.EU TLD

.EU with Gandi.net

Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by EURid since July 2005 and active since December 2005.
Number of domains managed by Gandi: Over 27,000 .EU as of August 1st, 2007
Prix: see .EU price list
Corresponding Gandi contract: https://www.gandi.net/contracts

Terms and conditions

Assigning: You must provide a valid postal address in one of the 27 member-states of the European Union.
Syntax: from 2 (excl. ccTLDs) to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN: Not currently possible
Registration period: 1 year, renewal.
Subdomains available: No

Procedures

Renewal: The renewal of a .EU reactivates the domain for one year.
Disputes: http://www.eurid.eu/content/view/22/39/lang,en/
Change of owner: The current procedure allows one to yield a domain name to a third party at Gandi or another Registrar
Change of Registrar: You must launch the procedure at your new registrar. The processing time can be rather short if you accept the transfer right away. An e-mail is sent by EurID to the owner of the domain. The domain will be renewed for one year beginning from the date of the transfer of the domain to the new registrar.