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(3) Audit reports shall be confidential and addressed to the Minister in charge of
Telecommunications.
(4) An instrument of the Minister in charge of Telecommunications shall fix conditions for
rating the severity scale.
III - OBLIGATIONS OF ACCESS, SERVICE AND CONTENT PROVIDERS
Section 33. Persons whose activity consists in providing access to electronic communication
services shall inform their subscribers of the existence of technical means of restricting access
to certain services of choosing them and propose to them at least one of such means.
Section 34. (1) The persons in charge, even gratuitously, of the storage of signals, written
material, images, sound or messages of any nature supplied by the users of such services may
be liable.
(2) However, the liability under sub-section 1 above shall not apply where:
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the said persons were not effectively aware of the illicit nature of the facts or
circumstances characterizing them as such;
once they became aware of the facts, acted promptly to withdraw such data or render
them inaccessible.
Section 35. (1) The persons referred to in Sections 33 and 34 above shall be bound to
preserve, for a period of 10 (ten) years, data enabling the identification of any person who
contributed to the creation of the content of the services they provided.
(2) They shall provide the persons who edit electronic .communication services with the
technical means enabling them to fulfil the identification conditions referred to in Sections 37
and 38 below.
(3) A judicial authority may request the providers referred to in Sections 33 and 34 above to
communicate communication data referred to in Subsection 1 above.
Section 36. The competent court referred to shall rule, within a maximum time-limit of 30
(thirty) days, on all measures to prevent or stop any damage caused by the content of an
electronic communication service.
Section 37. Persons engaged in editing electronic communication services shall inform the
public of:
- their full name, domicile and telephone numbers and, where they are subject to trade
registration, personal property loan formalities and their registration number, in case of
corporate bodies;
- their company or corporate name and head offices, telephone numbers and, where they are
corporate bodies subject to trade registration, personal property loan formalities, their
registration number, share capital, head office addresses, in case of corporate bodies;