TLD Information


Zone Info
EU is Top-Level-Domain of the European Union.
Zone Use
Any resident, company or organisation of the EU can register such a domain. It is specifically interesting for companies who have different office locations within the EU.
Characters (Min.2, Max.63)
Letter and numbers, hyphens "-", however not at the beginning or directly infront of the TLD.
Registration period
1 to 1 Years
Add Grace Period
0 Days (Add grace period is the period in which you can delete a domain and receive the refund of costs involved.)
Autorenew Grace Period
0 Days (The autorenew grace period is the period in which your domains will get autorenewed without an immediate debit of the respective costs. During the autorenew grace period you still have the possibility of deleting the domain.)
Deletion process
Is the process necessary for you to complete a domain deletion:

.EU Domains can be deleted online throught the Delete Command.

Deletion timeframe
This refers to the deletion period in which your domain deletion command must be received by, in order not to have the domain renewed and charged accordingly:

2 Days prior to expiration

IDN capable
Not offered at this point in time.
Restrictions
The following categories of companies, organisations and individuals will be able to register a .eu domain:

- undertakings having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Community;
- organisations established within the European Community without prejudice to the application of national law;
- natural persons resident within the European Community.
Registry
EURid
Dispute Policy
whois.registry.eu
WHOIS-Update
Echtzeit
WHOIS-Server
http://www.adreu.eurid.eu/
Registration System
Echtzeit
Transfers
Transfers are possible. Upon successfully transfering a .EU domain, it is automatically renewed for one year.
Transfer procedure
a.) You can initiate a .EU domain transfer either through the us WebInterface or through the Socket-Access. Please remember that you must have a signed request from the owner of the domain.

b.) After you have initiated the domain transfer through the us, the official Registry EURid sends the request to the Licensee (Registrant) of the domain asking for confirmation.

c.) A .EU Domain Transfer can stay active up to seven days. Then a new transfer must be started / initiated. If the Licensee (Registrant) does not confirm the transfer within seven days (via email), then he can still do so, by sending a confirmation fax directly to EURid.
Transfer notes


Transfer time
1-2 weeks