THE BREXIT TRAIN JUST KEEPS ON ROLLING
From European Commission:
Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the United Kingdom and EU rules on .eu domain names
As of the withdrawal date, undertakings and organisations that are established in the United Kingdom but not in the EU, and natural persons who reside in the United Kingdom will no longer be eligible to register .eu domain names or, if they are .eu registrants, to renew .eu domain names registered before the withdrawal date.
From The Register:
In an official statement Thursday, the European Commission announced it will cancel all 300,000 domains under the .eu internet extension that have a UK registrant, following Britain's eventual departure from the European Union.
Going even further, the EC suggested that existing .eu domains might be cancelled the moment Brexit happens – expected to be 366 days from now - with no right of appeal.
"As a result of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, a holder of a domain name does no longer fulfil the general eligibility criteria... the Registry for .eu will be entitled to revoke such domain name on its own initiative and without submitting the dispute to any extrajudicial settlement of conflicts."
According to the most recent statistics available, there are just over 317,000 .eu domains registered in the UK – roughly a tenth of the registry's total. Cancelling them would have a huge impact on the company that runs .eu, EURid, and on the EU itself which receives millions of euros annually in surplus funds.
Even more remarkably, EURid made it plain that it was not consulted over the plans or even informed what they were before the news was made public. A statement on the registry's site begins: "Yesterday afternoon, EURid, the registry manager of the .eu TLD, received the link to the European Commission’s communication concerning Brexit and the .eu TLD."
If you are in UK and own an .EU TLD, I'd suggest migrating your domains ASAP. OVH or Namecheap are good places for getting a new domain.
have to be honest i cant remember the last time i was on an .eu website anyway
Not a big surprise, .eu domains are limited to EU member states. So letting UK residents keep them when they finally leave is a bit weird.
The only thing that could be have been done better would be stopping any renewals but that could lead to people renewing right before brexit finally happens.
A hard cutoff is not that unreasonable.
My community was originally .eu, but I don't use that domain anymore, guess I'm losing that domain though :V
We have a few .EU domains at work that this will impact. A bit annoying considering our work with the EU isn't tied directly to the EU, but is still Europe wide.
TLD's shouldn't be regulated like this IMO, seems retarded that you have to move everything to a new domain
Didn't even know .eu was a domain, I'm not seeing any loss here. Surprising they didn't give EURid a heads up.
This is the heads up.
Going even further, the EC suggested that existing .eu domains might be cancelled the moment Brexit happens – expected to be 366 days from now - with no right of appeal.
Of course, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give your own register a heads up, even a small one.
Serious question as someone who doesn't understand the fidelities of of domain extensions - who actually cares? Lots of companies use multiple domains for various purposes, such as american-specific companies that have a .co.uk or .eu or .com.au just for the sake of covering local laws (like the "we use cookies" shit) or regional pricing even though they're not even remotely centered in any other locations. At what level is this actually enforced?
EURID cares in its terms and conditions for registering an .eu domain it says you are liable for any costs, expenses or damages incurred by the registrar (Most cases that's you or the domain company, mostly you). If you get into a legal battle due to proxy registering a .eu tld you'd be liable of damages. Faking domain request papers is a no-no, TLD owners don't like people who try to do that at all. Of course, most likely you would not even get that far as the registration process USUALLY stops anyone who is trying to register an inaccessible TLD by the domain company as they want to cover their asses too from any legal problems.
However there's already a loophole with the use of e-residency in the Republic of Estonia which allows you to start and manage a EU company online wherever you are which also allows you to have a right to register a .eu based domain. The reality is .eu is still supposed to be used by European based companies aka their base of operation even if their headquarters are located far away from EU.
Most people use .eu because it puts it under the legal framework of EU, it means you're working under the strict regulations EU has and some see it as a sign of trust or as a way to signify what market your tapping into.
Funniest part is countries like Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein have access to .eu as well, even though we have no membership and it's basically easy to understand that the intent of .eu is more surrounding what the base of operation is rather than based on location as most TLDs are used for (exceptions like .tv exists). Basically if a Soft Brexit would've occurred with UK still having trade deals with EU. This problem wouldn't have occurred.
Hopefully I got things right, please correct me if I am wrong.
Ok that is petty but legally justified.
a lot of registrars also offer trustee services where they will let you use their contact details for the registration, this is a very common tactic for people registering .de domains where it's mandatory to have an administrative contact with a german address
ex: https://www.rrpproxy.net/Domains/Trustee_Service
overall it shouldn't be too hard or expensive for those who want to keep their domains to do so
I think the .EU rules are a bit stricter iirc. The registrar's are required to certify that their clients meet the requirements I believe.
I used .eu but I switched back to .fi, better pricing and I found a really nice registrar that's capable of just pointing the domain at a nameserver, sending me an email when the domain is going to expire, and they know to shut up and not do anything else because holy shit fuck off I just want you to point the domain at a nameserver, nothing else.
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