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{{TLD|

| logo           = Doteu.JPG‎

|logo   = Doteu.JPG‎

| type            = Non-Profit

|status = Active

| industry        = Internet

|manager  = [[European Commission]], [[EURid]]

|country   = Members of the EU

|stringcontention =  

|registryprovider  = [[EURid]]

| headquarters    = Woluwelaan 150, 1831 Diegens

|date = 1999

| country         = Belgium

|type  = [[GeoTLD]]

| businesses      =  

|community  =  

| products        =  

|keypeople =  

| employees      =  

| revenue        =

| website        = [http://www.eurid.eu/ www.eurid.eu]

| blog            =

| twitter        =  

| keypeople       = [[Marc Van Wesemael]], General Manager

 

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'''.eu''' is the [[ccTLD|country code top level domain name]] (ccTLD) of the European Union. It is managed and operated by [[EURid]], a non-profit organization founded by three registry operators: namely [[DNS Belgium]], [[Istituto di Informatica e Telematica]] and [[IIS|Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur]] (IIS), under the authority of the [[European Commission]].<ref>

'''.eu''' is the [[ccTLD|country code top level domain name]] (ccTLD) of the European Union. It is managed and operated by [[EURid]], a non-profit organization founded by three registry operators: namely [[DNS Belgium]], [[Istituto di Informatica e Telematica]] and [[IIS|Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur]] (IIS), under the authority of the [[European Commission]].<ref>[http://www.eurid.eu/ www.eurid.eu]</ref>

[http://www.eurid.eu/ www.eurid.eu]</ref>

.eu is considered the 9th largest [[TLD|top level domain name]] and the 5th most popular [[ccTLD]] worldwide.<ref>

.eu is considered the 9th largest [[TLD|top level domain name]] and the 5th most popular [[ccTLD]] worldwide.<ref>

==Background==

==Background==

In 1999, the '''eu''' was approved as the two letter-alpha code for the European Union by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2005/eu-report-05aug2005.pdf www.iana.org]</ref> Subsequently, in 2000, the European Council endorsed the creation of the .eu [[TLD]] during its meeting in Lisbon to improve the electronic commerce within the European Union. On April 22, 2002, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union enacted Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 ,which calls for the implementation of the .eu ccTLD to represent and promote the image of European community in global information networks.<ref>

In 1999, .eu was approved as the two letter-alpha code for the European Union by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2005/eu-report-05aug2005.pdf www.iana.org]</ref> Subsequently, in 2000, the European Council endorsed the creation of the .eu [[TLD]] during its meeting in Lisbon to improve the electronic commerce within the European Union. On April 22, 2002, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union enacted Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 ,which calls for the implementation of the .eu ccTLD to represent and promote the image of European community in global information networks.<ref>

[http://www.eurid.eu/files/ec20733_en.pdf Regulation (EC) No 733/2002]</ref>

[http://www.eurid.eu/files/ec20733_en.pdf Regulation (EC) No 733/2002]</ref>

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[[Category: Glossary]]

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