Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1878 of 25 October 2021 on the designation of the .eu top-level domain Registry (Text with EEA relevance)
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The European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) shall be the .eu top-level domain Registry entrusted with the organisation, management and administration of the .eu top-level domain pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/517 and subject to the provisions of Article 2.
The European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) is invited to enter into a contract specifying the conditions according to which the Commission supervises the organisation, administration and management of the .eu top-level domain by the Registry, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/517. Should the contract negotiations between the European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) and the Commission end without the conclusion of a contract, the next ranking applicant shall be designated as the Registry, in accordance with Article 10 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083. The service concession contract shall have an initial period of five years and may be extended once for an additional period of maximum five years.
Commission Implementing Decision 2014/207/EU ( 4 ) is repealed.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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