<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> See below: <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/04/2018 19:15, Jim Reid wrote: </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:D355AF11-92AC-4A5A-9CE6-E8B967458C69@rfc1035.com"> <pre wrap="">On 29 Apr 2018, at 17:47, Gordon Lennox <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gordon.lennox.13@gmail.com"><gordon.lennox.13@gmail.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> My attention was drawn to this new policy from Brussels: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/29/eu_dumps_300000_ukowned_domains_into_brexit_bin/">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/29/eu_dumps_300000_ukowned_domains_into_brexit_bin/</a> 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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> 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 Second, there’s a more recent article on the same site saying what was proposed in the above article has been withdrawn: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/dot_eu_domains_brexit_uk/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/dot_eu_domains_brexit_uk/</a> 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.</pre> </blockquote> 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." <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/infographic-eu-top-level-domain">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/infographic-eu-top-level-domain</a> 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. <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:D355AF11-92AC-4A5A-9CE6-E8B967458C69@rfc1035.com"> <pre wrap=""> 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. </pre> </blockquote> 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 <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gih.com/ocl.html">http://www.gih.com/ocl.html</a> </pre> </body> </html>