The authorised and sworn agents of the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) may record acts likely to constitute infringements of the rights referred to in Article L. 333-10.
Within this framework, these agents may, without being held criminally liable:
1° Participate, under a pseudonym, in electronic exchanges likely to relate to infringements of the rights referred to in the same Article L. 333-10;
2° Reproduce sporting events or competitions broadcast on online public communication services;
3° Extract, acquire or retain by this means evidence on these services for the purposes of characterising facts likely to constitute infringements of rights;
4° Acquire and study hardware and software likely to facilitate the commission of infringements of the rights mentioned in the said Article L. 333-10.
Under penalty of nullity, these acts may not have the effect of inciting others to commit an infringement.
The officers shall record the information thus gathered in a report, which shall give an account of the conditions under which the powers recognised in 1° to 4° of this article were used.