Effective technical measures within the meaning of Article L. 331-5 which are capable of preventing or limiting the uses of a database that the producer has not authorised pursuant to Article L. 342-1 benefit from the protection provided by Article L. 335-4-1.
Database producers who make use of the technical protection measures referred to in the first paragraph shall, however, take appropriate steps to ensure that their implementation does not deprive the beneficiaries of the exceptions defined in Article L. 342-3 of their effective benefit, in accordance with the conditions set out in 2° of Article L. 331-28 and Articles L. 331-7 to L. 331-10, L. 331-30 to L. 331-32 and L. 331-34.
Any dispute relating to the right to benefit from the exceptions defined in Article L. 342-3 which involves a technical measure referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall be submitted to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique.