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1. WADA ANTI-DOPING<br />
CODE REvIEW<br />
AND C<strong>ON</strong>SULTATI<strong>ON</strong><br />
The World Anti-Doping Code Review Process<br />
is currently under way. Every 4 years, after a<br />
practical application and implementation of<br />
its Rules has occurred world-wide, the World<br />
Anti-Doping Code is revisited so that it continues<br />
to better reflect the practical reality<br />
of the sporting world, the administrative,<br />
financial and legal challenges that all Signatories<br />
face and the ever-growing obstacles<br />
that the fight against doping in sport must<br />
persistently try to overcome.<br />
Based on the comments made by Signatories<br />
and Stakeholders, the World Anti<br />
Doping Agency (WADA) and a group of<br />
experts revisit every single provision in the<br />
Code. Provisions are maintained, modified,<br />
deleted and/or added in order to update the<br />
Code and ensure that it is continues to be<br />
an applicable, germane and relevant legislative<br />
and regulatory document.<br />
Now, two years since the latest version of<br />
the Code was approved, WADA has begun<br />
another lengthy consultation on the World<br />
Anti-Doping Code and International Standards,<br />
which harmonized the fight against<br />
doping for all countries and sports when<br />
they all came into effect eight years ago.<br />
WADA has contacted and communicated<br />
with all its Signatories and Stakeholders concerning<br />
the review and drafting process that<br />
will take place over the next two years in<br />
order to request their comments on the Code<br />
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and how it can be improved. This process<br />
involves three rounds of consultation ending<br />
with the adoption of the new Code at the<br />
WADA World Conference in Johannesburg,<br />
South Africa in November 2013.<br />
The 1st Consultation Phase ended on 15<br />
March, 2012. All Signatories and Stakeholders,<br />
like the ISSF, were asked to provide any<br />
input they may have had on an individual<br />
basis directly to WADA before that date.<br />
During the 2nd Consultation Phase,<br />
additional comments will also be received. At<br />
that time, the Association of Summer Olympic<br />
International Federations’ (ASOIF – which<br />
the ISSF is a member) Medical Consultative<br />
Group will begin coordinating a common position<br />
of the all the summer Olympic International<br />
Federations. The purpose of this group<br />
will be to endorse and advance to WADA<br />
the points and issues commonly raised by all<br />
Summer International Federations in all subsequent<br />
phases of the consultative process.<br />
Accordingly, the ASOIF Council has<br />
scheduled a general meeting of all its members<br />
for the first half of 2013. The purpose<br />
of this meeting will be to convene a formal<br />
group review of the suggested changes to<br />
the Code and develop a final concerted position<br />
in regard to the latest draft of the new<br />
Code available at the time of that meeting.<br />
The ISSF will be attending and voice any all<br />
concerns or suggestions it may have with<br />
respect to the current Code.<br />
Needless to say, everyone involved in sport<br />
will be affected by the changes brought to<br />
the new Code. International Federations<br />
and National Anti Doping Organizations<br />
<strong>THE</strong> ISSF IPOD<br />
1. WADA WORLD ANTI-DOPING CODE<br />
C<strong>ON</strong>SULTATI<strong>ON</strong> AND REvIEW PROCESS<br />
2. RISk OF SUPPLEmENTS<br />
<strong>THE</strong> FIRST <strong>TO</strong>PIC DISCUSSED IN THIS EDITI<strong>ON</strong> OF <strong>THE</strong> IPOD IS WADA’S WORLD ANTI-DOPING<br />
CODE C<strong>ON</strong>SULTATI<strong>ON</strong> AND REvIEW PROCESS. <strong>THE</strong> SEC<strong>ON</strong>D <strong>TO</strong>PIC FEATURES AN ImPORTANT<br />
REmINDER <strong>TO</strong> ALL SHOOTERS REGARDING <strong>THE</strong> RISkS OF USING OF SUPPLEmENTS.<br />
will need to render their Rules and activities<br />
compliant with the revised Code; National<br />
Federations that must run their programs<br />
in accordance with ISSF Anti-Doping Rules<br />
will need to re-adopt new rules and ensure<br />
that all their activities and actions comply<br />
with the ISSF Anti-Doping Rules; and all<br />
shooters will be subject to these new Rules<br />
when they come into effect in 2015.<br />
Therefore, because every individual’s<br />
feedback is vital to this important process,<br />
all athletes and individuals who have comments<br />
to make on the Code are invited to do<br />
so via their National Anti-Doping Organization<br />
or National Olympic Committee, or their<br />
National Federations or their International<br />
Federation, or on their own volition.To this<br />
end, WADA will continue collecting input<br />
and suggestions via comments that should<br />
be submitted through WADAConnect.<br />
Unlike previous years when comments<br />
where just randomly sent in to WADA via<br />
email or fax, WADA has introduced the new<br />
WADAConnect online tool to facilitate the<br />
provision of comments by stakeholders. This<br />
new platform will be used to facilitate the<br />
work of the Code drafting team and the publishing<br />
of the final submissions on the WADA<br />
website at the end of each consultation phase.<br />
Any individuals who want to submit<br />
comments to WADA are encouraged to use<br />
this online platform to create a user account<br />
and input comments, directly referencing<br />
the Articles that are of particular interest to<br />
them. If you have any questions about how<br />
to use WADAConnect contact a WADA<br />
employee who will be able to answer your
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