Anti-Doping in and beyond the European Commission’s White Paper on Sport / Jacob Kornbeck. – (International Sports Law Journal (2008) 3-4 : p. 30-35)
Content:
1.) Introduction
2.) Discussion of anti-doping and the EU in legal literature
3.) The White Paper on Sport: nature, structure and rationale
4.) Proposals regarding the fight against doping
5.) Beyond the White Paper
6.) Conclusion
The White Paper on Sport has allowed the EU to make an entry on the anti-doping scene. This move has been generally well received by stakeholders. Although the White Paper does not propose legislative
action at EU level, it may have an informal impact on legislation nationally, and it certainly confirms the impression that a stronger role for governments is increasingly becoming acceptable. In the field of sport, this is more epochal than it might seem at first glance.
Although the EU does not have the ambition to step in and become a regulator of sport, the White Paper may later prove to have been part of a wider trend, and its doping section may have proven the point with particular clarity.
