On 11 May 2015 la Fédération Française de Pelote Basque (FFPB) – the French Pelota Federation – decided to impose a warning on the Respondent M55 after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance heptaminol.
Hereafter in June 2015 the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) opened disciplinary proceedings against Respondent M55.
The Respondent admitted the violation and stated, sustained by medical evidence, that he non intentionally had used prescribed medication containing the substance as treatment for his hemorrhoid he suffered.
Considering the evidence the AFLD concludes that the use of the medication was justified but that the Respondent also had acted negligently. Therefore the AFLD decides on 22 October 2015 to annul the FFPB decision of 11 May 2015 and to impose a 6 month period of ineglibility starting on the date of the notification of the decision to the Respondent M55.
