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The honourable Member welcomes, as I do, the wisdom of the Convention members, who have actually included sport in the draft treaty, taking into consideration what the Union and Parliament have been saying on this subject for years. We have been talking about the social dimension and educational dimensions of sport for years. It is these dimensions which have been included in the draft treaty, not, I am glad to say, the excessive demands of certain sporting bodies. The wisdom of the Convention members has therefore prevailed over the demands of certain sporting organisations.
At this point I should like to thank all the sportsmen and sportswomen and all the sporting organisations, including the President of the International Olympic Committee, who have been helping us for years in our aim of getting this article included in the treaty. I should also like to thank the Convention members, the Members of the European Parliament and all the national politicians who have contributed to this effort.
As for the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, it poses a few small problems, since among other things it is not based on international law and, therefore, neither are its proposals. The Agency is a body under private law, which does not make things any easier.
As for controls, I do not know whether there are fewer now than before. Just about everybody tells me that there are too many, and that everyone is carrying out overlapping and contradictory controls, and that it would be better to concentrate them and to act logically and in accordance with Member States’ laws.
Many problems still have to be sorted out before a final solution is achieved. A World Anti-Doping Agency code is not enough. We need a change in, or an adaptation of, Member States’ laws. Imagine a situation in which a sportsman is given a two-year suspension and appeals before a national court, and it turns out that the law of that State is not in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Agency code. The sportsman would be acquitted and we would find ourselves in complete chaos, and with even more uncertainty than before.
I believe that we must decide, at last, to endeavour to strike a balance, to reform Member States’ laws on doping and to obtain from the Union an assurance that it is committed to complementary action in the form of educational and preventive measures."@en1
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