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Type:	Non-Profit
Industry:	Domain Names
Founded:	2003
Headquarters:	Park Station Woluwelaan 150, 1831 Diegem
Country:	Belgium
Website:	eurid.eu
Key People
Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager

EURid (European Registry for Internet Domains) is a non-profit organization founded on April 8, 2003, by the three organizations operating the national registries for Belgium, Italy, and Sweden. After a call for expression of interest, the European Commission (EC) appointed EURid to manage and operate the .eu top-level domain (TLD) under the principles of common interest, quality, efficiency, dependability and accessibility for the member countries of the European Union.^[1]

Background[edit | edit source]

In 2002 Regulation 733/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the .eu TLD was published. Following the appointment of EURid as the .eu registry manager in 2003, the so-called Public Policy Rules were published by the European Commission in April 2004.

In March 2005, ICANN approved the delegation of the .eu in the DNS root zone.

On April 7, 2006, EURid officially opened general the registration for .eu on a first-come-first-served basis after a sunrise period. In the same year, the European Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC) and the organizations operating the ccTLDs for the Czech Republic (CZ.NIC) and Slovenia (ARNES) joined EURid. The following year, the Business Europe Organization also decided to join EURid.

In December 2009, .eu introduced IDNs, and in June 2010, it implemented the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a protocol adding security to the DNS by preventing the interception and redirection of web traffic to fake websites.^[2]

The first Service Concession Contract between EURid and the European Commission expired in 2009 and was renewed until October 2014. In April 2014, EURid is confirmed as the .eu registry manager for the next 5 years following an EC call for expression of interest. According to the initial Regulation (733/2002), the European Commission is expected to produce a report on the .eu TLD to the European Parliament and the Council every two years. The latest one dates back to 2015.

Over the past decade, EURid became the first European TLD registry to achieve EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) registration (2012), received the CENTR award for its Co-Funded Marketing Programme and achieved its ISO27001 certification (2013) and in 2016 launched the .eu in the Cyrillic script (.ею). In addition, EURid became a leading player in the DNS industry with Memorandum of Understanding signed with UNESCO, ICANN, EUIPO and several other Internet governance organisations.

Member Organizations[edit | edit source]

The current member organizations are the following:

DNS Belgium, the registry manager of .be
ARNES, the registry manager of .si
CZ.NIC, the registry manager of .cz
Business Europe
ECTA
EMOTA
IAB Europe
UEAPME
Istituto di Informatica e Telematica (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), the registry manager of .it

Office Locations[edit | edit source]

EURid’s headquarters are located in Diegem, Belgium; this location also serves as the regional office for Western Europe. The organization has three other regional offices, which are located in Pisa, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; and Stockholm, Sweden, and provide assistance to all registrars and customers using the respective regional languages.

Management[edit | edit source]

The European Commission is in charge of EURid, and ensures that the .eu registry is being managed and operated properly under the principles it was created with. The daily operations of EURid are supervised by an executive management team under the leadership of a Board of Directors.^[3]

Management Team[edit | edit source]

Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager
Juan Carlos Munguia Coca, Finance Manager
Peter Janssen, Technical Manager
Giovanni Seppia, External Relations Manager
Geo Van Langenhove, Legal Manager
Els Verstappen, Human Resources Manager
Dirk Jumpertz, Security Manager
Jordi Iparraguirre, Innovation Manager

Board of Directors[edit | edit source]

Pierre Verbaeten (DNS Belgium), Chairman
Marko Bonac (ARNES)
Domenico Laforenza (IIT CNR)
Tomáš Maršálek (CZ.NIC)
Massimo Cimoli (ECTA)

A strategic committee (with not more than 10 members) composed of a representative from each member of the organization advises EURid.

References[edit | edit source]

[1] EURid Articles of Association

[2] DNSSEC

[3] Management

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[2]

[3]

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-'''EURid''' ('''European Registry for Internet Domains''') is a non-profit organization founded on April 8, 2003, by the three organizations operating the national registries for Belgium, Italy, and Sweden. The '''European Council (EU)''' appointed the organization to manage and operate the [[.eu]] top-level domain ([[TLD]]) under the principles of common interest, quality, efficiency, dependability and accessibility within the member countries of the European Union.<ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/en/about/management/articles-association EURid Articles of Association]</ref>
+'''EURid''' ('''European Registry for Internet Domains''') is a non-profit organization founded on April 8, 2003, by the three organizations operating the national registries for Belgium, Italy, and Sweden. After a call for expression of interest, the European Commission (EC) appointed EURid to manage and operate the [[.eu]] top-level domain ([[TLD]]) under the principles of common interest, quality, efficiency, dependability and accessibility for the member countries of the European Union.<ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/en/about/management/articles-association EURid Articles of Association]</ref>
+===Background===
-==Background==
+In 2002 Regulation 733/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the .eu TLD was [https://eurid.eu/media/filer_public/11/df/11dff973-2b59-42ee-8fe3-4bc699052c99/733_2002_en_1.pdf published].  Following the appointment of EURid as the .eu registry manager in 2003, the so-called Public Policy Rules were [https://eurid.eu/media/filer_public/4f/cf/4fcfff7a-b24c-4de4-9bb4-eac3026921df/874_2004_en_0.pdf published] by the European Commission in April 2004.
-The European Council begin to initiate the establishment of the [[.eu]] top-level domain (TLD) in 1999 and delegated the responsibility to operate the .eu registry to EURid on May 2003 however, the actual service agreement was signed on October 2004. <ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/en/about/facts-figures/background-timeline EURid Timelime]</ref>
+In March 2005, [[ICANN]] approved the delegation of the .eu in the [[DNS]] root zone.
-On March 2005, the [[Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers|ICANN]]approved the application of EURid to include the .eu TLD to the root zone of the Internet Domain Name System ([[DNS]]).
+On April 7, 2006, EURid officially opened general the registration for .eu on a first-come-first-served basis after a sunrise period. In the same year, the European Chapter of the Internet Society ([[ISOC]]) and the organizations operating the [[ccTLD]]s for the Czech Republic ([[CZ.NIC]]) and Slovenia ([[ARNES]]) joined EURid. The following year, the Business Europe Organization also decided to join EURid.
-On April 7, 2006, EURid officially opened the general registration of the .eu TLD on a first come per serve basis and on the same year, the European Chapter of the '''Internet Society([[ISOC]])''' joined the EURid as well as the organizations operating the Czech Republic and Slovenia TLDs. The following year, the Business Europe Organization also decided to join EURid.
+In December 2009, .eu introduced [[IDN]]s, and in June 2010, it implemented the Domain Name System Security Extensions ([[DNSSEC]]), a protocol adding security to the DNS by preventing the interception and redirection of web traffic to fake websites.<ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/dnssec-and-eu DNSSEC]</ref>
-On December 2009. .eu introduced the IDNs and subsequently on JUne 2010, it implemented the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a protocol relevant in adding security to the DNS  by preventing internet threats that intercepts web traffic and redirecting users to fake websites.<ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/dnssec-and-eu DNSSEC]</ref>
+The first Service Concession Contract between EURid and the European Commission expired in 2009 and was renewed until October 2014. In April 2014, EURid is confirmed as the .eu registry manager for the next 5 years following an EC call for expression of interest. According to the initial Regulation (733/2002), the European Commission is expected to produce a report on the .eu TLD to the European Parliament and the Council every two years. The [https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2015/EN/1-2015-680-EN-F1-1.PDF latest one] dates back to 2015.
-==Founding Organizations==
+Over the past decade, EURid became the first European TLD registry to achieve EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) [https://eurid.eu/en/going-green/ registration] (2012), received the CENTR award for its Co-Funded Marketing Programme and achieved its [https://eurid.eu/en/about-us/securing-information/ ISO27001 certification] (2013) and in 2016 launched the .eu in the Cyrillic script (.ею). In addition, EURid became a leading player in the DNS industry with Memorandum of Understanding signed with UNESCO, ICANN, EUIPO and several other [https://eurid.eu/en/about-us/international-relations/ Internet governance organisations].
-The three founding organizations of the EURid are the following:
+==Member Organizations==
-* DNS Belgium- registry operator for Belgium's ([[.be ccTLD]])<ref>[http://www.dns.be/ www.dns.be]</ref>
+The current member organizations are the following:
-* Istituto di Informatica e Telematica- registry operator for Italy's ([[.it ccTLD]])<ref>[http://www.nic.it/ www.nic.it]</ref>
-* Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur, IIS- registry operator for Sweden's ([[.se ccTLD]])<ref>[http://www.iis.se/ www.iisec.se]</ref>
+* [[DNS Belgium]], the registry manager of [[.be]]
+* [[ARNES]], the registry manager of [[.si]]
+* [[CZ.NIC]], the registry manager of [[.cz]]
+* Business Europe
+* ECTA
+* EMOTA
+* IAB Europe
+* UEAPME
+* Istituto di Informatica e Telematica (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), the registry manager of [[.it]]
 ==Office Locations==
-EURid’s headquarter is located in Diegem, Belgium and it also serves as the regional office for Western Europe. The organization has three other regional offices that are located in Pisa, Italy; Prague, the czech Republic; and Stockholm, Sweden providing assistance to all registrars and costumers using the languages in the region.
+EURid’s headquarters are located in Diegem, Belgium; this location also serves as the regional office for Western Europe. The organization has three other regional offices, which are located in Pisa, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; and Stockholm, Sweden, and provide assistance to all registrars and customers using the respective regional languages.
 ==Management==
-The European Commission is the over-all in-charge to ensure that the .eu registry is being managed and operated properly under the principles to which it was created. The daily operations of EURid is supervised by an executive management team under the leadership of Board of Directors.<ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/en/about/management Management]</ref>
+The European Commission is in charge of EURid, and ensures that the .eu registry is being managed and operated properly under the principles it was created with. The daily operations of EURid are supervised by an executive management team under the leadership of a Board of Directors.<ref>[https://eurid.eu/en/about-us/ Management]</ref>
-The management team include:
-* Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager
-* Bart Foutrel, Finance Manager
-* Peter Janssen, Technical Manager
-* Brigitte Lagrou, Communications Manager
-* Giovanni Seppia, External Relations Manager
-* Geo Van Langenhove, Legal Manager
-* Els Verstappen, Human Resources Manager
-The Board of Directors include:
-* Pierre Verbaeten (DNS BE)(Chairman)
+====Management Team====
-* Marko Bonac (ARNES)
-* Danny Aerts (IIS)
-* Domenico Laforenza (IIT CNR)
-* Tomáš Maršálek (CZ.NIC)
-A strategic committee (member not more than 10)composed by a representative from each member of the organizations will provide advise to EURid. The committee will conduct at least four meetings per year.<ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/en/about/management/articles-association EURid Articles of Association]</ref> Other members include Philippe de Buck and Christopher Wilkinson.
+* [[Marc Van Wesemael]], General Manager
+* Juan Carlos Munguia Coca, Finance Manager
+* [[Peter Janssen]], Technical Manager
+* [[Giovanni Seppia]], External Relations Manager
+* [[Geo Van Langenhove]], Legal Manager
+* [[Els Verstappen]], Human Resources Manager
+* [[Dirk Jumpertz]], Security Manager
+* [[Jordi Iparraguirre]], Innovation Manager
-==ICANN and Eurid==
+====Board of Directors====
-Eurid hosted the 38th ICANN International Meeting in Europe which was held at Brussels on June 20-25, 2010. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-03sep09-en.pdf ICANN Press Release]</ref>
+* [[Pierre Verbaeten]] (DNS Belgium), Chairman
+* [[Marko Bonac]] (ARNES)
+* [[Domenico Laforenza]] (IIT CNR)
+* [[Tomáš Maršálek]] (CZ.NIC)
+* Massimo Cimoli (ECTA)
+A strategic committee (with not more than 10 members) composed of a representative from each member of the organization advises EURid.
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Organizations]]
+[[Category:Registries]]
+__NOTOC__