Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

I.-Digital copies or reproductions of works with a view to text and data searches for the sole purpose of scientific research may be made: -by staff of the institutions mentioned in II of Article L. 122-5-3 and natural persons who, in order to carry out research activities, are attached to them by virtue of internal rules and procedures or agreements; on behalf of and at the request of an institution…

An institution mentioned in II of Article L. 122-5-3 may, by means of a deposit contract, entrust the storage and preservation of all or part of the digital copies and reproductions made during a text and data search to another institution mentioned in the same II or to a public or private person whose mission is to provide these institutions with data storage, computing or electronic communications network services and…

The institutions mentioned in II of article L. 122-5-3 shall provide copyright holders, at their request, with all documents and evidence, in particular the clauses of the agreements mentioned in II of article R. 122-23 and the deposit contracts mentioned in article R. 122-24, making it possible to establish that the digital copies and reproductions made during a search of texts and data are stored with an appropriate level of…

Copyright owners shall inform the institutions mentioned in II of Article L. 122-5-3, at the request of the latter, within a reasonable period of time, or when the contract is concluded when lawful access to the work takes the form of contractual authorisation: -the proportionate and necessary measures that they are implementing or plan to implement in order to ensure the security and integrity of the networks and databases in…