In exceptional circumstances a service should not be considered to be an interpersonal communications service if the interpersonal and interactive communication facility is a minor and purely ancillary feature to another service and for objective technical reasons cannot be used without that principal service, and its integration is not a means to circumvent the applicability of the rules governing electronic communications services.
I gcúinsí eisceachtúla, níor cheart a mheas gur seirbhís cumarsáide idirphearsanta atá i seirbhís mura bhfuil sa tsaoráid chumarsáide idirphearsanta agus idirghníomhaí ach mionghné choimhdeach amháin de sheirbhís eile agus, ar chúiseanna teicniúla oibiachtúla, nach féidir í a úsáid gan an phríomhsheirbhís, agus nach bealach atá ina comhtháthú chun dul timpeall ar infheidhmeacht na rialacha lena rialaítear seirbhísí cumarsáide leictreonaí.