EU domain
The .eu domain is special because it is one of the few top level domains which is govrned by positive law. In fact it is governed by following EU regulations (with links)
Eligibility criteria for registering domain name are defined in article 4 of 733/2002/EC directive. These are:
- undertaking having its registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the Community, or
- organisation established within the Community without prejudice to the application of national law, or
- natural person resident within the Community;
Sucess of EU domain |
It can be said that .eu domain became quite popular, so far more than three million domain names have been registered.
Some statistics here: https://eurid.eu/en/news/eurid-s-q2-2019-quarterly-statistics-and-developments-available/
Reports and publications here: https://eurid.eu/en/welcome-to-eurid/publications/
Sunrise perionds |
.EU domain introduced a unique way of figting cybersquatting by establishing so called sunrise periods. To learn more on sunrise periods please follow this link:
between the other, some information on sunrise period can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/MEMO_05_457