The European ‘.EU’ project

The priority given ’.EU’ project is decided of and operated by the European Commission, with the intention of a common top domain for all Member States of the European Union, reducing domain administration cost and simplifying web based Internet information spreading within the European Union and avoiding sereral different country domain such as  .DE .FI .FR .IT .SE .CO.UK...

General conditions for obtaining ‘.EU’ Domain names

To obtain a ‘.eu’ Domain name from EURid the applicant (you!) must meet the geographical criteria given by the European Commission and applied by the Registry. The essential point is that only private individuals resident in, or organizations with offices in one of the Member States of the European Union will be able to get ‘.eu’ domain names.  This strictly means:

Applications from individuals or organizations that cannot establish such links with the European Union will not be considered by EURid. This rule applies at all times, during and after the Sunrise Period.