2003/375/EC: Commission Decision of 21 May 2003 on the designation of the .eu Top Level Domain Registry (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1624)
Date: 2003-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Union, Internet, database, dissemination of EU information, intellectual property, international standard

24.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/29

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 May 2003

on the designation of the .eu Top Level Domain Registry

(notified under document number C(2003) 1624)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/375/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(7)

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 3(1)(a), (b) and (c) thereof,

Whereas:

According to Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 733/
2002 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation),
the
Commission is required to designate the Registry which
shall be entrusted with the organisation, administration
and management of the .eu Top Level Domain after
publishing a call for expressions of interest in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

(8)

for expressions of
The Commission published a Call
in the Official Journal of the
interest (2002/C 208/08)
European Communities on 3 September 2002,
inviting
applications from organisations wishing to be selected as
the Registry to be entrusted with the organisation,
management and administration of the .eu Top Level
Domain.

The call was closed on 25 October 2002.

An evaluation of the applications based on the eligibility
criteria and selection criteria provided for in the call for
expressions of interest was conducted with the assistance
of independent experts evaluators.

The evaluators examined the applications and established
a priority list ranking the applications according to their
overall quality in view of the selection criteria; the appli-
is European
cation ranking first on the priority list
(EURID),
Registry for
second is
Internet Domains
European Domain Registry Asbl
(EUDR) and third is
EUREG;
the Commission has examined the results
arrived at by the evaluators and on this basis endorses
the priority list.

As provided for in Article 3(1)(c) of the Regulation, the
Commission shall enter into a contract with the desig-
specify the conditions
nated Registry, which shall
according to which the Commission supervises the orga-
nisation, administration and management of the .eu Top
Level Domain by the Registry.

A draft service concession contract
to be concluded
between the Commission and the .eu Top Level Domain
Registry was adopted by Commission Decision C(2002)
3161 of 28 August 2002 and published within the call
for expressions of interest. Should the condition set forth
for the designation of the Registry not be fulfilled or
should the contractual negotiations with the organisa-
tion designated as the Registry be terminated before the
signature of a contract as a result either of the with-
drawal of the organisation or where in the opinion of
the Commission the conclusion of an appropriate
contract is not possible, the Commission reserves the
right to open negotiations with another applicant which
has submitted an eligible application and has fulfilled the
selection criteria.

the European Parliament and of

In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Regulation, the
Commission sought the opinion of the Communications
Committee established by Article 22.1. of Directive
2002/21/EC of
the
Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory
framework for electronic communications networks and
services (Framework Directive) (2);
the opinion of the
Committee on the designation of the Registry to be
entrusted with the organisation, management
and
administration of the .eu Top Level Domain was deliv-
ered on 10 April 2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

European Registry for Internet Domains (EURID) is designated,
as the .eu Top Level Domain Registry entrusted with the orga-
nisation, management and administration of the .eu Top Level
Domain.

Article 2

The designation is subject to the condition that the members of
the European Registry for Internet Domains (EURID) consor-
tium, within three months of the date of entry into force of this
decision, submit to the Commission the proof concerning the
final establishment of the not-for-profit organisation in accor-
dance with the application of the members of EURID consor-
tium.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

(2) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.5.2003

Article 3

— Network Information Centre Sweden AB (NIC SE).

This Decision is addressed to the members of the European
Registry for Internet Domains (EURID) consortium namely:

Sehlstedtsgatan 7
SE-115 28 Stockholm.

— DNS Belgium vzw/asbl

Koning Leopold I straat 1 bus 2
B-3000 Leuven

— Istituto di Informatica e Telematica
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Area della Ricerca di Pisa
Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 1
I-56124 Pisa

Done at Brussels, 21 May 2003.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission