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|status = Contract Signed

|status = Delegated

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|category = [[:Category:Food & Drink New gTLDs|Food & Drink]] <br> [[:Category:Culture New gTLDs|Culture]]

|category = [[:Category:Food & Drink New gTLDs|Food & Drink]] <br> [[:Category:Culture New gTLDs|Culture]]

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|priority = 230 - [[Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable]]<br><s>1689 - [[Demand Media]] ([[United TLD Holdco Ltd.]])</s>

|priority = 230 - [[Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable]]<br><s>1689 - [[Demand Media]] ([[United TLD Holdco Ltd.]])</s>  

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'''.bar''' is a proposed domain name string to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> This string, applied for by two applicants as a generic application, was deemed a [[GeoTLD|Geographic TLD]] by ICANN's [[Geographic Names Panel]], referring to a commune in Montenegro. Geo TLDs must have government support in order to pass evaluation and proceed towards delegation.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/12166-told-you-so-four-new-gtlds-given-geographic-surprise-others-given-a-pass Told You So Four New gTLDs Given Geographic Surprise others Given a Pass, DomainIncite.com] Retrieved 7 Mar 2013</ref>

'''.bar''' is a proposed domain name string to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> This string, applied for by two applicants as a generic application, was deemed a [[GeoTLD|Geographic TLD]] by ICANN's [[Geographic Names Panel]], referring to a commune in Montenegro. Geo TLDs must have government support in order to pass evaluation and proceed towards delegation.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/12166-told-you-so-four-new-gtlds-given-geographic-surprise-others-given-a-pass Told You So Four New gTLDs Given Geographic Surprise others Given a Pass, DomainIncite.com] Retrieved 7 Mar 2013</ref> The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 27 February 2014.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 5 March 2014</ref>

==Current Applicants==

==Current Applicants==

# [[Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable]], applied for the string as [[GeoTLD|geographical TLD]] for the city of Barcelona. They have contracted [[CentralNic]] as their technical provider.

# [[Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable]], applied for the string as [[GeoTLD|geographical TLD]] for the city of Barcelona. They have contracted [[CentralNic]] as their technical provider.

==Contract Signed==

==Contract Signed==

On 12 December 2013 [[Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .bar after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/15299-ten-more-new-gtlds-get-icann-contracts Ten More New gTLDs Get ICANN Contracts, DomainIncite] Retrieved 13 Dec 2013</ref>

On 12 December 2013 [[Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .bar after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/15299-ten-more-new-gtlds-get-icann-contracts Ten More New gTLDs Get ICANN Contracts, DomainIncite] Retrieved 13 Dec 2013</ref>

==References==

==References==