[cooperation-wg] EU TLD & Brexit

See below:

On 29/04/2018 19:15, Jim Reid wrote:
> On 29 Apr 2018, at 17:47, Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My attention was drawn to this new policy from Brussels:
>>
>> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/29/eu_dumps_300000_ukowned_domains_into_brexit_bin/
>>
>> Of interest to people involved with domain names, people who have names registered under EU or who are still thinking about it and who are resident in the UK or thinking about moving there? Nationality does not count: residence does.
> First off Gordon, it’s The Register - not exactly a reliable source of information.
>
> Second, there’s a more recent article on the same site saying what was proposed in the above article has been withdrawn:
> 	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/dot_eu_domains_brexit_uk/
>
> That later article is headlined: "Euro idiocrats backtrack on plan to kill off Brits' 300,000 .eu domains”
>
> In short, nothing to see here - move along.

In his haste to get a punchy headline, Kieren got it wrong. Rather than
reading his sensationalist article, have a look at the European
Commission supplied info-graphic which says:
"EU/EEA citizens living outside the Union will be
able to register their domain names regardless of
their place of residence."
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/infographic-eu-top-level-domain

Thus with a Brexit that's completely out of EU & EEA, Brits are still
likely to lose their .EU registration, unless they register a subsidiary
of their company in an EU/EEA country, which doesn't cost much per year
and thus allows for .EU to be registered to that address.


>
> Now there might be a higher-level issue about eligibility criteria for .eu domain names and oversight of the .eu registry’s policy-making. Which might not matter to people living on a big island in the North Sea because it’ll be outside the EU in a year or so. Allegedly.
>

The same info-graphic says:
"A .eu Multistakeholder Council will be established
to improve and streamline the governance and
functioning of the .eu top level domain informing
and advising the European Commission."

Kindest regards,

Olivier

-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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