October 15, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The European Commission (eurodns.com) and EurID signed a contract on Thursday, making the registrar the official registry operator for the .eu TLD.
Customers, says the company, have time to review their preparations for registering .eu domain names, which offers European-based organizations a European identification alongside their .com, .net, .org, generic designations, and the .de, .fr and .co.uk, national domains.
To avoid unjustified applications, a ‘sunrise’ period has been built into the start-up of .eu registrations. Those organizations that can prove of ownership of a registered trademark for any of the 25 EU countries, or a community trademark, will have priority for the first two months of .eu domain sales. This will be followed by a further two months during which any organization or person with an official address in any of the EU countries will also have precedence. After that, registration will be available for any unregistered .eu Domain name.
