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Any further comments on .eu?

Roberto




>Dear Names Council of the DNSO,
>
>I write to request you assistance in passing the following invitation 
to 
>those within your constituencies who may have an interest in the 
creation 
>of a .EU TLD.
>
>In an attempt to reach the wider Internet community, this notice will 
be 
>posted to a number of mailing lists.  Apologies to those who subscribe 
to 
>more than one of those lists for any multiple postings.
>
>
>Fay Howard
>CENTR General Manager
>
>
>Invitation to attend an open Meeting on the Creation of .EU Top Level 
Domain
>Brussels, 28 March 2000.
>
>Introduction
>
>On 2 February 2000, the European Commission published a Working Paper 
on 
>the creation of a .EU Top Level Domain for public comment. CENTR, the 
>Council of European National Top Level Domains formed a working group 
to 
>consider the Commission's Working Paper. A press release followed 
>indicating CENTR's intention to initiate wide consultation before 
>responding to the Commission. In the course of these consultations, it 

>became clear that a public meeting would enable CENTR members and other
 
>interested groups to benefit from expert opinion and take input from 
all 
>areas of the European Internet Community.
>
>CENTR will therefore host an open meeting in Brussels on  Tuesday, 28 
March 
>2000 at which interested parties may attend and give their views. 
>Representatives of the European Commission, ICANN board and staff and 
all 
>constituencies of the DNSO will be invited as well as legal and 
business 
>experts in relevant fields.
>Apologies for the short notice but we feel it is important to be able 
to 
>give the Commission our report as quickly as possible.
>
>With the benefit of input from the open meeting, CENTR proposes to 
address 
>the six questions raised in the Commission working Paper and give 
>additional input to the Commission. The report will be published before
 31 
>March 2000.
>The agenda of the meeting will focus on some fundamental issues 
including 
>the following:
>
>Issues for the agenda:
>
>1. The consequences of creating .EU from the perspective of the 
Internet 
>end user, and the demand for such Domain Names throughout Europe
>
>- Business initiatives and e-commerce developments
>- Addressing consumer protection and consumer confusion
>- Preventing the need for defensive registrations by current Domain 
name 
>holders
>
>2. The legal implications of creating .EU
>
>- Competition issues
>- law governing registration agreements with .eu TLD registrants and 
the 
>jurisdiction of courts in member states;
>- domain name dispute avoidance and online dispute resolution,
>- Domain Name warehousing and cybersquatting issues
>
>3. The registration policies appropriate to such a new Top Level Domain

>
>- Neutral second level domains
>- Appropriate registrants (EU institutions only, businesses in the EU, 

>private
>    persons...)
>- Consequence of EU naming policies on ccTLD registries in the 15 
member
>    states
>
>4.The role of the national Internet communities in the process of 
>determining the  creation of such a new TLD.
>
>- Clarification of the consultation and decision making process within 
the EU
>- Clarification of the consultation and decision making process within 
ICANN
>- Next Steps
>
>Meeting Information:
>
>There is no charge for attendance.
>The meeting will commence at 9.30 and the open session will finish at 
16.00 
>after which a closed session will take place to review input and draft 
a 
>report.
>Lunch will be provided.
>
>Venue:
>
>La Maison de l'Europe a la Bibliotheque Solvay
>137 Rue Belliard
>1040 Brussels
>
>Further information:
>
>For further information about the meeting or CENTR :
>Email:secretariat@centr.org
>This invitation and the agenda will be posted to the CENTR Website:
>URL: http://www.centr.org
>
>Registration
>
>In order to assess numbers for catering and provision of papers, you 
are 
>requested to complete the registration form below and return to the 
CENTR 
>Secretariat.
>
>***************Registration form******************
>
>To CENTR Secretariat <Michaela@centr.org>
>
>Name(s):
>
>Organisation:
>
>Country:
>
>E-mail Address:
>
>***********************************************************************
*****
>CENTR
>Council of European National Top level domain Registries
>
>Sandford Gate
>Sandy Lane West
>Oxford OX 4 5LB
>
>Tel: +44 (0)1865 332400
>Fax: +44 (0)1865 332401
>
>email <secretariat@centr.org>
>URL: http://www.centr.org
>
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