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REGULATION 21 doping rule violation, has jurisdiction to conduct results management. See Comment 20 21.5.7.8 Unions shall establish similar requirements for retirement and returning to competition for Players in the national Registered Testing Pool and may establish similar requirements for other Players under their jurisdiction. 21.5.8 Independent Observer Program World Rugby and the organising committees for World Rugby Events, as well as the Member Unions and the organising committees for National Events, shall authorise and facilitate the Independent Observer Program at such Events. 21.6 ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES, RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS Samples shall be analysed in accordance with the following principles: 21.6.1 Use of Accredited and Approved Laboratories For purposes of Regulation 21.2.1, Samples shall be analysed only in laboratories accredited or otherwise approved by WADA. The choice of the WADA-accredited or WADA-approved laboratory used for the Sample analysis shall be determined exclusively by World Rugby. See Comment 21 21.6.2 Purpose of Analysis of Samples 21.6.2.1 Samples shall be analysed to detect Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods and other substances as may be directed by WADA pursuant to the Monitoring Program described in Article 4.5 of the Code; or to assist World Rugby, the Unions and Tournament Organisers in profiling relevant parameters in a Player’s urine, blood or other matrix, including DNA or genomic profiling; or for any other legitimate anti-doping purpose. Samples may be collected and stored for future analysis. See Comment 22 21.6.2.2 World Rugby, the Unions and Tournament Organisers shall ask laboratories to analyse Samples in conformity with Article 6.4 of the Code and Article 4.7 of the International Standard for Testing and Investigations. 21.6.3 Research on Samples No Sample may be used for research without the Player's written consent. Samples used for purposes other than Regulation 21.6.2 shall have any means of identification removed such that they cannot be traced back to a particular Player. 21.6.4 Standards for Sample Analysis and Reporting Laboratories shall analyse Samples and report results in conformity with the International Standard for Laboratories. To ensure effective Testing, the Technical Document referenced at Article 5.4.1 of the Code will Last update: 14 January, 2015 350


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