Topic: Release of Country and Territory Names within the .SONY, .ARCHI, .BIO and .SAARLAND TLDs

  

Originator: ICANN

  

Summary of request: This Public Comment period aims at gathering  input on proposed amendments to the .SONY, .ARCHI, .BIO and .SAARLAND Registry Agreements to allow the registration of country and territory names currently reserved under Section 4 of Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement. These amendments are intended to implement the requests from the registry operators to offer a new registry service, which were submitted through the Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) process. https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ctn-release-tlds-2015-05-13-en

  

Date received: 14 May 2015

  

Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 25 June 2015

  

Recommended action, if any: No Action

  

Expertise needed, if any: Legal

  

Date of submission to Council: 18 May 2015

  

Last date of Council decision: 20 May 2015

  

Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low/middle