The International Sports Law Journal

, Volume 15, Issue 1–2, pp 49–54 | Cite as

2015 WADA code comes into effect: significant changes in the Spanish legal arena

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Abstract

2013 was a particularly relevant year for the study of legal considerations on doping. Not least because of the celebration of the Fourth World Conference on Doping in Sport that focused on the World Anti-Doping Code review process (Code that will be in force on January 1, 2015). This legislative issue has also been of great relevance in Spain. Hence, this work especially considers the legal implications of doping from the Spanish legislation perspective. On the one hand, this country undertook the task of developing and enacting a long-awaited regulation: the Fundamental Law 3/2013, enacted on the 20th of June, for the protection of athletes’ health and the fight against doping in sports activities, which was published on the 21st of June, 2013. On the other hand, on the 30th of April 2013, the Operation Puerto trial's resolution was made public. This resolution is still generating a storm of controversy with significant differences and approaches from the legal (conducted under the Spanish Criminal Law) and social world. This analysis of the fight against doping will emphasize with the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the new World Anti-Doping Code to come into force in 2015.

Keywords

Doping World Anti-Doping Code World Anti-Doping Agency Spanish legislation Spanish Agency for the Protection of Health in Sport "Operation Puerto" doping case 
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Acknowledgments

This work is part of the Research Training Grant Programme from the Agency for Research Promotion and Management-DEIKER, at the University of Deusto. Likewise, this research has been made possible by the support of the Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government for supporting activities of research groups of the Basque university system with reference IT581-13. I take this opportunity to acknowledge all them for making this research possible.

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© T.M.C. Asser Instituut 2015

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Inter-University Chair in Law and the Human GenomeUniversity of Deusto and University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHUBilbaoSpain

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