EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years

EUrid have officially been awarded the contract to run the .eu domain registry for another 5 years.

The contract, which is awarded by the European Commission, was open for tender last year and the official announcement was only made today.

The announcement is in today’s Official Journal of the European Union

Interestingly there was only one entity that submitted a bid for the job – the encumbent body, EUrid.

Here’s the full text of the announcement:

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 11 April 2014
on the designation of the .eu Top Level Domain Registry
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/207/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 April 2002 on the
implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain (
1
), and in particular Article 3(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission should designate the Registry entrusted with the organisation, administration and management
of the .eu Top Level Domain after publishing a call for expressions of interest in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
(2) In 2003 the Commission designated European Registry for internet Domains (EURid) as the .eu Top Level
Domain Registry by its Decision 2003/375/EC (
2
). The Commission concluded a contract with European Registry
for internet Domains (EURid) that specified the conditions according to which the Commission supervises the or­
ganisation, administration and management of the .eu Top Level Domain by the Registry. That contract was
signed on 12 October 2004 for a term of five years and then renewed in 2009 for another five years. It will
expire on 12 October 2014.
(3) The Commission published a Call for expressions of interest (2013/C 134/06) in the Official Journal of the Euro­
pean Union on 14 May 2013 jointly with the Commission Declaration on its role as supervisor of the organisa­
tion, administration and management of the .eu TDL by the Registry (2013/C 134/05), inviting applications from
organisations wishing to be selected as the Registry to be entrusted with the organisation, management and
administration of the .eu Top Level Domain.
(4) The call was closed on 20 June 2013. Only one application was received, from European Registry for internet
Domains (EURid).
(5) An evaluation based on the eligibility criteria and selection criteria provided for in the call for expressions of
interest was conducted on 25 July 2013.
(6) The evaluators examined the application and established scorecard comprising different marks (individual and
collective) for the application in line with the marking system provided in Section 4 of the call, and taking into
account its overall quality in view of the selection criteria. The evaluators concluded that the application from
European Registry for internet Domains (EURid) met the minimum requirements for each of the selection criteria.
The Commission has examined the results arrived at by the evaluators and on this basis endorses the decision.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Communications
Committee established by Article 22(1) of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council (
3
),
12.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 109/41
(
1
) OJ L 113, 30.4.2002, p. 1.
(
2
) Commission Decision 2003/375/EC of 21 May 2003 on the designation of the .eu Top Level Domain Registry (OJ L 128,
24.5.2003, p. 29).
(
3
) Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for elec­
tronic communications networks and services (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33). HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
European Registry for internet Domains (EURid) shall be the .eu Top Level Domain Registry entrusted with the organisa­
tion, management and administration of the .eu Top Level Domain.
Article 2
The Commission shall enter into a contract with European Registry for internet Domains (EURid) specifying the condi­
tions according to which the Commission supervises the organisation, administration and management of the .eu Top
Level Domain by the Registry, in accordance with Article 3(1)(c) of the Regulation (EC) No 733/2002.
That contract shall have an initial period of five years and may be extended two times each time for an additional period
of maximum five years.
Article 3
Decision 2003/375/EC is repealed.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
Done at Brussels, 11 April 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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