(latest review January 2024)

by ELZABURU, Madrid, Spain

 

– Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 19, 2019 on the implementation and functioning of the .eu top-level domain name and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 733/2002 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No. 874/2004.
– Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857 of June 17, 2020 laying down the principles to be included in the contract between the European Commission and the .eu top-level domain Registry in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
– .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Supplemental Rules (available at: https://eu.adr.eu/html/en/adr/adr_rules/ADR_rules.pdf).
– Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 19, 2019 on the implementation and functioning of the .eu top-level domain name and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 733/2002 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No. 874/2004.

Filing

Country code top-level domain name: .eu 

Second-level domains: registrable solely by the member States in the form of geographic or geopolitical names that affect their political or territorial organization following notification of the said names to the Commission. The second-level domain .europa.eu has been reserved for EU institution sites. The 27 countries forming the European Union (EU) are, at present: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

Applicant: individuals and legal entities. 

Restriction as to nationality – local presence: “.eu” domain names may be registered through any accredited “.eu” Registrar upon request by (1) European Union citizens, independently of their place of residence; (2) a natural person who is not a European Union citizen and who is a resident of a Member State; (3) an undertaking that is established in the European Union; or (4) an organisation that is established in the European Union, without prejudice to the application of national law.

Domestic trademark right: not required for obtaining domain name registration. 

Domain name can be registered as a trademark: yes.

Registration, Protection

Duration: one to ten years.

Renewal/maintenance: one to ten years, renewable. 

Dispute about ownership: to be brought before the national courts.

Uniform dispute resolution procedure: domain name disputes with regard to speculative and abusive domain names can be solved through the .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules (which is a WIPO variation of the UDRP procedure) with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center or the Czech Arbitration Court. For further details please see: https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/domain-name-disputes

Registration Authority

Authority name: EURid. 

Internet address: https://eurid.eu