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Continued Operations Instrument(COI)
In the New Generic Top-Level Domain Program (New gTLD Program), a letter of credit or an escrow agreement that registry operators (ROs) of gTLDs must maintain to ensure the availability of funds to provide continuity of service should an issue with a registry arise. According to Specification 8 of the new gTLD Registry Agreement, ROs shall have a COI that provides sufficient financial resources to cover the five critical registry functions in Section 6 of Specification 10, for a determined time period.