.fr TLD now has less restrictive registration

[aww]

.fr ccTLD now has less restrictive registration

I did not realize this, it may be news to many others as well. On May 11th the heavy restrictions for ".fr" and ".re" (Reunion Island) ccTLDs were lightened, and anyone who "can be indentified in the french chamber of commerce and other professional databases is able to register whatever name they like".

According to the French NIC, more than 50,000 requests were received in the first three weeks

But if you are now authorized to register, you may want to grab some of them quickly before it all ends...

French Senate to discuss a domain names statute

Since ".fr" policy changed, local authorities and governments are furious: Everyone is now free to register their name! And there are 36,778 cities in France (yes 36,778, due to historical reasons!), 2,400 communities of municipalites, 100 departments and 26 regions (who said French administrative is complex?).

Several French Senators wrote a statute proposal to protect the local bodies names. This text has been discussed and modified by a Senate Committee (see the 50 pages report), and should be discussed in chamber on June 22."

 

[Raf]

Thanks for the news aww, keep us posted if anything new comes up. :tu:

 

[netPH]

another great read here, thank aww for sharing this with us. You're a great help!

netPH

 

[Mark]

Very informative -