.FR TLD

.FR with Gandi.net

Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by AFNIC since March 2004, and active since November 2005
Number of domains registered by Gandi: over 38,000 .FR as of October 1st, 2006
Price: see .FR price list
Corresponding Gandi contract: https://www.gandi.net/docs/domaine/fr..

Terms and conditions

Attribution: Since March 2004, everyone who may be identified online in the INPI and INSEE Greffes database were allowed to register a .FR domain name. The right to a name ended in May 2004,
Since June 2006, the .FR TLD will be open to individuals who have a valid address and telephone number in France and to associations registered in the Journal des Associations.
Syntax: from 3 (excl 2 letters) to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN: Not available at present
Registration period: 1 year maximum
Subdomains available: Yes. (asso.fr, tm.fr, nom.fr, notaire.fr, ....)

Procedures

Renewal: Renewal of a .FR domain name reactivates it for one year.
Disputes: http://www.afnic.fr/doc/ref/juridique/parl
Change of owner: The current procedure is via paper forms and for a fee (see Gandi’s rates). It allows one to yield a domain name to a third party at Gandi or another Registrar.
Change of Registrar: You must begin the process with your new registrar, the time needed for this procedure depends upon the acceptance of your former registrar; it takes a maximum of 8 weeks. A change of Registrar causes one to loose prepaid months existing on the domain. The subscription period will be one year beginning from the date that the domain is registered with the new owner.