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Release of Country and Territory Names within the .IKANO, .SAXO, .SCOR, .SANDVIK, .WALTER, .SANDVIKCOROMANT, .VISTA, .VISTAPRINT, .BARCLAYS, .BARCLAYCARD and .HERMES TLDs

12 January 2017

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Open Date: 12 January 2017 Close Date: 24 February 2017
Originating Organization: Global Domains Division
Categories/Tags:
  • Top-Level Domains
  • Second-Level Domains
  • Contracted Party Agreements
  • Security/Stability
Brief Overview:

Eleven (11) 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 11 New gTLDs.

Proposal

TLD

Registry Name

Documents

2016051

hermes

HERMES INTERNATIONAL

HERMES INTERNATIONAL Request 12 October 2016

2016050

barclaycard

Barclays Bank PLC

Barclays Bank PLC Request 12 October 2016

2016049

barclays

Barclays Bank PLC

Barclays Bank PLC Request 12 October 2016

2016048

vistaprint

Vistaprint Limited

Vistaprint Limited Request 12 October 2016

2016047

vista

Vistaprint Limited

Vistaprint Limited Request 12 October 2016

2016046

sandvikcoromant

Sandvik AB

Sandvik AB Request 12 October 2016

2016045

walter

Sandvik AB

Sandvik AB Request 12 October 2016

2016044

sandvik

Sandvik AB

Sandvik AB Request 12 October 2016

2016043

scor

SCOR SE

SCOR SE Request 12 October 2016

2016042

saxo

Saxo Bank A/S

Saxo Bank A/S Request 12 October 2016

2016039

ikano

Ikano S.A.

Ikano S.A. Request 28 July 2016

Currently, .IKANO, .SAXO, .SCOR, .SANDVIK, .WALTER, .SANDVIKCOROMANT, .VISTA, .VISTAPRINT, .BARCLAYS, .BARCLAYCARD and .HERMES 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 .IKANO, .SAXO, .SCOR, .SANDVIK, .WALTER, .SANDVIKCOROMANT, .VISTA, .VISTAPRINT, .BARCLAYS, .BARCLAYCARD and .HERMES TLDs. It should be noted that Specification 13 has been granted for .IKANO on 9 July 2015, Specification 13 has been granted for both .SAXO and .SCOR on 31 October 2014, Specification 13 has been granted for .SANDVIK, .WALTER, .SANDVIKCOROMANT, .BARCLAYS, and .BARCLAYCARD on 4 December 2014, Specification 13 has been granted for both .VISTA and .VISTAPRINT on 13 August 2015, and Specification 13 has been granted for .HERMES on 9 October 2014.
Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ctn-release-tlds-2017-01-12-en