Traduction de «electronic mail gateway service » (Anglais → Français) :

(10) The definition of "information society service" in Article 1 of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules of information society services(12) spans a wide range of economic activities which take place on-line. Most of these activities are not covered by the scope of this Directive because they do not consist wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals on electronic communications netw ...[+++]orks. Voice telephony and electronic mail conveyance services are covered by this Directive.

As from 30 months after the entry into force of this Directive, subscribers shall have the right to ask providers of electronic communications services to use technical solutions which allow them to view the sender and subject line of electronic mails, and also to delete them, without having to download the rest of the electronic mail's content or any attachments.

2. Where a natural or legal person obtains electronic contact details for electronic mail directly from its customers, in the context of the purchase of a product or a service, in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC, the same natural or legal person may use these electronic contact details for direct marketing of its own products or services, provided that customers clearly and distinctly are given the opportunity to object, free of charge and in an easy manner, to such use ...[+++] of electronic contact details when they are collected and on the occasion of each message where the customer has not initially refused such use.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where a natural or legal person obtains electronic contact details for electronic mail directly from its customers, in the context of the purchase of a product or a service, in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC, the same natural or legal person may use these electronic contact details for direct marketing of its own similar products or services, provided that customers clearly and distinctly are given the opportunity to object, free of char ...[+++]ge and in an easy manner, to such use of electronic contact details when they are collected and on the occasion of each message where the customer has not initially refused such use.

As from 30 months after the entry into force of this Directive, subscribers have the right to ask from providers of electronic communications services to use technical solutions which allow them to view the sender and subject line of electronic mails, and also to delete them, without having to download the rest of the electronic mail's content or any attachments.

(18) Information society services span a wide range of economic activities which take place on-line; these activities can, in particular, consist of selling goods on-line; activities such as the delivery of goods as such or the provision of services off-line are not covered; information society services are not solely restricted to services giving rise to on-line contracting but also, in so far as they represent an economic activity, extend to services which are not remunerated by those who receive them, such as those offering on-line information or commercial communications, or those providing tools allowing for search, access and re ...[+++]trieval of data; information society services also include services consisting of the transmission of information via a communication network, in providing access to a communication network or in hosting information provided by a recipient of the service; television broadcasting within the meaning of Directive EEC/89/552 and radio broadcasting are not information society services because they are not provided at individual request; by contrast, services which are transmitted point to point, such as video-on-demand or the provision of commercial communications by electronic mail are information society services; the use of electronic mail or equivalent individual communications for instance by natural persons acting outside their trade, business or profession including their use for the conclusion of contracts between such persons is not an information society service; the contractual relationship between an employee and his employer is not an information society service; activities which by their very nature cannot be carried out at a distance and by electronic means, such as the statutory auditing of company accounts or medical advice requiring the physical examination of a patient are not information society services.