E-Komm-Direktive, Art. 12(1)(ca)

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@guug.de>]

Artikel 12 der E-Komm-Direktive regelt Haftungsfragen beim "mere
conduit".  Die Version des Europäischen Parlaments lautet wie folgt:

   Mere conduit

   1. Where an Information Society service is provided that consists of
   the transmission in a communication network of information provided by
   the recipient of the service, or the provision of access to a
   communication network, Member States shall provide in their
   legislation that the provider of such a service shall not be liable,
   otherwise than under a prohibitory injunction, for the information
   transmitted, on condition that the provider:

   (a) does not initiate the transmission;

   (b) does not select the receiver of the transmission; and

   (c) does not select or modify the information contained in the
   transmission.

   (ca) allows means of surveillance, which are to be rendered
   operational on the basis of legislation or codes of conduct.

   2. The acts of transmission and of provision of access referred
   to in paragraph 1 include the automatic, intermediate and
   transient storage of the information transmitted in so far as
   this takes place for the sole purpose of carrying out the
   transmission in the communication network, and provided that the
   information is not stored for any period longer than is
   reasonably necessary for the transmission and that all necessary
   steps are taken to ensure that the information is not, during
   storage, accessible for persons other than the intended
   recipient.

Nach meinem Verständnis bezieht sich Artikel 12 letztlich auf die
Aktivitäten eines ISPs, die sich als "Telekommunikationsdienste"
umschreiben lassen.  Ich verstehe nicht, was bei solchen Diensten
Überwachungsmittel zu suchen haben, und noch weniger, was es da mit
Überwachungsmitteln auf Grund von "codes of conduct" auf sich haben
soll.

Fällt einem der Juristen hier dazu etwas ein?