Everything you should know about .EU domain name registration

Following the agreement between ICANN and EURid, the calendar for the opening of the .eu domain name has taken a concrete form:

• 21/03/05: The integration of the TLD in the roots approved by ICANN
• 22/03/05: EURid appointed the company PriceWaterhouse Coopers as validation agent for Belgium.
• xx/04/05: Finalization of the ADR-procedure and appointment of the organisation responsible for conflicts.
• xx/05/05: Finalization of the “Registrar Agreement” and commencement of the appointment of the Registrars.
• xx/06/05: Publication of the Registration Policy as to expose it to commentary.
• xx/09/05: Publication of the attribution rules of the .eu domain name in all the European languages.
• xx/09/05: Final draft of the Registration Policy, including the rules of Sunrise and the exact date of the opening of the Sunrise period.
• xx/09/05: The software will be made available to the Registrars so they can submit it to tests.
• xx/12/05: Launch of Sunrise Period 1
• xx//01/06: Launch of Sunrise Period 2
• xx/04/06: Opening of the registration of domain names for all.

The first registration of a .eu domain name is planned for this year, even if the definitive opening of the .eu-extension for all is not planned till about halfway 2006.

The 21st of March, ICANN has finally approved the delegation of the Top Level domain .eu. This agreement allows us to ask ICANN to insert the .eu in the world root servers. This stage should not take longer then 10 days.

Important outcome for the calendar of the .eu: this agreement enables us to confirm the opening of the first Sunrise Period for the end of 2005. We can confirm, with almost utter certainty, that it will be possible to register a .eu domain name before the end of this year