Additional Protocol to the Anti-Doping Convention / Council of Europe (CoE). - Strasbourg : CoE, 2002
- European Treaty Series; ETS No. 188
Warsaw, 12/09/2002 - Treaty open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe and the other States signatories or Parties to the Convention
The aim of the Protocol is to ensure the mutual recognition of doping controls and to reinforce the application of the Convention (ETS No. 135).
To this end, the Protocol ensures the recognition by States Parties to the Convention of doping controls carried out on sportsmen and women coming from the other States Parties to the Convention. This will obviate the need for the conclusion of multiple bilateral agreements and will increase the effectiveness of anti-doping controls. In the same spirit, the Protocol is the first instrument of international public law, which recognises the competence of the World Anti-Doping Agency to conduct out of competition controls.
With regard to the reinforcement of the application of the Convention, the Protocol sets up a binding monitoring mechanism. This monitoring will be carried out by an evaluation team, which will make a visit to the State concerned, followed by an evaluation report.