Jusletter

The FIA has recently adopted new anti-doping regulations which will come into effect on January 1, 2006. These new regulations take over most of the rules of the WADA Code. This article first reviews the differences between the new FIA regulations and the WADA Code, the main one relating to the procedure for appeals against doping decisions. The WADA Code provides for an appeal to CAS, while the FIA regulations provide for an appeal before the FIA International Court of Appeal (ICA). The article then discusses the consequences of this difference. What decisions can be appealed from in motor sports? Under what procedures? What is the status of the ICA´s decision?