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| .EU is Top-Level-Domain of the European Union. Any resident, company or organisation of the EU can register such a domain. It is specifically interesting for companies who have different office locations within the EU. |
| TLD |
.eu |
| Registry | |
| Dispute Policy | |
| Registrar |
1api GmbH |
| WHOIS-Server |
whois.registry.eu |
| WHOIS-Update |
Real-Time |
| Min. Characters |
2 |
| Max. Characters |
63 |
| Character Set |
|
| Limitations |
|
| IDN capable |
Yes |
| Restore capable |
Real-Time |
| Handle Updates |
Supported (partially) |
| Registration System |
Real-Time |
| Allowed number of NS |
0 to 13 |
| Registry Nameservercheck |
No |
| Host IP-Addresses Type |
IPv4 / IPv6 |
| Hosts managed as |
Attribute |
| Root Nameserver Update |
Real-Time |
| SEC DNS Interface |
KEY data interface |
| Transferclass |
Pull |
| Transfer Periods |
1Y,2Y,3Y,4Y,5Y,6Y,7Y,8Y,9Y |
| Transfer Authcode required |
Yes |
| Transfer Real-Time |
Yes |
| Transfer Lock |
Yes |
| Transfer Confirmation (Request / Approve) |
- / - |
| Owner Change by |
Update |
| Registration Periods |
1-10 years |
| Add Grace Period |
0 days |
| Accounting Period |
-1 week |
| Finalization Period |
-1 day |
| Failure Period |
-1 day |
| Payment Period |
-61 days |
| Deletion Restorable Period |
40 days |
| Deletion Hold Period |
0 days |
| Explicit Renewals |
Yes |
| Renewal Periods |
1-9 years |
Domain Registration
Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command.
command = AddDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
REQUIRED
ownercontact0 = (CONTACT) admincontact0 = (CONTACT) techcontact0 = (CONTACT) billingcontact0 = (CONTACT) nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER) nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)
OPTIONAL
auth = (TEXT) | (NULL) period = (PERIOD) transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL) X-EU-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1
Further information can be found at TLD specific
Domain Transfer
The transfer has to be initiated by the gaining registrar and can be requested with the API TransferDomain command.
A valid Authorization Code must be provided to initiate a transfer successfully. You may obtain the authorization code from the losing registrar.
Domain transfers are processed in Real-Time.
command = TransferDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
REQUIRED
auth = (TEXT)
OPTIONAL
period = (PERIOD) transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL) action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER
Further information can be found at TLD specific
Delete Domain
Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 40 days.
command = DeleteDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
Restore Domain
Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 40 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.
command = RestoreDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
OPTIONAL
subuser = (TEXT) renewalmode = (NULL) | (TEXT)
Ownerchange
An Ownerchange is free of charge and can be done with the API ModifyDomain command.
command = ModifyDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
REQUIRED
ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
Domain Limitations and Requirements
- undertakings having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Community;
- organisations established within the European Community without prejudice to the application of national law;
- natural persons resident within the European Community.
For customers of any other country, we offer a Trustee Service.
Trustee Service
.EU requires a local presence in the European Union in order to register a domain. In most cases a local presence is required for either the owner or the admin-c (Admin-Contact) of that domain. In order to overcome this barrier and make specific TLDs unrestricted HEXONET offers so called Trustee Services for several TLDs which require a local presence, also for EU. Depending on the TLD, the Trustee Service is then either added to the existing contacts, or replaces one or more of the WHOIS contacts. Once replaced the Trustee acts on behalf of the registrant and thereby makes a registration of that specific TLD possible.
In order to enable our trustee service for new .EU domain registrations please use the following parameter with the AddDomain command:
X-EU-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 1
The following data will be assigned to the domain when the trustee solution is chosen:
Organisation: Proxy Service Ltd Street: Elyon Triq il-Baltiku City: St. Julian's Zip: STJ 188 Country: MT Phone: +44.2032399878 eMail: [email protected]
Authorization Code
The authcode of a .EU domain must be requested from the registry by using the following command:
command = RequestDomainAuthInfo domain = (DOMAIN)
The authorisation code includes a total of 16 letters and digits separated by dashes, in the following format:
XXXX-AAAA-BBBB-CCCC
It will be valid for 40 days by requesting a new authorization code.
Change language of a contact Handle
The language of a contact handle can be changed with the following API command
command = ModifyContact contact = (CONTACT) x-eu-lang = (LANGUAGE)
The respective parameter is called X-EU-LANG and the following values are allowed:
cs|da|de|el|en|es|et|fi|fr|hu|it|lt|lv|mt|nl|pl|pt|sk|sl|sv
The following overview shows you all available Domain Addons which can be used for this special kind of TLD. It also shows the respective API parameters which are required to activate the Domain Addons:
| Addon Class | Parameter to (de)activate *1) | Renewal term *2) | Affected Parameters *3) |
| Trustee | X-EU-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1 | 1 month | OWNERCONTACT |
| Trustee | X-EU-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1 | 1 month | OWNERCONTACT |
X-EU-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC=0
Restore Process
To restore a domain as a RegistrarOC customer, you simply have to execute the RestoreDomain command. HEXONET directly forwards the restore request to the registry, which performs the restore in real-time. As soon as the restore is complete, the domain will get assigned to your account with the original domain data.
