Re: [wg-c] Commission Working paper on the creation of .EU

[Joseph Friedman <josephf@touro.edu>]

No .EU should be created.  .XX is reserved for the ISO country code list.

--Joseph

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Keith Gymer wrote:

> The European Commission Working paper on the creation of the .EU Internet
> top level domain, dated 2nd February, 2000 is available at:
> http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg13/index.htm
> 
> It is open for public comment for 6 weeks - ie apparently until 15 March
> 2000
> 
> The paper specifically seeks answers to six key questions:
> 
> Question 1: Please comment on the above outline of the delegation of the .EU
> TLD to a Registration organisation: the Registry. Are there alternative
> models for
> the Registry organisation that should be considered?
> 
> Question 2: What should be the main criteria for the .EU Registry's
> registration policies?
> How should the registration policy be developed and implemented? By the
> Registry organisation, by a distinct consultative body or by the European
> Commission
> itself?
> 
> Question 3: Would it be appropriate to apply the WIPO disputes and trademark
> policies as reflected in their May 1999 Report to the .EU Domain, or are
> there alternative solutions to these issues within the European Union?
> Might there be a specific role for the Office for the Harmonisation of the
> Internal Market in Alicante in this context?
> 
> Question 4: To what extent might a more constraining instrument in the
> European Union or in WIPO reinforce protection of names and marks in the
> DNS, in
> addition to alternative dispute resolution? In that case which categories of
> names
> should be protected and how should they be determined?
> 
> Question 5: Do potential business users, including small and medium sized
> enterprises have any suggestions as to how the .EU domain might be managed
> in order to
> optimise its contribution to the development of electronic commerce in
> Europe?
> 
> Question 6: Are there any other considerations that should be taken into
> account about the relationships between the proposed .EU Registry and the
> national
> ccTLD Registries in the Member States?
> 
> 
> Keith Gymer
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