FR

Continent: Europe Capital: Paris Location: 48°51.4′N 2°21.05′E Area: 674,843 km² Population: 65,447,374 Time Zone: CET (UTC+1) / Summer CEST (UTC+2) Calling Code: +33

Please Note: AFNIC may delete, on its own decision, some domain names that do not follow the naming charter after identification operations and/or eligibility checks. From now on, these domain names will no longer be subjected to the redemption period and the outgoing registrar will not be able to restore them. For technical reasons, the deletion operation will be in two steps: - AFNIC will transfer the domain names to its own account. In the Whois database, these domain names will appear under the registrar name : AFNIC -Opération-Interne - Definite deletion of the domain names by AFNIC. This deletion without redemption starts immediatly.

Zone Info

.FR is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of France.

Zone Use

Individuals and Companies located in France, as well as companies or corporations who have business with France.

Available 3rd Level TLDs

• COM.FR

Please note:
As part of the standard registration of a .com.fr domain name, registration is only permitted if the same term has not already been registered in the following domains: .fr, .asso.fr and .tm.fr

Characters

• Minimum: 3
• Maximum: 63
• Letters and numbers
• Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD

Domain Registration

.FR domains can be registered online through the Webinterface.

For registrants outside of France - Trustee Service -

For registrants outside of France we offer a trustee service.

* Please note:
For registrations using the trustee service a special trustee agreement applies.

The below parameters are required if - NO - trustee solution is used.

If the registrant is a natural person, the below parameters are required.

X-FR-BIRTHDATE = [YYYY-MM-DD]

The registrant's birthdate in the form YYYY-MM-DD.

X-FR-BIRTHPLACE = [country code]

The registrant's birthplace in form of a two-letter country-code. (e.g. DE)

additionally for natural persons born in France

X-FR-BIRTHCITY = [city name]

The registrant's place of birth (city name)

X-FR-BIRTHPC = [postcode]

The registrants postcode of the place of birth (or at least the department code)

optional parameter for whois opt out

X-FR-RESTRICT-PUB = [0 | 1]

show private data in whois (0=show, 1=do not show)

If the registrant is an organisation or a company, there are several ways to provide the required data:

For an Association, the following parameters may be used

X-FR-WALDEC = [Waldec ID]

indicates the identifier Waldec linked to an

association. If this identifier is provided, this is sufficient to

identify an association. Only digits allowed

or alternatively

X-FR-DATE-PUBLICATION-JO = [Date of publication JO]

will contain the date of publication in the official gazette (DATE FORMAT YYYY-MM-DD)

X-FR-ANNOUNCE = e.g. 5

the "announce" attribute shows the number of the announcement. Only digits allowed

X-FR-NUMERO-DE-PAGE-ANNOUNCE-JO = [Number of page announce JO]

the "page" attribute shows the page number of this announcement). Only digits allowed

X-FR-DATE-ASSOCIATION = [Shows date of association]

shows the date of association. (DATE FORMAT YYYY-MM-DD)

For companies with a valid trademark number

X-FR-TRADEMARK = [trademark number]

For companies with valid SIREN/SIRET number

X-FR-SIREN-OR-SIRET = [SIREN/SIRET number]

Please note:

The company name provided in the registrant contact details must be exactly the same as shown in SIREN/SIRET database.

Please check database at: http://www.euridile.com

optional parameter for companies VATID

X-FR-VATID - [company VAT ID]

Change of Registrant

Change of Registrant is possible, please use the command TradeDomain for trades.
The following details are required:

• Domain
• Owner handle (new owner), admin-contact and tech-ccontact
• local presence service: Trustee - yes/no?
• if no Trustee is needed, additional settings are required depending on the owner type (X-FR extensions, see AddDomain)

Please note:
The tech-contact must not be identical with the Owner Contact.

IMPORTANT: Trade and transfer at the same time is possible, no Auth-Code required..

Trade Notes

The trade operation triggers validation emails that are sent to both holders (incoming and outgoing) and information emails to the outgoing registrar and the outgoing administrative contact.

Both holders have 15 days to give their agreement by clicking on the relevant link found inside the validation email. They also have the possibility to validate the transmission by sending a fax (or an email attachment) co-signed by both parties. If both agreements are not given within 15 days, the operation is canceled. If within 15 days one ofthe holders requests the cancellation of the transmission by clicking on the relevant link found inside the validation email, the transmission will automatically be canceled.

The trade is a billed operation that changes the anniversary date of the domain name.

Domain Renewal

As .FR domains can only be registered on a yearly basis, they cannot be renewed explicitly.

Deletion Process

.FR domains can be deleted.

Restrictions

Both owner and admin contact require a local address including a French phone number. If one of the contacts has no local address in France, you may use our trustee service for both contacts; the trustee service cannot be used only for one of the two contacts.

-Lokal kontakt
För att registrera en .fr domän krävs en lokal kontakt med en lokal fransk adress. Registrera Domän erbjuder denna tjänst som en del i priset. Registrera Domän kan agera lokal kontakt genom sin lokala närvaro i Frankrike. Fortfarande är domänen registrerad på kunden fullt ut, men det franska registriet får också en lokal kontaktperson enligt deras krav. På så sätt kan vem som helst registrera en .fr domän genom Registrera Domän. Detta är en unik service som Registrera Domän kan erbjuda (trustee service).

Please note:

Restrictions on individuals and corporate entities which are eligible to register a domain name

• Corporate entities

Corporate entities with a registered office or branch in France, whose details can be verified in such electronic databases as Infogreffe (and its derivatives), RNCS, the SIRENE directory and BODACC.

The State, local authorities and their establishments.

• Trademark holders

Adult individuals or corporate entities owning a trademark registered with France's National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) or a registered EU or international trademark specifically stating France, whose details can be verified in any electronic trademark database.

• Individuals

Natural persons of full legal age

Residing in France, or

Of French citizenship residing outside of France

Reserved domain names

Reserved domain names of the registry for special use or special individuals or organizations can be found here http://www.afnic.fr/obtenir/chartes/fondamentaux

Prohibited terms and reserved terms

• Prohibited terms

The list of terms that cannot be registered because they are "prohibited terms" includes, in particular

• Abusive terms
• Racist terms
• Obscene terms
• Terms relating to crime or offenses

• Reserved terms

The list of terms that are "reserved" and can be registered only subject to special conditions, based on the identity or rights of the applicant include, in particular

• Technical Internet terms
• Names of regulated professions;
• Terms relating to government operation;
• Names of the signatory countries of the Paris Convention;
• Dedicated names or terms of international organizations;
• Names of French towns and villages in their base form: the list of reserved terms can be consulted directly on the INSEE website;
• The name of the French Republic, its national institutions and public services, either alone or associated with words referring to such institutions or services
• The name of a local authority, inter-municipal agreement with agglomeration-wide fiscal resources, either alone or associated with words or abbreviations referring to local institutions
• The name of someone in office, associated with words referring to their elective functions.

Under Article R.20-44-43-IV, provisions 7 to 9 do not prevent the

renewal of domain names registered before the enactment of France's

Domain Name Allocation and Management Act 2007, amending the

French Electronic Communications and Telecommunications Act:

• By a company whose name is identical to the registered name and which registered that name as a trademark before 1st January 2004
• By an association whose mission is to defend and promote a protected "designation of origin" for which the name has been registered.

The registration of reserved terms may be subject to specific provisions stipulated in the Procedures Manual.

Transfers

Transfer Procedure

The following details are required:

• auth-code
• new admin-contact handle (please note: admin contact must be located in France)
• X-FR extensions for admin contact (see domain registration section)
• new tech-contact handle

Transfer Notes

The registrar change request is made by the new registrar. It is the auth_info given by the holder to the incoming registrar that validates this request.

The outgoing registrar receives a registrar change notification:

• If the outgoing registrar accepts within 8 days, the registrar change is immediately validated.

• If the outgoing registrar refuses within 8 days, the total duration of the registrar change operation is extended to 22 days before validation. The outgoing registrar may still accept the transfer before the 22 days.

• If the outgoing registrar does not react within 8 days, the registrar change is immediately validated at the end of the 8 days.

The transfer operation is billed and changes the expiration date of the domain name.