Page 11 Section II: Electronic Commerce Chapter 1: Field of application of electronic commerce Article I – 2: Electronic commerce is an economic activity by which a person offers or provides goods and services by electronic means. The field of electronic commerce also comprises services such as those providing information on-line, commercial communications, research tools, access, data retrieval and access to communication or information hosting network, even where such services are not remunerated by the recipients. Article I – 3: The activities defined in Article 1 – 2 of this Convention shall be exercised freely in the African Union space except: 1) Gambling, even in the form of legally authorized betting and lotteries; 2) Legal representation and assistance activities; and 3) Activities exercised by notaries in application of extant texts. Article I – 4: Without prejudice to other information obligations defined by extant legislative and regulatory texts in African Union Member States, any person exercising the activities set forth in Article I – 2 of this Convention shall provide to those for whom the goods and services are meant, easy, direct and uninterrupted access using an open standard in regard to the following information: 1) Where a physical person is involved, his/her name and surname; and where it is a corporate body, its corporate name; 2) Full address of the place of establishment, electronic mail address and telephone number; AU Draft0 010111