.nc

.nc is the ccTLD for New Caledonia. It is managed by the Office des Postes et Telecommunications.

Rules and Restrictions

Registrants of a domain name within the .nc zone may be individuals or legal entities established in New Caledonia who meet the eligibility requirements and criteria specific to first- and second-level domains. The following entities are able to register under .nc:

• Legal entities with a registered office or establishment address in New Caledonia, identifiable through the Répertoire d'Identification des Entreprises et des Etablissements (RIDET) database;
• Professional individuals: self-employed individuals or entrepreneurs residing and operating in New Caledonia, identifiable through the RIDET database;
• Private individuals: Any adult with a primary residence in New Caledonia for more than 6 months can obtain 1 (one) top-level domain and 1 (one) second-level domain ".nom.nc." The registration requires proof of an address in New Caledonia for at least 6 consecutive months prior to the registration request and a valid national identity card.

A domain name must not:

• appear in the list of "prohibited terms", which include offensive, racist, obscene terms, or terms associated with crimes or offenses;
• infringe the rights of third parties, including but not limited to:
  • intellectual property (literary and artistic property and/or industrial property;
  • rules of competition and fair commercial conduct;
  • the right to a name, first name, or pseudonym of a person;
• be contrary to public decency and order, and in particular does not include any term:
  • penalized under the law of July 29, 1881, on the freedom of the press;
  • likely to harm the physical, mental, or moral development of minors;
• correspond to the name of a territorial collectivity of the Republic, as published by INSEE, or the name of an institution in New Caledonia as provided by Organic Law No. 99-209.

Reserved Domain Names

Examples of "reserved" terms include technical Internet terminology, names of regulated professions, terms related to state functions, names of countries that are signatories to the Paris Convention, and recognized names or terms of international organizations, as well as the official names of French municipalities.

Second-level Domains

.asso.nc

".asso.nc" is reserved for associations. To obtain an asso.nc domain name, the applicant must provide the full name of the association, and a copy of the RIDET registry extract. If identification is unsuccessful, the registry may request additional documents.

The domain name must correspond entirely or partially to the association's name or trade name as it appears on the supporting document, or to its acronym.

.nom.nc

The ".nom.nc" SLD is reserved exclusively for individuals.

The surname corresponds to the family or maiden name as shown on the applicant's identity document (valid national ID card or passport).

The domain name must be formatted as follows: first name-surname.nom.nc or surname-first name.nom.nc.

Only one hyphen (“-”) is permitted in the .nom.nc domain syntax. Compound first names are to be merged (e.g., Jean Pierre Dupont becomes either dupont-jeanpierre.nom.nc or jeanpierre-dupont.nom.nc).

Characters

Domain names may include alphanumeric terms consisting of French alphabet letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and the hyphen (-).

Domain names that cannot be registered include:

• names with fewer than 3 characters;
• names beginning or ending with a hyphen (-);
• names longer than 250 characters (with a maximum of 63 characters between each "-").

Country code top-level domain

Second Level Domain