I'm probably not best equipped since I wasn't living in France at the time, but there's a quick summary at the time here: https://www.theregister.com/1999/01/1

I'm probably not best equipped since I wasn't living in France at the time, but there's a quick summary at the time here: https://www.theregister.com/1999/01/15/france_to_end_severe_encryption/ https://www.theregister.com/1999/01/15/france_to_end_severe_...