EURid was officially recognised as the Dot EU registrar on October 12, when the European Commission signed its service concession contract.
The EC's Fabio Colasanti (right) with Eurid's Pierre Verbaeten, at the signing of the Dot EU contract in Brussels
A European Commission press release called it a small ceremony. But the signing of Service Concession Contract is big news for both EURid and Dot EU. Three of the five EURid board members travelled to Brussels (Belgium) to attend the ceremony where the EC's Information Society Director General Fabio Colasanti signed the contract with Pierre Verbaeten, chairman of the EURid board.
The contract is a major step in EURid's bid to get Dot EU on the Internet by the middle of next year. Before the contract was signed, EURid could not risk starting work on such essentials as the registration policy for the European extension. It could not even request for Dot EU to be included in the Domain Name System (DNS).
Now that the contract has been signed, the EC can formally notify Internet regulator ICANN that EURid is the selected registry for Dot EU. EURid will then be able to begin negotiations with ICANN to have Dot EU placed at the root of the DNS.
Once this is done, EURid will be able to start work on the other major steps in the creation of Dot EU:
Completion of the Dot EU registration policy, including rules for the sunrise period, the WHOIS policy and the dispute resolution service.
Accreditation of Dot EU registrars.
Finalisation of the terms and conditions for Dot EU registrants, to be translated in all twenty official languages of the European Union.
Phase one of the sunrise period, for registered national and Community trademarks, geographical indications and terms specific to public bodies.
Phase two of the sunrise period, for all other prior rights.
EURid expects Dot EU to open from six to nine months after the signing of its contract. The EC has made it clear that wants Dot EU to be available by mid 2005.
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