Subject matter and objectives
1. This Regulation implements the .eu country code top-level domain (‘ccTLD’) and its available variants in other scripts, in order to support the digital single market, to build an online Union identity and to encourage cross-border online activities. It also lays down the conditions for its implementation, including the designation and characteristics of the Registry. This Regulation also establishes the legal and general policy framework within which the designated Registry is to function.
2. This Regulation applies without prejudice to arrangements in Member States regarding their national ccTLDs.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation:
(1)
‘Registry’ means the entity entrusted with the organisation, administration and management of the .eu TLD, including the maintenance of the corresponding databases and the associated public query services, the registration of domain names, the operation of the Registry of domain names, the operation of the Registry's TLD name servers, and the distribution of TLD zone files across name servers;
(2)
‘Registrar’ means a natural or legal person that, on the basis of a contract with the Registry, provides domain name registration services to registrants;
(3)
‘Internationalised Domain Name protocols’ means standards and protocols that support the use of domain names in characters that are not American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) characters;
(4)
‘WHOIS database’ means the collection of data containing information on the technical and administrative aspects of the .eu TLD registrations;
(5)
‘principles and procedures on the functioning of the .eu TLD’ means detailed rules concerning the functioning and management of the .eu TLD;
(6)
‘registration’ means the series of acts and procedural steps, from initiation to completion, taken by Registrars and the Registry upon the request of a natural or legal person for the purpose of implementing the registration of a domain name for a specified duration.
