On August 2011, Fundacio puntCAT's, the .cat registry, submitted a request under ICANN's Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requesting Whois changes according to EU data protection legislation.  ICANN has conducted a preliminary review in accordance with the Registry Services Evaluation Policy and process set forth at http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/rsep.html. ICANN's preliminary review (based on the information provided) did not identify any significant competition, security, or stability issues.

Fundació puntCAT consulted with the relevant authorities on the impact of the Spanish and EU legislation on data protection. More information on the original RSEP request http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/puntcat-cat-request-05oct11-en.pdf [PDF, 377 KB].

The implementation of the request requires an amendment to the .cat Registry Agreement signed 23 September 2005. This public forum requests comments regarding the proposed amendment. Here are the proposed revised Appendix 5 [PDF, 276 KB] and Appendix S-Part VI [PDF, 432 KB] redline versions for comments.

On 23 September 2005, ICANN and Fundació puntCAT entered into a Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement under which Fundació puntCAT sponsors the .cat top-level domain. Information about the original agreement and other amendments can be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/cat/.

Fundació puntCAT  has been operational since 2006. As of September 2011, .cat has  approximately 52,000 domain names registered, about 23 registrar accreditations and has no compliance issues at this time. The back-end service provider is CORE.

In the past, ICANN received similar request from Telnic Ltd, the .tel registry. See: http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/index.html#2007004.

• Fundacio puntCAT Request 5 October 2011 (RSEP Request): http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/puntcat-cat-request-05oct11-en.pdf [PDF, 377 KB]
• Registry Services Evaluation Policy: http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/