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What is a .EU domain?
.EU is the abbreviation for the European
Union and is only available to those businesses
and individuals located in the EU.
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Who can register .EU
domain?
In order to register a .eu domain name,
registrants must meet one of the following
criteria:
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Undertakings having
their registered office, central administration
or principal place of business within
the European Community; |
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Organizations established
within the European Community without
prejudice to the application of national
law; |
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Natural persons resident
within the European Community. |
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What is the term of
registration?
The term available for .eu domain registrations
is 1 year.
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Are there any reserved
and blocked .EU domain names?
The .EU Registry has reserved and blocked
certain names. These include:
Reserved names:
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names which are reserved
for registration only by the government
of a Member State.
Member States, countries due to join
the European Union in the future,
and member countries of the Europoean
Economis Area (that are not Member
States) were allowed to reserve their
official name and the name under which
they are commonly known in the one
or more of the official languages
of the EU. These names are published here
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Names which are reserved
for use by the Community institutions
A list of names published here has been reserved by the European
Commission for its own use or for
use by the Community institutions
and bodies.
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Names reserved for
the use of the .eu Registry
The following names are reserved for
the operational functions of the registry:
eurid.eu, registry.eu, nic.eu, dns.eu
internic.eu, whois.eu, das.eu, coc.eu,
eurethix.eu, eurethics.eu, euthics.eu.
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Blocked names:
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Geographical
and/or geopolitical concepts
Member States have been allowed
to submit a list of broadly recordnised
names with regards to geographical
and/or geopolitical concepts which
affect their political or territorial
organization that may either:
- not be registered, or
- be registered only under a second
level domain according to the public
policy rules.
The full list has been published
by the European Commission here
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Two-letter
codes representing countries
Two-letter codes representing countries
are blocked and may not be registered
as .eu domain names. The list is
published here |
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What are the technical
requirements for .EU?
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Minimum of 2 / maximum
of 63 characters allowed. |
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domain names can only
contain letters "a' to "z",
numbers "0" to "9"
and hyphen "-". |
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domain names cannot
begin or end with a hyphen. |
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domain names cannot
have hyphens on the 3rd and 4th position
simultaneously. |
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When a .eu domain will
put under quarantined/redemption?
A domain name will be quarantined for 40
days and subsequently released for new registration
if:
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it is not renewed; |
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It is revoked by the
Registry under any of the provisions
of the Public Policy Rules |
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What are the rules for
renewals?
You may now renew .eu domain name through
"Domain Renewal" function in Quick
Start Registration tool. Please note that
.eu domain can be renewed at any time during
the domain's term. WebNIC will extend the
domain expiry date at our database while
not at Registry due to Registry did not
have renewal function. If a renewal request
is not received, the .eu domain will be
deleted on its expiry date.
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What happens when a domain name expires?
When a domain name expires, it is immediately
suspend for a duration of forty (40) days.
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What are the rules for
Registrar transfers?
Transfer functionality will not be available
on the release date. Resellers will be notified
when this functionality is released.
Please note that transfers will result
in the expiry date of the domain being
updated to reflect the transfer completion
date plus 1 year.
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What are the rules for deletions?
Deletion functionality will not be available
on the release date. Resellers will be notified
when this functionality is released.
Please note that after reseller initiated
a domain deletion request, the domain will
suspend for a duration of forty (40) days
before release for registration again.
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I accidentally registered
a .eu domain can I delete it?
Yes, you can delete a .EU domain, however,
there will NO refund. Please contact support@webnic.cc for your request
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How to lock/unlock the .eu domain name?
Name protection function is not available
for .eu domain, therefore, domain status for
.eu domain is always under "Active"
and you are not able to lock/unlock the status.
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I
have an EU community trademark but my company
is based outside of the EU. Can I register
a .eu domain name?
No. Only the following categories of companies,
organizations and individuals will be able
to register a .eu domain:
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Undertakings having
their registered office, central administration
or principal place of business within
the European Community; |
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Organizations established
within the European Community without
prejudice to the application of national
law; |
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Natural persons resident
within the European Community. |
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Can
I change the registrant name?
Please note that changes to registrant information
will result in a chargeable transaction
when the owner name is changed and/or the
owner organization information is changed.
This chargeable owner changes will result
in the expiry date of the domain being updated
to reflect the change completion date plus
1 year. No refund for the fees paid for
the initial Domain name registration/renewal.
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