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[ga-full] About .eu - Was: Re: [ga] Meeting on the creation of .EU TLD, Brussels, 28 March
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Roberto
>Dear Names Council of the DNSO,
>
>I write to request you assistance in passing the following invitation
to
>those within your constituencies who may have an interest in the
creation
>of a .EU TLD.
>
>In an attempt to reach the wider Internet community, this notice will
be
>posted to a number of mailing lists. Apologies to those who subscribe
to
>more than one of those lists for any multiple postings.
>
>
>Fay Howard
>CENTR General Manager
>
>
>Invitation to attend an open Meeting on the Creation of .EU Top Level
Domain
>Brussels, 28 March 2000.
>
>Introduction
>
>On 2 February 2000, the European Commission published a Working Paper
on
>the creation of a .EU Top Level Domain for public comment. CENTR, the
>Council of European National Top Level Domains formed a working group
to
>consider the Commission's Working Paper. A press release followed
>indicating CENTR's intention to initiate wide consultation before
>responding to the Commission. In the course of these consultations, it
>became clear that a public meeting would enable CENTR members and other
>interested groups to benefit from expert opinion and take input from
all
>areas of the European Internet Community.
>
>CENTR will therefore host an open meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, 28
March
>2000 at which interested parties may attend and give their views.
>Representatives of the European Commission, ICANN board and staff and
all
>constituencies of the DNSO will be invited as well as legal and
business
>experts in relevant fields.
>Apologies for the short notice but we feel it is important to be able
to
>give the Commission our report as quickly as possible.
>
>With the benefit of input from the open meeting, CENTR proposes to
address
>the six questions raised in the Commission working Paper and give
>additional input to the Commission. The report will be published before
31
>March 2000.
>The agenda of the meeting will focus on some fundamental issues
including
>the following:
>
>Issues for the agenda:
>
>1. The consequences of creating .EU from the perspective of the
Internet
>end user, and the demand for such Domain Names throughout Europe
>
>- Business initiatives and e-commerce developments
>- Addressing consumer protection and consumer confusion
>- Preventing the need for defensive registrations by current Domain
name
>holders
>
>2. The legal implications of creating .EU
>
>- Competition issues
>- law governing registration agreements with .eu TLD registrants and
the
>jurisdiction of courts in member states;
>- domain name dispute avoidance and online dispute resolution,
>- Domain Name warehousing and cybersquatting issues
>
>3. The registration policies appropriate to such a new Top Level Domain
>
>- Neutral second level domains
>- Appropriate registrants (EU institutions only, businesses in the EU,
>private
> persons...)
>- Consequence of EU naming policies on ccTLD registries in the 15
member
> states
>
>4.The role of the national Internet communities in the process of
>determining the creation of such a new TLD.
>
>- Clarification of the consultation and decision making process within
the EU
>- Clarification of the consultation and decision making process within
ICANN
>- Next Steps
>
>Meeting Information:
>
>There is no charge for attendance.
>The meeting will commence at 9.30 and the open session will finish at
16.00
>after which a closed session will take place to review input and draft
a
>report.
>Lunch will be provided.
>
>Venue:
>
>La Maison de l'Europe a la Bibliotheque Solvay
>137 Rue Belliard
>1040 Brussels
>
>Further information:
>
>For further information about the meeting or CENTR :
>Email:secretariat@centr.org
>This invitation and the agenda will be posted to the CENTR Website:
>URL: http://www.centr.org
>
>Registration
>
>In order to assess numbers for catering and provision of papers, you
are
>requested to complete the registration form below and return to the
CENTR
>Secretariat.
>
>***************Registration form******************
>
>To CENTR Secretariat <Michaela@centr.org>
>
>Name(s):
>
>Organisation:
>
>Country:
>
>E-mail Address:
>
>***********************************************************************
*****
>CENTR
>Council of European National Top level domain Registries
>
>Sandford Gate
>Sandy Lane West
>Oxford OX 4 5LB
>
>Tel: +44 (0)1865 332400
>Fax: +44 (0)1865 332401
>
>email <secretariat@centr.org>
>URL: http://www.centr.org
>
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