.bio Registry Agreement
On 6 March 2014, ICANN and STARTING DOT LIMITED entered into a Registry Agreement under which STARTING DOT LIMITED operated the .bio top-level domain. Effective 31 March 2017, the Registry Agreement was assigned by Starting Dot Limited to Afilias plc, which now operates the .bio top-level domain. Effective 23 April 2019, Afilias plc commenced operations under its new name, Afilias Limited. The agreement may be viewed by following the links below:
2017 Global Amendment to the base Registry Agreement
The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New gTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 July 2017. For additional information, please visit the Global Amendment webpage.
Authorization(s) for Release of Reserved Names
- All Digit/Digit, Letter/Digit, and Digit/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels at the Second Level (01 December 2014)
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (17 November 2015)
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (03 August 2016)
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (01 September 2016)
- Authorization for Release of Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels at the Second Level (13 December 2016)
Amendments
- Amendment No.4 (12 February 2020)
- Amendment No.3 (13 September 2019)
- Amendment No.2 (29 May 2019)
- Amendment No.1 (23 April 2019)
Note: The official version is the Word version above. This HTML version is machine-generated and may not display correctly.
Name Collision Occurrence Management Documents
TLD Startup Information
Registry Agreement Archive
Authorization(s) for Release of Reserved Names
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (14 March 2016)