Reporting suspected anti-doping rule violations and other anti-doping concerns

Through this page, you may report a suspected anti-doping rule violation, as well as any other irregularities that may threaten the integrity of the anti-doping system.

For further information, please refer to the doping reporting procedures set out in the Whistleblowing Programme in the Fight Against Doping in Sport.

Doping and anti-doping rule violations

Doping in sport is prohibited. Doping in sport is defined as the occurrence of one or more anti-doping rule violations established under Article 3 of the Law on the Prevention of Doping in Sport.

Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Law on the Prevention of Doping in Sport, an anti-doping rule violation occurs in the following cases:

1. The presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s bodily sample;
2. The use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method, including administration, ingestion, injection or consumption by any means whatsoever (hereinafter referred to as “doping substances and methods”);
3. Evading sample collection, or refusing or failing to submit to sample collection without compelling justification, after notification of doping control;
4. Any combination of three missed tests and/or filing failures relating to the athlete’s whereabouts information, as defined in the International Standard for Results Management approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency, within a 12-month period, by an athlete included in a Registered Testing Pool;
5. Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control;
6. The prohibited possession of doping substances or methods by an athlete or Athlete Support Personnel;
7. The unauthorised sale, transportation, sending, delivery or distribution of any prohibited substance or prohibited method, whether physically, electronically or by any other means, by an athlete, Athlete Support Personnel or through a third party, to any person subject to the authority of a sports organisation, or any attempt to engage in such conduct;
8. The administration or attempted administration to any athlete In-Competition of any prohibited substance or prohibited method, or the administration or attempted administration to any athlete Out-of-Competition of any prohibited substance or prohibited method that is prohibited Out-of-Competition;
9. Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up, facilitating or engaging in any other form of intentional complicity or attempted complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, an attempted anti-doping rule violation or a violation of an imposed measure resulting from an anti-doping rule violation;
10. Association, in a professional or sport-related capacity, by an athlete or another person subject to the authority of an authorised anti-doping organisation with Athlete Support Personnel who are serving a period of Ineligibility imposed as a result of an anti-doping rule violation;have been convicted or sanctioned in criminal, misdemeanour or other proceedings for conduct that would constitute an anti-doping rule violation under this Law, where the sanction remains in force or fewer than six years have passed since it was imposed; or act as an intermediary or representative of such a person;
11. Conduct by an athlete or another person that threatens or seeks to intimidate another person with the intention of discouraging that person from reporting information relating to doping or non-compliance with anti-doping rules, or conduct intended to place at a disadvantage a person who has, in good faith, provided evidence or information relating to doping or non-compliance with anti-doping rules to an authorised anti-doping organisation or a competent state authority.

An anti-doping rule violation shall not be deemed to have occurred in cases involving an approved Therapeutic Use Exemption or other exceptions established under the World Anti-Doping Code.

Athlete Support Personnel include teachers, coaches, trainers, managers, agents, team staff, officials, medical and paramedical personnel, and any other personnel working with or treating athletes participating in or preparing for sports competitions.

For the anti-doping rule violations referred to in points 1 and 2 above, it is not necessary to demonstrate intent, fault, negligence, omission or knowing use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method on the part of the athlete.

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The first four anti-doping rule violations apply exclusively to athletes, as they relate to athletes’ responsibility not to use prohibited substances or prohibited methods and their obligation to undergo doping control.

The remaining seven anti-doping rule violations apply to both athletes and Athlete Support Personnel, including coaches, medical professionals and any other person working with an athlete or involved in anti-doping activities.

Administrators of anti-doping organizations and national olympic committees, officials and sample collection personnel may also be held accountable for their conduct in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code.

References:

1. Law on the Prevention of Doping in Sport (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 111/2014)

2. World Anti-Doping Agency. World Anti-Doping Code. 2021. Available online: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resources/world-anti-doping-code-and-international-standards/world-anti-doping-code