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.ᲒᲔ is the IDN ccTLD for Georgia. It is managed by the Information Technologies Development Center (ITDC).

Delegation History

On June 4 2010, an application was made to the “IDN Fast Track” process to have the string “გე” recognized as representing Georgia. The request was supported by the Head of the Administration of the President of Georgia and seven ISPs in the country.

On January 7 2011, review by the IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel found that "the applied-for string ... present none of the threats to the stability or security of the DNS identified in Module 4 of the Fast Track implementation plan, and present an acceptably low risk of user confusion". The request for the string to represent the Georgia was subsequently approved.

On August 11 2011, the ITDC commenced a request to ICANN for delegation of “გე” as a top-level domain. Over the next three years, several delegation requests were submitted to IANA but none met all the delegation criteria. On 22 July 2014, the ITDC commenced another request for delegation of “გე” as a top-level domain, which was eventually granted by IANA.

Rules and Restrictions

Since the registrar does not have the right to refuse registration of a domain name selected by the user on the basis of conditions not foreseen in these rules, the registrant is solely responsible for selecting the domain name and any possible violation of third-party rights that may arise in connection with the selection and registration of the domain name. The user is also liable for any damages related to such violations. Since the registration system uses automated tools to process applications, the registrar does not have the technical capability to continuously check the compliance of domain names selected by users with the rules. However, during selective checks, the registrar has the right to refuse the registration of a domain name containing words that contradict public interests, the principles of humanism and morality (specifically, words with obscene content, anti-humanitarian messages, or offensive statements towards human dignity or religious sentiments). Additionally, along with refusing the registration, the registrar has the right to notify the coordinator about the designation for its inclusion in the stop list (a list provided by the coordinator and contains designations that are not allowed to be registered as domain names because they use words that are contrary to public interests, principles of humanism and morality (in particular, words containing obscene, anti-human appeals, insulting human dignity or religious feelings, etc.).

To prevent possible violations, it is recommended that the registrant ensures there are no similar trademarks, company names, other intellectual property, or names of commercial organizations and government entities before applying to register a domain name.

The registrant is not entitled to register a domain name with words that conflict with public interests, the principles of humanism and morality (specifically, words containing obscene content, anti-humanitarian messages, or offensive statements towards human dignity or religious sentiments).

Characters

The domain name must meet the following technical requirements:

• it must contain at least two characters;
• it must not exceed 63 characters;
• it must start and end with a letter or a number;
• it must not contain symbols other than letters, numbers, or hyphens;
• it must not contain hyphens in two consecutive positions.

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