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Release of Country and Territory Names within the .TORAY and .PICTET TLDs

28 March 2016

Open Date: 28 March 2016 Close Date: 10 May 2016
Originating Organization: Global Domains Division
Categories/Tags:
  • Top-Level Domains
  • Second-Level Domains
  • Contracted Party Agreements
  • Security/Stability
Brief Overview:

Two (2) Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the release of country and territory names for the below TLDs. In total, the requests concern 2 New gTLDs.

Proposal TLD Registry Name Documents
2016009 pictet Pictet Europe S.A. Pictet Europe S.A. Request 1 February 2016 [PDF, 18 KB]
2016008 toray Toray Industries, Inc. Toray Industries, Inc. Request 28 January 2016 [PDF, 19 KB]

Currently, .TORAY and .PICTET Registry Agreements require country and territory names contained in specific internationally recognized lists to be withheld from registration or allocated to the registry operator at all levels.

As required by the RSEP, ICANN has undertaken a preliminary determination on whether these RSEP proposals might raise significant competition, security or stability issues. ICANN's preliminary review (based on the information provided) did not identify any such issues.

Following ICANN's preliminary determination that the proposals do not raise significant competition, security or stability issues, it was further determined that the change would require a material change to the respective Registry Agreements and that an amendment is needed in order to effect the change.

The proposed amendments, which are being posted for comment, would allow the registration of country and territory names at all levels in .TORAY and .PICTET TLDs. It should be noted that Specification 13 has been granted for .TORAY on 18 December 2014 and Specification 13 has been granted for .PICTET on 4 September 2014.

Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ctn-release-tlds-2016-03-28-en