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id: "contracted-parties"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "contracted parties"
language: "en"
category: "Governance and policy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/contracted-parties/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/partes-contratadas/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/contracted-parties/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/parties-contractantes/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/parti-contraenti/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/partes-contratadas/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/dogovornye-storony/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/qianyuefang/"
---

# contracted parties

The gTLD registry operators and ICANN-accredited registrars that have contracts with ICANN. Those contracts oblige them to follow ICANN policies. In the GNSO, their stakeholder groups form the Contracted Parties House.

## related terms

- [Registry Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement/)
- [RAA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/raa/)
- [RrSG](https://tldlog.com/glossary/rrsg/)
- [RySG](https://tldlog.com/glossary/rysg/)