.ar
.ar is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Argentina. It is administered by NIC Argentina.
Rules[edit | edit source]
To carry out online procedures, as an Argentinian resident, one will need a CUIT/CUIL ("Clave Única de Identificación Tributaria"/"Código Único de Identificación Laboral", in English "Unique Tax Identification Key"/"Unique Labor Identification Code") Number and Tax Code Level 2 or higher. Tax Code is a password given by AFIP ("Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos", in English "Federal Administration of Public Revenues")[1], the federal tax agency responsible for the administration and collection of national taxes, customs duties, and social security contributions.[2] If not a resident, one must validate their identity, as an individual or a legal entity. [3]
To register a domain in the zones ".bet.ar", ".coop.ar", ".gob.ar", ".int.ar", ".mil.ar", ".musica.ar", ".mutual.ar", ".org.ar", ".senasa.ar", ".seg.ar" or ".tur.ar" previously you must complete the Special Zones Qualification Procedure.
Also, the domains ".bet.ar", ".coop.ar", ".gob.ar", ".int.ar", ".mil.ar", ".mutual.ar", ". org.ar" and ".seg.ar", can only be registered by Legal Entities.[4]
Characters[edit | edit source]
The valid characters to compose a domain name will be the letters of the Spanish and Portuguese alphabet including "ñ" and "ç", accented vowels and umlauts, numbers and the hyphen "-". Names beginning with the characters "xn- -" (x en hyphen hyphen), or beginning or ending with the character "-" (hyphen), cannot be registered. For the purposes of determining priority before oppositions in the registration of domain names with multilingual characters, NIC Argentina will use the following conversion parameters:
- The characters "á", "â", "ã" o "à" will be considered as the letter "a".
- The characters "é" or "ê" will be considered as the letter "e".
- The character "í" will be considered as the letter "i".
- The characters "ó", "ô" or "õ" will be considered as the letter "o".
- The characters "ú" or "ü" will be considered as the letter "u".
- The character "ç" will be considered the letter "c" or "s", as appropriate.
- The character "ñ" will be considered different from the character "n".
In accordance with the provisions of the Current Regulations, domain names between 1 (one) and 50 (fifty) characters can be registered.[5]