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REGULATION 21 21.21 INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE 21.21.1 The official text of the Code shall be maintained by WADA and shall be published in English and French. In the event of any conflict between the English and French versions, the English version shall prevail. 21.21.2 The comments annotating various provisions of the Code shall be used to interpret the Code. 21.21.3 The Code shall be interpreted as an independent and autonomous text and not by reference to the existing law or statutes of the Signatories or governments. 21.21.4 The headings used for the various Parts and Articles of the Code are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of the substance of the Code or to affect in any way the language of the provisions to which they refer. 21.21.5 The Code shall not apply retroactively to matters pending before the date the Code is accepted by a Signatory and implemented in its rules. However, pre-Code anti-doping rule violations would continue to count as "first violations" or "second violations" for purposes of determining sanctions under Article 10 of the Code and Regulation 21.10 for subsequent post-Code violations. 21.21.6 The Purpose, Scope and Organisation of the World Anti-Doping Programme and the Code and the Code's APPENDIX 1, DEFINITIONS and APPENDIX 2, EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 10, shall be considered integral parts of the Code. 21.22 ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLAYERS AND OTHER PERSONS 21.22.1 Roles and Responsibilities of Players 21.22.1.1 To be knowledgeable of and comply with these Anti-Doping Rules including the Guidelines. 21.22.1.2 To be available for Sample collection at all times. See Comment 50 21.22.1.3 To take responsibility, in the context of anti-doping, for what they ingest and Use and, specifically, to ensure that no Prohibited Substance is found to be present in his body and that Prohibited Methods are not used. 21.22.1.4 To inform medical personnel of their obligation not to Use Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods and to take responsibility to make sure that any medical treatment received does not violate these Anti- Doping Rules. 21.22.1.5 To ensure that he does not commit any other anti-doping rule violation. 21.22.1.6 To disclose to his National Anti-Doping Organisation, Union and World Rugby any decision by a non-Signatory finding that the Player committed an anti-doping rule violation within the previous ten years and/or has been Last update: 14 January, 2015 389


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