The public prosecutor in Nanterre, France, on Thursday dropped a demand that Scottish cyclist David Millar face jail for his role in the Cofidis doping scandal from 2000 to 2003.

Millar had possibly been facing between three months and a year in jail, suspended, if found guilty of possession of doping products.

On Tuesday Millar admitted in court to having taken the blood-booster EPO and testosterone to improve his performances.

"I took drugs because it was my job to get good results," Millar told the court on Tuesday.

Prosecutor Jacques Hossaert has also recommended that the court not hand down prison time for former Cofidis director, Boguslaw Madejak, who might have received a four- to six-month sentence.

Madejak, 51, has already served six months on remand and will not face any more time behind bars if the court accepts the prosecutor's directions.

Millar has already served a two-year ban from cycling after admitting to having taken EPO, a move that saw him stripped of the world time trial title he won in 2003.

Hossaert said Millar had "brought some very interesting elements to the discussion" and said there were doubts as to whether Millar's possession of banned substances had taken place in France or Spain.

The prosecutor was not so lenient towards Pierre Ben Yamin, a Parisian pharmacist suspected of supplying EPO to sportsmen. Hossaert demanded he serve a suspended prison term of six months to a year and face a fine of 3,000 euros (3850 dollars). Seven other defendants, Philippe Gaumont, Mederic Clain, Massimiliano Lelli, Robert Sassone, Marek Rutkiewicz, Daniel Majewski (all current or former riders) and Oleg Kozlitine (a coach), face three to six months suspended.