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Home  News “.eu”: Europe’s new internet address opens for business on 7 December
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“.eu”: Europe’s new internet address opens for business on 7 December |
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6.12.2005. |
The Commission announced that the “.eu” top-level domain, which enables businesses, public bodies and citizens to choose a pan-European Internet name for their web sites and e-mail addresses, opens for business on 7 December 2005. A “.eu” suffix enables users to project a Europe-wide presence, ambition or affiliation. It complements, but does not replace, national country codes such as France’s “.fr”, Poland’s “.pl” or the UK’s “.uk”. A sunrise period of 4 months will allow holders of prior rights – including businesses – to apply for the registration of domain names provided they are settled in the European Union. From 7 April 2006, the Registry will open its doors for applications from the general public. With the launch of .eu, the Commission lives up to the promise made at the Lisbon European Council in 2000 to give Europe’s Information Society an identity on the web under reliable EU rules.
“I expect Europe’s top level domain .eu to become similarly important as .com”, said Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding. “For businesses, .eu will extend their marketing reach, while protecting them under EU law against cybersquatters. As a citizen, a “.eu” address can help making your web presence or that of your school, university, or club more visible across the European Union. Europe’s new top level domain therefore offers a unique opportunity for modern online marketing across borders.”
The .eu top level domain is managed and operated by a private, not-for-profit Registry, EURid (working title for the non-profit consortium of 3 registries: DNS-BE (Belgium), IIT CNR (Italy) and NIC SE (Sweden)) selected by the Commission following an open call. EURid will register applications for the registration of domain names through a large net of accredited Registrars. The registration of domain names can only be requested through one of these accredited Registrars. A list of all registrars and the languages in which registration is offered, can be found on the following website: http://list.eurid.eu/registrars/
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