CENTR publishes booklet of ccTLD projects for EU policymakers
in plain words
CENTR Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries The association of European country code domain registries. Full definition of CENTR is a group representing country-code domain registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry in Europe, like .be or .at. It published a booklet with twelve examples of useful projects its members run, hoping EU lawmakers will use this work instead of creating new rules from scratch. The examples cover things like online safety tools and security systems.
CENTR, the association of European country-code domain registries, published a booklet on October 5 presenting twelve examples of member projects, addressed to EU policymakers. Its closing remarks argue that future regulation should build on this existing work rather than duplicate it.
The examples are grouped into four areas: resilience, interoperability, online safety, and education and awareness. From German-speaking countries, only nic.at appears, represented by its anycast One server address served from many locations, so users reach the nearest copy. Full definition of anycast DNS Domain Name System The internet's directory that links domain names to computer addresses. Full definition of DNS service RcodeZero. Other examples include the FRED registry software from CZ.NIC, the Zonemaster checking tool from Afnic Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération The nonprofit association that runs France's .fr domain. Full definition of Afnic and Internetstiftelsen, and EURid The nonprofit registry that runs .eu under contract with the European Commission. Full definition of EURid’s early-warning system APEWS.
The booklet cites figures: FRED runs at 13 ccTLD country code top-level domain A top-level domain for a country or territory, usually two letters long. Full definition of ccTLD, and CZ.NIC is adapting it for new gTLD A generic top-level domain added to the internet through ICANN's New gTLD Program. Full definition of new gTLD. DNS Belgium has used a tool called RegCheck, developed with SIDN Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland The organization that runs the Netherlands' .nl domain. Full definition of SIDN, to screen new .be registration Obtaining the right to use a domain name for a set period. Full definition of registration since March 2024, reducing revocations for violations. Estonia’s registry allocates 50,000 euros annually from deleted-domain auction proceeds to education projects. CENTR has 51 full members managing over 76 million domains.