For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in Article L. 8211-1, the inspection officers defined by regulation shall have a right of communication enabling them to obtain, without prejudice to professional secrecy, communication of any document, information or data useful for the performance of their duties.
Without prejudice to other legislative provisions applicable to the exchange of information, the right of communication defined in this article shall be exercised under the conditions provided for and with the persons mentioned in section I of chapter II of title II of the first part of the tax procedures book, with the exception of the persons mentioned in articles L. 82 C, L. 83 A to L. 83 E, L. 84 to L. 84 E, L. 91, L. 95 and L. 96 B to L. 96 F of the same book.
For data kept and processed by electronic communications operators within the scope of article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code and by the service providers mentioned in 1 and 2 of I ofarticle 6 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, the right of communication instituted by this article applies only to data enabling the identification of persons offering work, a service or an activity that may fall within the scope of the offences constituting illegal employment mentioned in article L. 8211-1 of this code.
The right of communication provided for in the first paragraph of this article is exercised regardless of the medium used to store the documents and may be accompanied by the taking of extracts and copies. Documents and information shall be provided free of charge within thirty days of receipt of the written request.
It may concern information relating to unidentified persons, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State issued after consulting the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties.