.bl
Appearance
Introduced | 21 September 2007 |
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TLDtype | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Unassigned |
Registry | None |
Sponsor | None |
Intended use | Entities connected withSaint Barthélemy |
Actual use | Not available for use |
Registration restrictions | Not available for registration |
.blis anInternetcountry code top-level domain(ccTLD) that was to be created forSaint Barthélemy,following the decision on 21 September 2007 by theISO 3166 Maintenance Agencyto allocate BL as theISO 3166-1 Alpha -2code for Saint Barthélemy.[1]This decision followed Saint Barthélemy's new status as anOverseas collectivityof France which took effect on 15 July 2007.[2]Currently Saint Barthélemy usesGuadeloupe's ccTLD,.gp,[3]and France's ccTLD,.fr.[3]
See also
[edit]- ISO 3166-2:BL
- Internet in France
- .eu–ccTLD for theEuropean Union
References
[edit]- ^ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-1 (21 September 2007):Assignment of code elements for Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin and update of France and other French Territories.21 September 2007. Accessed 14 October 2007.
- ^Lucot, Cécile (3 August 2007)."Bruno Magras Elected President of the COM".Local News from St-Barths by Cecile Lucot.Retrieved14 October2007.
In fact, that Sunday, 15 July, was the day that Saint Barth officially became a COM—Overseas Collectivity—with its new governing body.
- ^abCIA – The World Factbook – Saint Barthelemy:Communications. 18 October 2007. Accessed 22 October 2007. ".bl; note –.gp, the ccTLD for Guadeloupe, and.fr, the ccTLD for France, might also be encountered"
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