Whois

Whois gives the opportunity to query the data base of .fr and .re as well as .tf, .yt, .pm and .wf domain names managed by AFNIC.

For a first use or for details, please read our help.

Change on February 5th 2008
In application of its new data publication and access policy,
the AFNIC changes the consultation modes of the Whois service in order to
guarantee the good quality of this service and protect personal data.

Whois - Legal notice

The AFNIC's database is protected by the provisions of the French Law of the 1st of July 1998 transposing the European Directive of the 11th of March 1996 on database legal protection in the Intellectual Property Code.
The AFNIC is the only entity to hold the producing rights of the databases as substantial investment, quantitative as much as qualitative, that were used to achieve this database.
Complete or partial reproduction and/or use of the AFNIC's database without the express permission of the AFNIC is strictly forbidden.
Any breach to these rules can carry penal sanctions as counterfeit, without prejudice of a potential damages request from the AFNIC, holder of these rights.
The AFNIC's database user commits to use the published data according to the laws and rules in effect. Moreover, the user is bound to respect the French Data Protection Law. The infringement of the French Data Protection Law can carry penal sanctions.
As the user will access personal information, the user must refrain from collecting or misuse this information. In a more general way, the user must refrain from any act likely to infringe the privacy or reputation of individuals.

Further information: Data publication and access policy.