.pt
.pt is the ccTLD for Portugal. It is managed by Associação DNS.PT.[1]
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
Registration of a domain name is not admissible when it:
- manifestly corresponds to obscene language or words or expressions contrary to the law;
- corresponds to a protected Portuguese or European designation of origin or to a geographical indication under the applicable law;
- corresponds to a geographical name in accordance with and for the purposes provided for in article 7.
- a domain name must also not correspond to the reproduction of a trademark, name or designation of broad and widespread knowledge that constitutes an abusive appropriation of a right or interest of a legally protected third party, done in bad faith.
Characters[edit | edit source]
The conditions for the composition of domain names are as follows:
- domain name must have between 2 and 63 characters belonging to the following group: digits 0-9 and letters a-z;
- whenever a domain name includes special characters from the Portuguese alphabet, it can take on the nature of an IDN;
- the use of a [-] (hyphen) character is accepted only as a word separator, and it cannot be used at the beginning or at the end of a domain name;
- a domain name that starts with "xn" cannot have two consecutive hyphens [--] in the third and fourth positions.