The Law of 22 March 2011 has changed certain aspects of the legal framework for domain names in France: one of the changes introduced by the new system includes the requirement for the .fr registry to accredit its registrars. This means that from 1 January 2012 onwards, each registrar wishing to do business in each of the extensions managed by AFNIC must be accredited by the registry for the .fr TLD.
As such, AFNIC has put the accreditation application package on-line today, and to assist and inform registrars as best it may in the process, is organizing a chat on the issues involved on 10 November, from 14:30 to 16:30.
Create an account to ask your questions during the chat on 10 November
Download the Accreditation application package
About Afnic
Afnic is the acronym for Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération, the French Network Information Centre. The registry has been appointed by the French government to manage domain names under the .fr Top Level Domain. Afnic also manages the .re (Reunion Island), .pm (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon), .tf (French Southern and Antarctic Territories), .wf (Wallis and Futuna) and .yt (Mayotte) French Overseas TLDs.
In addition to managing French TLDs, Afnic’s role is part of a wider public interest mission, which is to contribute on a daily basis, thanks to the efforts of its teams and its members, to a secure and stable internet, open to innovation and in which the French internet community plays a leading role. As part of that mission, Afnic, a non-profit organization, has committed to devoting 11% of its Revenues from managing .fr Top Level Domain to actions of general interest, in particular by transferring €1.3 million each year to the Afnic Foundation for Digital Solidarity.
Afnic is also the back-end registry for the companies as well as local and regional authorities that have chosen to have their own TLD, such as .paris, .bzh, .alsace, .corsica, .mma, .ovh, .leclerc and .sncf.
Established in 1997 and based in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Afnic currently has nearly 90 employees.
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