NADA Austria
Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur GmbH (NADA Austria) was established on 1 July 2008 as a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (limited liability company) with its head office in Vienna. Since then, it has been exercising the statutory obligations for the Independent Anti-Doping Organization as stipulated in the Anti-Doping Federal Act 2007 (Anti-Doping-Bundesgesetz; ADBG) as amended by Federal Law Gazette I no. 146/2009.
NADA Austria's key mission is to combat doping in sports on every front by means of an efficient, state-of-the-art doping control system, as well as prevention through education, information and awareness-raising programs.
NADA Austria
- is a service institution for clean sports in Austria;
- represents the World Anti-Doping Program based on the World Anti-Doping Code;
- stands for the true value of sport, the spirit of sport, ethics, fair play, honesty, health, character, teamwork, rules and laws, respect and the Olympic idea;
- brings about through its activities a change in public awareness leading to general disapproval of doping practices;
- regards doping as deceitful toward competitors in sport and as a severe hazard to athletes' health;
- stands for fair competitions for the future of our youth and our country;
- relies especially on young people's insight, so that fewer doping incidents will occur in the future;
- stands for the athletes' fundamental right to participate in doping-free sports, in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code;
- is set up as an independent organization, free from any subjective influence.