – the list of the prohibited substances and the prohibited methods;

5) the prohibited substance – the substance or group of substances specified in the Prohibited list;

6) the prohibited method – the method specified in the Prohibited list;

7) Registered Testing Pool – the list constituted separately at the international level by the International federation and at the national level the National anti-doping agency of Turkmenistan. This list within the plan of distribution of tests of the International federation or the Natsioyonalny anti-doping agency of Turkmenistan includes the athletes of Turkmenistan of the highest level who are subject to competitive and out of competition testing and with respect thereto according to the World anti-doping code (further – the Code), International standards of testing and investigation they shall inform on the location;

8) KAC – Sports Arbitration Court;

9) Code – The world anti-doping code accepted by the World Anti-Doping Agency on March 5, 2003 in Copenhagen with subsequent changes;

10) the national anti-doping organization – the organization determined by each country having the main powers at the national level responsible for adoption of anti-doping rules and implementation of drug test;

11) test – the biological material taken for the purpose of carrying out drug test;

12) sports national federations – the public organizations created on the basis of membership which purpose is development at the obshcheyogosudarstvenny level of one or several sports, holding sporting events at the nation-wide and international levels and training of athletes on sports – members of national teams of Turkmenistan, and undergone the state accreditation;

13) testing – the part of process of drug test including planning of carrying out tests, sampling, the treatment of them and their transportation in laboratory;

14) the National anti-doping agency of Turkmenistan (further – NADAT) – the public organization having the main powers in Turkmenistan at the national level on acceptance and execution of anti-doping rules, collection of tests, management of results of testing, development of results of testing;

15) the athlete – person playing sports on international (as it is established by each International federation) or the national level (as it is established by each national anti-doping organization);

16) personnel of the athlete – the trainer, the instructor, the manager, the agent, technicians of team, the official, and also the medical or paramedical personnel providing medical care, the parents or any other person working with the athlete who prepares for participation or participates in sports competition, or helping it;

17) the World Anti-Doping Agency (further – WADA) – the fund with this name founded according to the Swiss legislation on November 10, 1999;

18) the International standard – the regulating document on standardization approved by WADA for support of the Code, regulating documents on the standardization which is good cause for establishment of the corresponding carrying out the production specified in the international standard, according to International standards (in contradiction to other alternative standard, process or production) and published according to International standards;

19) authorized groups of drug test – the groups of drug test acting under the direction of the international or national anti-doping organizations;

20) competition – fight, game or other sports meet;

21) the competitive period – the period of time beginning from 23:59 o'clock a day before the beginning of sports competition at which the athlete is declared on participation, and proceeding before the end of this competition and process of the sampling connected with this sports competition. WADA can approve other determination for separate sport if the International federation provides the objective argumentation about need

other determination for the corresponding sport;

22) the out of competition period – the period which is not relating to the competitive period;

23) the International convention of UNESCO about fight against dope in sport – the convention accepted by the General conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on October 19, 2005 in Paris and ratified by Majlis of Turkmenistan on September 25, 2010.

For the purposes of this Law also other concepts provided by the Code and the International convention of UNESCO about fight against dope in sport can be applied.

Article 2. The legislation of Turkmenistan on fight against dope in sport

The legislation of Turkmenistan on fight against dope in sport is based on the Constitution of Turkmenistan, recognition of priority of the universally recognized norms of international law in the field of fight against dope in sport stated in the International convention of UNESCO about fight against dope in sport and in the Code and consists of this Law and anti-doping rules NADAT.

Article 3. The main directions of state policy in the field of fight against dope in sport

The main directions of state policy in the field of fight against dope in sport are:

1) implementation of measures for prevention of dope in sport and fight against it;

2) enhancement of the legislation of Turkmenistan according to the principles and rules of international law in the field of fight against dope in sport;

3) assistance to development and implementation by the organizations of physical culture and sport of the standards of behavior concerning fight against dope in sport, corresponding to the Code;

4) assistance to carrying out anti-doping researches by the sports and other organizations performing activities in the field of physical culture and sport;

5) assistance to carrying out scientific research and to forming of research base in the field of fight against dope in sport, performed by the scientific organizations of Turkmenistan in cooperation with relevant international organizations;

6) support of educational programs for questions of fight against dope in sport;

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