Spanish government drafts anti-doping law in-line with WADA
BARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish government presented stricter legislation Friday to bring the country back in line with World Anti-Doping Agency standards.
WADA declared Spain “non-compliant” last March, and suspended the accreditation of the Madrid anti-doping laboratory in June.
Spain passed a sweeping anti-doping law in 2013 to match the standards then held by WADA, but that law was made antiquated when WADA strengthened its standards in 2015.
The government said Friday that the new legislation has “the objective of bringing Spanish legislation in line with the requirements of the World Anti-doping Agency.”