EURid
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| Formation | 8 April 2003 |
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| Type | Internet domain registry |
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| Website | eurid |
EURid vzw(European Registry for Internet Domains) is thenonprofit organisationappointed by theEuropean Commissionas thedomain name registrythat operates the.eutop-level domainand its variants in other scripts –.ею (.eu in Cyrillic) as of 1 June 2016,.ευ (in Greek) as of 14 November 2019.
Operations[edit]
Established inBelgium,with its headquarters located in Diegem, EURid is a consortium of two EuropeanccTLDoperators:DNS Belgium(.be) andIIT-CNR(.it). In May 2003 the Commission designated it as the.eu domain name registry.[1][2][3]In October 2006, EURid opened their first branch office inStockholm.Two further branch offices were opened inItalyand theCzech Republicsince then.
EURid uses theExtensible Provisioning Protocol(EPP) which enablesregistrarsto perform operations on.eudomain namesdirectly.
EURid's website[4]is available in the 24 official languages of the European Union.
Organisation[edit]
Strategic committee[5][edit]
EURid's strategic committee consists of:
- Sandra Hoferichter (Chairwoman)
- Pedro Oliveira (Vice-Chair)
- Marco Pierani
- Luc Hendrickx
- Marco Conti
- Delia Belciu
- Marie-Emmanuelle Haas
- Piet Spiessens
- Tomáš Maršálek
- Marko Bonac
- Jakub Christoph
- Luca Cassetti
- Franck Thomas
Management team[edit]
EURid's management team consists of:
- Peter Janssen (General Manager)
- Juan Carlos Munguia Coca (Finance Manager)
- Hans Seeuws (Business Operations Manager)
- Geo Van Langenhove (Legal Manager)
- Els Verstappen (Human Resources Manager)
- Dirk Jumpertz (Security Manager)
- Jordi Iparraguirre (Innovation Manager)
- Nathan Meurrens (Technical Manager)
Domain holders outside the European Union[edit]
Residents, companies and organisations based in countries within theEuropean Economic Area(EEA) but outside the European Union are able to use.eu domains, namelyIceland,LiechtensteinorNorway.[6]
On 1 January 2021, EURid disabled all domains belonging to UK individuals and businesses followingBrexit,upon which theUnited Kingdomleft the EEA.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Commission Decision 2003/375/EC of 21 May 2003 on the designation of the.eu Top Level Domain Registry,effective 24 May 2003–12 April 2014.
- ^Commission Implementing Decision 2014/207/EU of 11 April 2014 on the designation of the.eu Top Level Domain Registry,effective 13 April 2014–26 October 2021.
- ^Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1878 of 25 October 2021 on the designation of the.eu top-level domain Registry,effective 27 October 2021.
- ^Official website of EURid
- ^"Corporate Governance".Retrieved6 July2022.
- ^".eu extends to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway".EURid.2014.
- ^"Brexit Notice".EURId.
External links[edit]
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