The anti-doping agency established under Article 19 is entitled to exchange with recognised foreign or international anti-doping agencies for the purpose of combating doping personal data, including sensitive personal data, if such an exchange of data is necessary:1
to process medical applications and issue medical exemptions for athletes;
to plan, coordinate and conduct doping controls on athletes;
to report the results of doping controls to the foreign or international anti-doping agency responsible.
In the cases under paragraph 1 letter a, only data required to assess applications and exemptions may be transmitted. Data may only be transmitted with the express consent of the athlete concerned.
In the cases under paragraph 1 letter b, only the following data may be transmitted:
personal details;
practical details and the athlete’s whereabouts, so that doping controls can be carried out in accordance with international standards.
The anti-doping agency established under Article 19 must ensure that the personal data that it transmits is not passed on to unauthorised third parties. Furthermore, Articles 16 and 17 of the Data Protection Act of 25 September 20232apply.3
Footnotes
Amended by Annex 1 No II 33 of the Data Protection Act of 25 Sept. 2020, in force since 1 Sept. 2023 (AS 2022 491;BBl 2017 6941). ↩