EU.org general policy

The following recursively applies to all subdomains of EU.org.

There are additional rules for direct subdomains.

Commercial sites

Though the service is mostly geared towards non-profit and not-for-profit organizations and individuals, small commercial sites are accepted, but they are VERY STRONGLY asked to do so only as a very last resort (please consider reserving a domain from of the ICANN-accredited registrars at InterNIC), unless of course they support EU.org goals.

Non-European sites

Since Europe is not the only place where national NIC policies are a problem, non-european sites are welcome.

Administrative authorizations

It is advised that owners of subdomains obtain necessary administrative authorizations from the site(s) hosting their nameservers or machines in the domain.

Subdomains

Subdomain managers willing to provide registration to third parties in their domain have an obligation to:
Provide registration for free or for a minimal fee
The registration fee, if any, MUST be minimal and must only cover costs in DIRECT RELATION with the registration and management of the zone file(s) and server(s). Using registration fees to fund any of the following is explicitly excluded : Registration in a given subdomain can be reserved to the members of an organization with a subscription fee, but the subdomain registration should not be the primary service provided by the organization to its paying members.
Be equitable to all groups in the domain that request domain names

Compliance to Internet standards

Subdomain owners must comply with Internet standards (RFCs). This includes, but is not limited to: Subdomain owners are also required not to spam (issue mass unsolicited email or news postings) and not to provide tools to help spamming.

Trademarks

InterNIC rules regarding trademarks apply:
Registering a domain name does not confer any legal rights to that name and any disputes between parties over the rights to use a particular name are to be settled between the contending parties using normal legal methods (See RFC 1591).
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