Another milestone was reached in the creation of .eu, as the .eu top level domain has now been put in the Internet root, following an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in March, EURid.eu reported.
The launch of .eu will commence before the end of 2005 with a 4-month ‘sunrise’ period to allow public bodies and holders of prior rights to apply for their names.
EURid, the consortium selected by the European Commission (EC) to operate the .eu registry, is now busy completing the registration policy for .eu in consultation with the EC and other interested parties. The final draft will be published soon for comment. The EURid website will also publish the provisional terms and conditions for domain name holders, including special terms for sunrise applicants.