Registry Agreement Amendment Templates for Commonly Requested Registry Services

Effective 17 June 2019, this webpage has been archived and replaced by the Fast Track RSEP Process and Standard Authorization Language webpage.

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Registry operators planning to offer a modification to an existing registry service or a new registry service must submit a request for ICANN approval pursuant to the Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP). The definition of a registry service is provided in the page linked above.

In some cases, an amendment to the registry agreement between ICANN and the registry operator may be required to implement the new or modified service.  Below you will find a list of commonly requested registry services, a brief description of each service, and a link to the standard contractual language for each. This page will be updated from time to time with additional amendment templates for commonly requested services.

Bulk Transfer After Partial Portfolio Acquisition (BTAPPA) [PDF, 45 KB]

This service permits registry operators to offer to registrars a service where an ICANN-accredited registrar purchases a portion but not all of another ICANN-accredited registrar's domain name portfolio in the top-level domain (TLD).

Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)

This service permits registry operators to offer Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), non-ASCII domain names at the second- or lower-levels. Registry operators are encouraged to use standardized, pre-approved Reference Label Generation Rules (LGR) tables.

• Adding an IDN Service and May Activate Variants [PDF, 44 KB]

  This template is for registry operators who have not been previously approved to offer IDNs. This form should be used if the registry operator will activate variants.

• Adding an IDN Service and Will Block Variants [PDF, 43 KB]

  This template is for registry operators who have not been previously approved to offer IDNs. The registry operator will block variants.

• Adding IDN Languages/Scripts [PDF, 42 KB]

  This template is for registry operators who have been approved to offer IDNs and plan to offer IDNs in additional languages/scripts.

• Removing IDN Languages/Scripts [PDF, 42 KB]

  This template is for registry operators who plan to stop offering IDNs in specific languages/scripts.

Registration Validation per Applicable Law

This service permits registry operators to perform registration validation to comply with applicable law in a given jurisdiction. Some registries may additionally request approval to use a supplementary registration proxy in conjunction with registration validation.

• Registration Validation per Applicable Law Without Supplementary Registration Proxy [PDF, 48 KB]

  This template is for registry operators who will perform registration validation to comply with applicable law in a specific jurisdiction. The registry operator will not use a supplementary registration proxy.

• Registration Validation per Applicable Law with Secondary Access to SRS/EPP and/or RDDS [PDF, 57 KB]

  This template is for registry operators who will perform registration validation to comply with applicable law in a specific jurisdiction. The registry operator will offer secondary access to SRS/EPP and/or RDDS.

Registry Lock [PDF, 40 KB]

This service helps protect against inadvertent transfers, modifications to or deletions of domain name registration data by allowing an authorized representative from the sponsoring registrar to request the activation or deactivation of certain EPP statuses.