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France and Mali both objected to all four applications; France claims that the demands for legitimacy with regards to health services around the world prevents .health from being an easily deployable TLD, and that all applicants need greater security measures, they further note that: " We also refer to the requests from the World Health Organization NGOs, and others, who wrote to ICANN and the GAC to delay the attribution of the string to allow for consultation with the global health community on operating the TLD in the Public Interest."<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Health-FR-6394.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353451859000 Health FR, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref> Mali makes similar claims, and Cameroon also submitted an Early Warning to [[Afilias]] .health application, copying the French warning verbatim.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Health-CM-1-3442.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353378092000 Health CM, GACWeb.ICANN.org]</ref>
France and Mali both objected to all four applications; France claims that the demands for legitimacy with regards to health services around the world prevents .health from being an easily deployable TLD, and that all applicants need greater security measures, they further note that: " We also refer to the requests from the World Health Organization NGOs, and others, who wrote to ICANN and the GAC to delay the attribution of the string to allow for consultation with the global health community on operating the TLD in the Public Interest."<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Health-FR-6394.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353451859000 Health FR, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref> Mali makes similar claims, and Cameroon also submitted an Early Warning to [[Afilias]] .health application, copying the French warning verbatim.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Health-CM-1-3442.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353378092000 Health CM, GACWeb.ICANN.org]</ref>
===European Commission Objection===
===European Commission Communiqué===
The [[European Commission]] objected to all applicants for .health outside of ICANN's defined remediation processes.
The [[European Commission]] flagged all applicants for .health outside of ICANN's defined remediation processes.
Just after [[ICANN]]'s [[GAC]] issued its Early Warnings, which are advice given from one GAC member country to an applicant warning it of potential issues within its application, the [[European Commission]] issued a letter to all applicants within the [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]. The letter highlights 58 applications that "could raise issues of compatibility with the existing legislation .. and/or with policy positions and objectives of the European Union." It notes a desire to open a dialogue with each offending applicant.
Just after [[ICANN]]'s [[GAC]] issued its Early Warnings, which are advice given from one GAC member country to an applicant warning it of potential issues within its application, the [[European Commission]] issued a letter to all applicants within the [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]. The letter highlights 58 applications that "could raise issues of compatibility with the existing legislation .. and/or with policy positions and objectives of the European Union." It notes a desire to open a dialogue with each offending applicant.
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