Anti-doping law
Basic data | |
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Title: | Law against doping in sport |
Short title: | Anti-doping law |
Abbreviation: | AntiDopG |
Type: | Federal law |
Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
Legal matter: | Special administrative law , pharmaceutical law, criminal law |
References : | 212-4 |
Issued on: | 10 December 2015 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2210 ) |
Entry into force on: | December 18, 2015 |
Last change by: |
Art. 1 VO of 3 July 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1547 ) |
Effective date of the last change: |
July 9, 2020 (Art. 3 of July 3, 2020) |
Weblink: | Text of the law |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version. |
The German Anti-Doping Act of December 10, 2015 serves to combat the use of doping substances and doping methods in sport. It is intended to ensure health , fairness and equal opportunities for the athletes and promote the integrity of the sport .
The law prohibits the manufacture, sale or prescription of doping substances listed in Appendix I of the International Convention against Doping in Sport of October 19, 2005 ( Federal Law Gazette 2007 II pp. 354, 355 , as amended). Doping substances may not be used for the purpose of doping in sport ( § 2 ). Self-doping is also prohibited, ie the self-application of a doping substance without medical indication with the intention of gaining an advantage in a competition of organized sport ( § 3 ).
For enforcement purposes, the law contains criminal provisions and refers to the penal code . In addition, a warning is specified on the package insert for the preparations concerned: The use of the drug [ insert name of the drug] can lead to positive results in doping tests.
literature
- Ingo Bott, Wolfgang Mitsch : Sense and nonsense of the criminal liability of doping - an analysis . In: Kriminalpolitische Zeitschrift . No. 3 , 2016, ISSN 2509-6826 , p. 159–168 ( kripoz.de [PDF; 195 kB ; accessed on May 2, 2020]).