1. Use, supply, import and intra-EU transfer from a European Union country

1.1 Definition of wireless products containing cryptographic functions

Article 29 of the French Law on Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN) of June 21, 2004 defines cryptology.

It is "any hardware or software designed or modified to transform data, whether information or signals, using secret conventions or to perform the opposite operation, with or without a secret convention. The main purpose of cryptology is to guarantee the security of data storage or transmission, by ensuring confidentiality, authentication or integrity control".

A cryptographic device therefore has two characteristics. It must ensure the security of data storage or transmission, and use a secret convention for encryption. The law enshrines the freedom to use...