---
id: "code-of-conduct-exemption"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "Code of Conduct exemption"
language: "en"
category: "TLD types and programs"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/code-of-conduct-exemption/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/exencion-codigo-conducta-operador-registro/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/befreiung-code-of-conduct/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/exemption-code-conduite-operateur-registre/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/esenzione-codice-condotta-gestore-registro/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/isencao-codigo-conduta/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/osvobozhdenie-kodeksa-povedeniya/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/xingwei-zhunze-huomian/"
---

# Code of Conduct exemption

Permission from ICANN for a registry to skip the Registry Operator Code of Conduct, which normally obliges it to treat all registrars equally. It is meant for TLDs where the registry and its affiliates hold every domain, and it is not given for closed generics.

## related terms

- [Specification 13](https://tldlog.com/glossary/specification-13/)
- [.brand](https://tldlog.com/glossary/brand-tld/)
- [Registry Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement/)
- [closed generic](https://tldlog.com/glossary/closed-generic/)
- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)