.ευ
ccTLD | |
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Type | ccTLD |
Status | Active |
Implemented | July 18, 2019 |
Script | Greek |
In English | eu |
Punycode | xn--qxa6a |
Registry | EURid vzw |
Websites |
.ευ is one of the IDN ccTLDs for the European Union. In the Greek language, the string has a transliteration equivalent to "eu" in English. The string is expressed using the Greek script. It is managed by the European Registry for Internet Domains EURid.[1]
Delegation History[edit | edit source]
On April 22, 2002, the EU's Regulation 733/2002 established the .eu TLD, taking effect on the 30th of the same month. A year later, on May 21, 2003, the European Commission (with Member States) appointed the European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) as its manager. In May 2005, management of the .eu domain was formally delegated to EURid.
On May 5, 2010, an application was made to the ICANN ccTLD IDN Fast Track Process to have the strings "ευ" and "ею" recognized as representing the European Union in Greek and Cyrillic scripts, respectively.
In 2012, the Cyrillic string succeeded in passing the DNS Stability Panel evaluation, but it found that the Greek string presented an "unacceptably high risk of user confusion" and was therefore rejected by the Panel.
In September 2014, following a request for re-evaluation, the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process' Extended Process Similarity Review Panel found that the Greek string in upper case "should still be considered confusingly similar to the following ISO 3166-1 entries: EV and EY."
On February 12, 2016, management of the .ею top-level domain representing the European Union in Cyrillic script was delegated to EURid.
On 29 March 2019, ICANN announced the release of the updated IDN ccTLD Fast Track Final Implementation Plan (FIP), including changes proposed by ICANN's Country Code Supporting Organization and Security and Stability Advisory Committee in response to the ICANN Board of Directors' request for guidance on the implementation of the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel. In accordance with the updated FIP, EURid proposed risk mitigation measures which it will implement on or before the launch of the .ευ top-level domain.
In April 2019, it was announced that the Service Concession Contract between EURid and the European Commission had been extended until October 12, 2022.
On June 5, 2019, ICANN announced the successful string evaluation completion of the proposed IDN ccTLD string in Greek and, on July 18, 2019, EURid initiated a request for delegation of the .ευ top-level domain.[1], which was granted.
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
Please, refer to .eu's Rules and Restrictions.
References[edit | edit source]
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