I.-Private copy levies are not due when the recording medium is acquired for their own use or production by:
1° Audiovisual communication companies;
2° Producers of phonograms or videograms and persons who ensure, on behalf of producers of phonograms or videograms, the reproduction thereof;
2° bis Publishers of works published on digital media;
3° Legal persons or bodies, the list of which is drawn up by the minister responsible for culture, who use recording media for the purpose of assisting the visually or hearing impaired.
II.-Remuneration for private copying is not due either for recording media acquired in particular for professional purposes whose conditions of use do not allow a presumption of use for private copying purposes.
IIa.- Private copy levies are also not payable by persons who export or supply recording media that have been put into circulation in France within the Community.
III.An agreement recording the exemption and setting out the terms and conditions may be entered into between the persons benefiting from I, II or II bis and one of the organisations mentioned in I of article L. 311-6. If one of the bodies refuses to enter into an agreement, it must specify the reasons for its refusal.
Failing the conclusion of an agreement, these persons are entitled to reimbursement of the remuneration upon production of supporting documents determined by the ministers responsible for culture and the economy.