63That said, in the third place, pursuant to Article 3(4)(a) of Directive 2000/31, Member States may, in respect of a given information society service, take measures that derogate from Article 3(2) of that directive, provided, first, that those measures are necessary in the interests of public policy, the protection of public health, public security or the protection of consumers; secondly, that those measures are taken against an information society service which actually undermines those objectives or constitutes a serious and grave risk to those objectives; and, thirdly, that those measures are proportionate to those objectives.
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