.ar

Status:	Active
Country:	Argentina
Introduced:	September 23, 1987
Manager:	Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría Legal y Técnica
Registry Provider:	NIC Argentina (Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría Legal y Técnica)
Type:	ccTLD
Website:	nic.ar
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.ar is the ccTLD for Argentina. It is managed by the Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría Legal y Técnica. The official registry is NIC Argentina.

Rules and Restrictions

To register under .ar 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"), the federal tax agency responsible for the administration and collection of national taxes, customs duties, and social security contributions.

If not a resident, one must validate their identity, as an individual or a legal entity.

Second-level Domains

Open Zones

The following SLDs belong to the "open zone".

• .com.ar: for commercial activities;
• .net.ar: for websites associated with the technological and internet sector on the web;
• .tur.ar: intended for tourism related people or entities;
• .seg.ar: for people and companies selling or promoting insurance.

Although in the open zone, both ".tur.ar" and ".seg.ar" require special license from NIC Argentina, while ".com.ar" and ".net.ar" do not have any requirements for registering.

Special Zone

To register a domain in the following zones, the Special Zones Qualification Procedure must be previously completed:

• .bet.ar: for online gambling operators, licensed by local and national government;
• .coop.ar: for registered cooperatives;
• .gob.ar: for local and national government;
• .int.ar: for international entities and representatives of foreign international organizations in Argentina;
• .mil.ar: for military use;
• .musica.ar: for any member listed in the National Registry of Musicians and National Musical Groups;
• .mutual.ar: for registered mutual organizations;
• .org.ar: for non-profit organizations, which must present a valid proof;
• .senasa.ar: for legal and human persons related to the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA);

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.

Characters

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.

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