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WAKO Europe is dedicated to create a clean sport environment and to prevent usage of any kind of performance-enhancing drugs or any kind of prohibited supstances and ats.
To achieve this goal, WAKO Europe is a signatory to the WADA Code and the relevant International Standards and is committed to its implementation.
Together with the National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs), WAKO Europe has the authority to conduct anti-doping tests, pursuant to Article 20.7.8 of the Code; in Swiss legislation, this authority is provided by Art. 21.2 of the Federal Act on the Promotion of Sport and Exercise (Sport Promotion Act, SpoPA) of June 17, 2011. The tests will be conducted respecting principles of necessity, proportionality and subsidiarity, especially in the whereabouts system.
The Personal Data collected through anti-doping tests will include all the activities referred to in art.4(2) of the Regulation and it will be carried out pursuant to Chapter 2 GDPR; the Processing is based on art. 6.1(e) of the Regulation (processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller) and art. 9.2 (g) (processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest). The processing activities will be carried out in compliance with the principles of the WADA International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information (ISPPPI) and with the principle set out in art. 4.1 FADP.
SUBSTANCES AND METHODS ON THE PROHIBITED LIST
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) produces a list of substances and methods that are banned in sport in the form of the Prohibited List. It is updated at least annually, with the new list taking effect on January 1 of each year.
It is important that athletes and Athlete Support Personnel are familiar with the Prohibited List and know how to check whether medications are prohibited in sport.
A substance or method can be added to the Prohibited List if it meets at least two of the following three criteria:
- It has the potential to enhance or enhances sport performance.
- Use of the substance or method represents an actual or potential health risk to the athlete.
- Use of the substance or method violates the spirit of sport.
The Prohibited List includes substances and methods that are categorized into three groups:
- Substances and methods prohibited at all times
- Substances and methods prohibited in-competition
- Substances prohibited in particular sports
According to the Code, the in-competition is 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. In-competition periods may differ for some sports and athletes are encouraged to check the Anti-Doping Rules of their International Federation.
The in-competition period is very important to understand when it relates to substances that are prohibited in-competition. When a substance is prohibited in-competition, it must leave the athlete’s system by the time the said competition begins. It does not mean that the athlete must stop taking the substance only by the time the in-competition period begins. Different substances take different amounts of time to leave the system – athletes must be extremely careful to make sure that they are not caught with a positive test as a result of taking a substance prohibited in-competition.
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