S.L. 455.13 ст. 24

(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.

(2) The comments annotating various provisions of the shall be used to interpret the Code Code.

(3) The shall be interpreted as an independent and Code autonomous text and not by reference to the existing law or statutes of the or governments. Signatories

(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.

(5) Where the term "days" is used in the or an Code it shall mean calendar days unless otherwise International Standard, specified.

(6) The shall not apply retroactively to matters Code pending before the date the is accepted by a and Code Signatory 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 for subsequent post-Code violations.

(7) The Purpose, Scope and Organization of the World Anti-Doping Program and the and Appendix 1, Definitions, shall be Code considered integral parts of the Code.