EURid vzw (European Registry for Internet Domains) is the

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appointed by the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

as the

domain name registry A domain name registry is a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet that enables third party entities to request administrative control of a d ...

that operates the .eu

top-level domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domain name, domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the DNS root zone, root zone of the nam ...

and its variants in other scripts – .ею (.eu in Cyrillic) as of 1 June 2016, .ευ (in Greek) as of 14 November 2019.

Operations

Established in

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

, with its headquarters located in Diegem, EURid is a consortium of two European

ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...

operators: DNS Belgium ( .be) and IIT-CNR ( .it). In May 2003 the Commission designated it as the .eu domain name registry. In October 2006, EURid opened their first branch office in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. Two further branch offices were opened in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

and the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

since then. EURid uses the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) which enables registrars to perform operations on .eu

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s directly. EURid's website is available in the 24 official languages of the European Union.

Organisation

Strategic committee

EURid's strategic committee consists of: * Sandra Hoferichter (Chairwoman) * Pedro Oliveira (Vice-Chair) * Marco Pierani * Luc Hendrickx * Marco Conti * Delia Belciu * Marie-Emmanuelle Haas * Piet Spiessens * Tomáš Maršálek * Marko Bonac * Jakub Christoph * Luca Cassetti * Franck Thomas

Management team

EURid's management team consists of: * Peter Janssen (General Manager) * Juan Carlos Munguia Coca (Finance Manager) * Hans Seeuws (Business Operations Manager) * Geo Van Langenhove (Legal Manager) * Els Verstappen (Human Resources Manager) * Dirk Jumpertz (Security Manager) * Jordi Iparraguirre (Innovation Manager) * Nathan Meurrens (Technical Manager)

Domain holders outside the European Union

Residents, companies and organisations based in countries within the

European Economic Area The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the ''Agreement on the European Economic Area'', an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade Asso ...

(EEA) but outside the European Union are able to use .eu domains, namely

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. On 1 January 2021, EURid disabled all domains belonging to UK individuals and businesses following

Brexit Brexit (, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February ...

, upon which the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

left the EEA.

References

External links

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WHOIS for .eu domain names
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