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We will publish a full registration policy for .eu and begin to make
important information and documents available in all the official
languages of the EU.
Once .eu registrars are accredited they will be allowed to accept
pre-registrations for their customers. At the start of the live
registrations, they will introduce their pre-registrations in the
automated systems of EURid for processing.
We have made a tentative
timetable setting out the key tasks to be done and estimating when
each stage will take after the contract is complete, leading up to
commencement of registrations.
Once .eu registrars are accredited they are allowed to accept pre-registrations for their customers. At the start of the live registrations, they will introduce their pre-registrations in the automated systems of EURid for processing. In case certain domain names were pre-registered several times, the automated systems will determine on a "first come, first served" basis which pre-registration will eventually lead to a definitive registration (the huge load of simultaneous applications will also generate a randomising effect).
Prior to the start of the registrations under .eu there will also be a "sunrise period". During this period holders of certain rights (e.g. trademark holders) will have the opportunity to apply for the registration of the corresponding .eu domain name.
Those applications will of course be evaluated and in case of approval the applicant will be informed that he is entitled to register the corresponding .eu domain name through an accredited .eu registrar of his choice.
So, similar to the model used for the "live" registrations, applications based on priority rights will ultimately need to be introduced through the registrars during the "sunrise period" and cannot be transmitted directly to EURid by the applicant.
The start of the "sunrise period" will be announced by EURid well in advance in order to allow sufficient time for the introduction of the applications. In order to get informed about the latest details on the "sunrise period" it is recommended to pay a visit to the main site of EURid at regular times.
Yes there will be a predefined set of IP addresses (number to be defined) and a limitation on the number of connection attempts per second (number to be defined) Every Registrar to violate the system will be in breach of the Registrar's agreement. (see par 7.2 : The Registrar may not overload EURid's network or hinder EURid from providing its services (for example by denial of service attacks)). The Registrar must not act in such a way that it jeopardises the stability of the Internet. If the Registrar breaches these obligations, EURid may suspend this agreement immediately and without notice for 14 days. EURid may terminate the agreement if after 14 days the Registrar still breaches these obligations.)
No.
These countries should be helped by the fact that there will be :
· a predefined set of IP addresses (number to be defined)
· a limitation on the number of connection attempts per second (number to be defined)
· After each application is accepted into our database, the connection will be broken and that registrar must join with all the other to try for a new connection.
No.
A Registrar must put his actual address. There are no geographical limitations for registrar and they can be based anywhere. (only domain name applicants must be EU based).
We do not see a problem at this moment though EU data protection laws must be observed (please see Article 9 of the Registrar Agreement).
Yes , provided there is a written agreement between the two parties in that respect.
Yes, for details see SUNRISE rulebook to be published by the Validation Agent before the end of the Summer
Yes , but for those cases where evidence is sent but never validated due to the name being allocated to someone earlier in the queue, part of the fee will be reimburse to the registrar.
No. Transfers will only be possible after the sunrise period has finished and for names which have been activated (registered) 40 days after a successful validation.
Currently, the whois policy is still under discussion and is much influenced by the privacy aspects. It is difficult to tell at this point what the whois will show.
No.
No feedback is foreseen from the Validation Agent. Responsibility rests with the applicant to ensure that the requested evidence is submitted in total and in a legible fashion.
During the Sunrise period, the Registrar will receive a weekly report with the following information for each of the domain names in his account:
Domain name
Place in the queue
Name licensee
Deadline for sending evidence
Status
The registrar will then be able to take steps to remind those of his clients who deadlines approach.
The application set up for Sunrise period is a standard EPP with a number of additional fields to reflect the special requirements of .eu; as EPP is an “extensible” XML standard , this does not affect its compliance.
Registered National and Community trademarks have equal status to apply during phase 1 of the sunrise period and will be treated on a first-come-first-served basis.
The full rules for sunrise are currently being drafted by experts within our Validation Agent in consultation with the European Commission and other interested parties. They will be published as soon as possible. However, we have sought clarification from the European Commission who indicated that only community trademarks and those registered within a EU member state qualify for the sunrise period.
The full rules for sunrise are currently being drafted by experts within our Validation Agents and in consultation with the European Commission and other interested parties. They will be published as soon as possible. However, we have sought clarification from the European Commission who indicated that a trademark must actually be registered to qualify for the sunrise period.
The full rules for sunrise are currently being drafted by experts within our Validation Agents and in consultation with the European Commission and other interested parties. They will be published as soon as possible. We await clarification form the European Commission on this matter.
Names that are freed up following to rejected sunrise applications will be made available at a date which will be determined later on. It will be announced in advance.
The existence of a domain name (or the number of applicants for a name during sunrise) can be checked using the whois facility (a system involving the use of “captcha” will be put in place to discourage automation and data mining).
Yes, every name that is not reserved and acceptable from a syntaxes’ point of view, is possible.
No. The European Commission’s regulation 874/2004 (public policy rules for .eu) forbids the registration of 2-letter country codes under .eu. under any circumstance.
Yes for name server groups and contacts.
The “full version” will only be available via Web interface, a limited amount of data will be available via port 43 See also questions 14 and 25.
EURID agrees and we hope to make it available before the end of the summer.
There is only one validation agent, who has a representative office in each of the EU Member states and has accepted to do validation for all sunrise applications.
Yes, but there is a lot of paperwork to do and validation has to be done in the 20 European languages
The
sunrise fee are cost related and reflect the development of systems and
the cost of processing and validating applications from 25 member
states and in 20 languages.
In the language the registrant has selected for his registrant terms and conditions.
Yes.
Yes.
Policy rules do not allow the registry to accept registrations directly from the domain name applicants. Wherever EURID publishes fees it is careful to stress the fact that the published fees are those charged to the registrars whose fees to their clients will reflect the levels of service they provide.
Local legal restrictions in that respect should be checked.
No, but as EURID is a non-profit company and required to set cost-related fees, once the start up costs are recovered , a reduction of the fees is possible in the future.
During the Sunrise period, the Registrar will receive a weekly report
with the following information for each of the domain names in his
account:
• Domain name
• Place in the queue
• Name licensee
• Deadline for sending evidence
• Status
No , see exhibit 1 of the registrar’s agreement :
The fee for the
registration of a Domain Name is 10 EUR (excl. VAT) at the time of the
signature of this agreement between EURid and the Registrar.
This fee includes the licence to use the Domain Name for a 1 year period after the registration.
Yes, we will make it available as soon as possible.
Only the initial date of registration is shown.
Only bank transfers will be accepted but the system is full automatic and there will be no delay in updating the registrars’ account once the payment arrives.