EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/16

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1255/2007

of 25 October 2007

amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 April 2002 on the implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain (1), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Having consulted the Registry in accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 733/2002,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 (2) implements Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 by laying down the public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration.

(2) Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 implements the public policy rules concerning geographical concepts by providing for a procedure to permit Member States, candidate countries and all the members of the European Economic Area to request the registration or the reservation of their name by their national governments. In pursuance of this objective, and with a view to fully guaranteeing the geopolitical and linguistic diversity of the European Union and the interest of both Member States and European citizens, on 10 October 2005 Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 was amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1654/2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration. Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1654/2005 added an Annex including a list of names which are reserved for each Member State for registration and a list of names which can be reserved by certain third countries, including candidate countries to accession to the European Union.

(3) On 1 January 2007 Bulgaria and Romania acceded to the European Union. Accordingly, Bulgaria and Romania should have the possibility to register the domain names that have been reserved for them according to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 874/2004. In order to ensure legal clarity that these two Member States have such possibility, the annex included by Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 should be amended.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Communications Committee established by Article 22(1) of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 October 2007. For the Commission Viviane REDING Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 113, 30.4.2002, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 40. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1654/2005 (OJ L 266, 11.10.2005, p. 35).

(3) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 (OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 32).