Country code for Europe

Use

Legal requirements

1. Undertakings having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Community;
2. Organisations established within the European Community without prejudice to the application of national law;
3. Natural persons resident within the European Community.

Technical requirements

Naming conventions

Registration term: 1 to 20 years

General information

Procedure

1. .eu transfers to UniNames can be requested by sending a transfer request through our website.
2. The current domain owner will receive an e-mail from EURID to confirm the transfer.
3. If the current owner confirms the transfer e-mail within 7 days, the domain name is automatically transferred to UniNames.

Additional conditions

1. Make sure that the email-address of the owner is active. Normally a period of 7 days will be granted to approve the transfer request. If the transfer is not confirmed within 7 days, it will be cancelled.If the e-mail procedure fails, the transfer can still be approved by fax. Please contact us to initiate the fax confirmation procedure.
2. The transfer should be initiated some time before the domain name expires. This to avoid that a transfer request is still being processed while the domain has passed its expiration date. If this happens the owner is responsible for the payment of possible fees that may be charged by the current registrar.
3. Ensure that your domain does not have a quarantine status. A transfer of a .eu domain name that is in quarantine is subject to an additional fee of 45 EUR.
4. Transfers with a change of domain name owner (see updates) are called trades and follow a slightly different procedure. Both the current and the new domain owner will receive a request to confirm the transfer.

Transfer time

Documents

Updates

Renewal

Quarantine

Reactivation

Deletion