Hi Nick,

Thanks for forwarding.

Luckily, this seems to be a EU specific issue.

However, if there is an interest, I’d be happy to summarise at the next call or answer any individual questions people may have in the meantime.

Hope to see many of you in The Hague!

Peter

Van: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org> Namens Nick Wenban-Smith via Ccnso-council
Verzonden: dinsdag 7 juni 2022 18:30
Aan: ccNSO-Council@icann.org
Onderwerp: [ccnso-council] FW: CENTR Board letter to ICANN

FYI, is this something that could be discussed under AOB at council next week perhaps?

From: fm-request@centrlists.org <fm-request@centrlists.org> On Behalf Of Peter Van Roste
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 11:58 AM
To: fm@centrlists.org
Cc: leaders@centrlists.org
Subject: [centr-fm] CENTR Board letter to ICANN

Hi Everyone,

As mentioned in a previous email, a Member had signalled that ICANN had reached out to European governments in the context of the NIS2 negotiations.

In that exchange, ICANN suggested that governments apply internationally approved policies and procedures on their national ccTLD.

If successful, this outreach would result in ccTLDs having to abide by rules developed for gTLDs.

Feedback from Members indicated that this was indeed not a stand-alone case.

Wording I’ve seen, included indeed the encouragement for governments to establish internationally agreed policies regarding registrant data for ccTLDs.

As many expressed during the Jamboree, this is worrisome and we need to fully understand the scope of this effort by ICANN.

As a follow-up, the CENTR Board has sent a letter to the ICANN CEO to highlight this issue and request some clarifications.

Full letter is attached, here are the clarifications requested:

How many European governments were approached in the context of this outreach?
On what grounds did ICANN suggest that governments should consider imposing regulation on ccTLDs?
How was this particular suggested amendment developed and what consultation process was followed?
On what basis does ICANN believe this specific message and related proactive outreach to governments is within its mandate?
Why did ICANN decide to advise governments on how to govern their national ccTLDs without consulting the ccTLD community?

Most importantly, the Board asks ICANN to discuss how this issue can be avoided in the future and insists on synchronisation with the relevant ccTLD should there ever be a need for ICANN to discuss ccTLD regulations with a government.

I will keep you posted of any follow-up.

Best Regards,

Peter

Peter Van Roste

General Manager

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