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| Introduced | 1986 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | France | ||
| Registry | AFNIC | ||
| IDN Capable | Yes | ||
| Webpage | Register .FR | ||
Contents |
Registry
| TLD |
.fr |
| Allowed TLDs |
.fr, .pm, .tf, .wf, .yt |
| Registry | |
| Dispute Policy | |
| Registrar |
1api GmbH |
| WHOIS-Server |
whois.afnic.fr |
| WHOIS-Update |
- |
| Min. Characters |
2 |
| Max. Characters |
63 |
| Character Set |
|
| Limitations |
The administrative contact must be located in the following countries:
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| IDN capable |
YES |
| Restore capable |
Real-Time |
| Handle Updates |
Supported |
| Registration System |
Real-Time |
| Allowed number of NS |
0 to 8 |
| Registry Nameservercheck |
Yes |
| Host IP-Addresses Type |
IPv4 / IPv6 |
| Hosts managed as |
Object |
| Root Nameserver Update |
hourly |
| SEC DNS Interface |
DS data interface |
| Transferclass |
Pull |
| Transfer Periods |
1Y |
| Transfer Authcode required |
Yes |
| Transfer Real-Time |
No |
| Transfer ACK by |
Customer |
| Transfer NACK by |
Registry |
| Transfer Lock |
No |
| Owner Change by |
ICANN-TRADE |
| Trade Real-Time |
No |
| Transfer included |
Yes |
| Trade ACK by |
Both |
| Trade NACK by |
Customer |
Periods
| 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 |
30 days |
| Deletion Hold Period |
0 days |
| Explicit Renewals |
Yes |
| Renewal Periods |
1-9 years |
API
Domain Registration
Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command. Available zones:
- FR
- COM.FR (Only existing domains. New 3rd level registrations are not possible any more since December 6, 2011)
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-FR-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 1 X-FR-REGISTRANT-BIRTH-DATE = (YYYY-MM-DD) X-FR-REGISTRANT-BIRTH-PLACE = (TEXT) X-FR-REGISTRANT-LEGAL-ID = (TEXT) X-FR-REGISTRANT-TRADEMARK-NUMBER = (TEXT) X-FR-REGISTRANT-DUNS-NUMBER = (TEXT) X-FR-REGISTRANT-LOCAL-ID = (TEXT) X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-DATE-DECLARATION = (YYYY-MM-DD) X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-NUMBER = (NULL) X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-PAGE = (NULL) X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-DATE-PUBLICATION = (YYYY-MM-DD) X-FR-REGISTRANT-DISCLOSE = 0 | 1 X-FR-ADMIN-DISCLOSE = 0 | 1
Further information can be found at TLD specific
Domain Transfer
The losing registrar has 9 days to approve/decline the pending transfer.
command = TransferDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
REQUIRED
auth = (TEXT) | (NULL) admincontact0 = (CONTACT) techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
OPTIONAL
period = (PERIOD) transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL) action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER
Delete Domain
Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 30 days.
command = DeleteDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
Restore Domain
Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 30 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.
Before mid-2022, the domain expiration date was reset to the date of the restore (plus 1 year). This no longer occurs and restores will add 1 year to the existing expiration date.
command = RestoreDomain domain = (DOMAIN)
OPTIONAL
subuser = (TEXT) renewalmode = (NULL) | (TEXT)
Ownerchange
Any changes to the registrant first name, last name, and organization must be made by requesting a trade with the TradeDomain command. All other contact information can be updated through the ModifyDomain command.
Please note that the AFNIC registrant change procedure is handled similarly to ICANN's Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, except for the transfer lock, which does not exist in this case. Note that the trade must be confirmed by both the old and new registrants (or their respective Designated Agents). For more information, please see the policy page referenced above.
command = TradeDomain domain = <DOMAIN> ownercontact0 = <CONTACT> X-CONFIRM-DA-NEW-REGISTRANT = 1 X-CONFIRM-DA-OLD-REGISTRANT = 0 | 1 X-FR-REGISTRANT-LEGAL-ID = <TEXT>
A Change of Registrar with the simultaneous change in the Registrant is NOT possible anymore.
TLD specific
Registration
Depending on the type of registrant, different extensions must be provided. If a certain requirement can't be fulfilled, please use HEXONET´s Trustee service to register .FR domains.
1. Individual:
If you are an individual, you may state the following parameters:
X-FR-REGISTRANT-BIRTH-DATE = (DATE) - The registrant's date of birth in the form YYYY-MM-DD<br> X-FR-REGISTRANT-BIRTH-PLACE = (TEXT) (max. 255 chars) - The registrant's place of birth
French registrants can provide the place of birth in the form <ZIP code>,<City>
(e.g. "78181, Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex").
Non-French registrants simply can provide the <TWO-LETTER COUNTRY CODE> of their country of birth (e.g. "DE").
2. Company: Companies having their head office in the territory of the European Union: The VAT must be provided through an extension:
X-FR-REGISTRANT-LEGAL-ID = (TEXT) (max. 255 chars
3. Companies with a European trademark:
For companies with a European trademark can additionally add their trademark number using this extension:
X-FR-REGISTRANT-TRADEMARK-NUMBER = (TEXT) (max. 255 chars) - the trademark number
4. Companies with a DUNS number: The DUNS number is a nine-digit number, issued by Dun & Bradstreet. DUNS is the abbreviation of Data Universal Numbering System. Companies with a valid DUNS number are still obliged having their head office in the territory of the European Union. The DUNS number can be provided using this extension:
X-FR-REGISTRANT-DUNS-NUMBER = (TEXT) (max. 255 chars)- The DUNS number
5. Companies with a local identifier specific to a country of the European Economic Area can provide their local identifier using this extension:
X-FR-REGISTRANT-LOCAL-ID = (TEXT) (max. 255 chars) - A local identifier
6. French associations listed with the Journal Officiel de la République Française - The official gazette of the French Republic: The Journal Official Associations publishes notices of creations, breakup or substantial changes with nonprofit associations in France. Using the website http://www.societe.com and the database they provide, query for the respective data below to register a .FR domain name.
X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-DATE-DECLARATION - the date of declaration of the association in the form '''YYYY-MM-DD'''.<br> X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-NUMBER - the number of the Journal Officiel.<br> X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-PAGE - the page of the announcement in the Journal Officiel<br> X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-DATE-PUBLICATION - the date of publication in the Journal Officiel in the form <b>YYYY-MM-DD</b>
Nameserver requirements
Zone configuration:
- the zone is installed on all the name servers (at least two servers)
- the zone contact (RNAME) is legal;
- the serial number of the zone is the same on each of the servers;
- the values in the different fields of the SOA must comply with the following constraints
- FIELD - Minimum Value - Maximum Value
- Expires - 1 week - 100 weeks
- Minimum - 3 minutes - 1 week
- Refresh - 1 hour - 2 days
- Retry - 15 minutes - 1 day
- the value of the retry field is lower than that of the refresh field, and
- the value of the expire field is far higher (at least seven times) than that of the refresh field;
- the "TLL" duration in the SOA specifies the TLL for negative responses (NXDOMAIN) and must not be greater than one day;
- the "TLL" duration must be at least one hour for SOA and NS registrations;
- the list of name servers for the zone returned by the server, corresponds with the list of servers stated in the Request;
- the hostmaster address for the zone is valid and can be contacted
Configuration of name servers:
- the server has international IP connectivity;
- the server can be contacted seven days a week, 24 hours a day;
- it must be possible to access the DNS service on port 53 in UDP and TCP for packets sent from any machine over the Internet;
- the server is authoritative for the zone requested;
- for the ".in-addr.arpa" and "." .fr zones, the server must obtain a correct list of the corresponding name servers and is not authoritative if it does not
- appear in this list. The server addresses specified must be correct;
- the server obtains the correct address for each of the other servers in the zone;
- the server carries out checksums on the UDP packets and generates IP packets with a TLL of at least 64;
- the server does not forward requests to one of the AFNIC servers, it must be possible to obtain the names of the servers from their IP addresses.
- AFNIC performs a zone pre-check. You may perform this pre-check by yourself to check if the nameservers are correct: https://zonemaster.net
Name limitations
For individuals, the registry doesn't allow special characters such as ".", "&" or "/". Only the space, the apostrophe, and the hyphen are allowed.
Transfer
COM.FR
New 3rd level registrations are not possible any more since December 6, 2011. Previously registered domains are still supported. The registrant of a .COM.FR domain has to be a French organization.
Addons
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-FR-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1 | 1 month | OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT |
| Trustee | X-FR-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1 | 1 month | OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT |
| Trustee | X-FR-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1 | 1 month | OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT |
X-FR-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC=0
RegistrarOC
ICANN Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP)
At least annually, a registrar must present to the registrant the current Whois information, and remind the registrant that provision of false Whois information can be grounds for cancellation of his domain name registration. Registrants must review their Whois data, and make any corrections.ICANN Registrar Data Escrow Program (RDE)
Under the data escrow provision of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), all ICANN-accredited registrars must regularly deposit a backup copy of their gTLD registration data with ICANN through ICANN's arrangement with Iron Mountain or they may elect to use a Third Party Provider of RDE services that has been approved by ICANN.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.
Brexit information for Afnic TLDs
UK residents are no longer eligible for .fr and other Afnic TLDs - Renewals still possible
With effect from 1 January, UK residents are no longer eligible for the .fr TLD or any of the other TLDs managed by Afnic and listed in the Naming Charter, i.e. .re, .yt, .pm, .wf and .tf (see: https://www.afnic.fr/en/resources/reference/charters/naming-policy-in-force.html)
However, the Naming Charter provides that the application of new rules cannot be retroactively effective, with certain exceptions (see Article 1.3 of the Charter).
This means that these holders may keep their domain names without having to change address, since they complied with the eligibility rules in force at the time they registered their domain names.
In Summary, A holder resident in the UK who registered a domain name before 1 January 2021 can:
keep the domain name after that date; renew it; transfer (= trade = owner change) it to an eligible new holder; and benefit from the forced transfer (= trade = owner change) procedure in the particular cases provided for by the Naming Charter.
Please find full information on the registry homepage at: https://www.afnic.fr/en/resources/blog/brexit-and-fr.html
If a UK resident would like to register a .fr or another Afnic TLD domain name (i.e. .re, .yt, .pm, .wf and .tf) we offer a trustee service.