On the occasion of the Fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport in Katowice, Poland (5 at 7 November 2019), the Foundation Board and the Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) approved the draft of the 2021 Code and the revised International Standards.
Revisions to the World Anti-Doping Code
The first version of the World Anti-Doping Code was approved in Copenhagen during the Second World Conference on Doping in Sport, in January 2003. Then, the WADA Foundation Board initiated in February 2006 and in November 2011 review processes that led to amendments in the versions of the Code of 2009 as well as 2015, respectively
Le November 16, 2017, WADA's Board of Trustees jointly launched a process for revising the 2021 Code and International Standards in three phases of consultation for the Code and two for the Standards, during which several successive versions were submitted to the relevant partners. The recommendations and comments received by WADA were then forwarded to the eight drafting teams.
The review plan put in place by WADA
It was therefore during the meeting of the Executive Committee and the Foundation Board of WADA, during the Fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport, on Thursday, November 7, 2019, that these new versions of the texts were approved:
- The Executive Committee approves the International Standards,
- The WADA Foundation Board approved the Code.
The new provisions will come into effect from January 1er 2021.
A guide to development and implementation
- the significant changes proposed in the new Code compared to the 2015 Code in force;
- significant changes proposed in the new Standards from the current Standards;
- a summary of the main topics covered in the new Standards.
