RA Requirements of Registries pertaining to Registrars

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Registry LiaisonRA Requirements of Registry Operators

pertaining to Registrars

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Agenda Topics

RRA Amendment Registry & Registrar Statistics

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Registry Liaison

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Africa (EMEA)Asia

Pacific (APAC)

Americas

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New gTLD RA Requirements of Registries pertaining to Registrars

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This presentation covers only new gTLD Registry Agreement requirements of Registry Operators pertaining to Registrars. These requirements are identical across all new gTLDs, whereas requirements for legacy TLDs might vary.

Registry Agreement Requirements

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Registry Agreement Requirements

RegistrationsRegistry Operator will use only ICANN accredited registrars that are party to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 27 June 2013 in registering domain names.

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2Notifications only to ICANNIf Registry Operator becomes an Affiliate or reseller of ICANN accredited registrar, Registry Operator will give ICANN prompt notice of such contract that resulted in such affiliation or reseller relationship.

All domain name registrations in the TLD must be registered through an ICANN Accredited Registrar. The Registry Agreement does permit limited exceptions to this requirement, such as the names Registry Operator registers to itself or withhold from registration as part of operation of TLD.

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Registry Agreement Requirements

3Notifications to both ICANN and Accredited RegistrarPrice Increase: For initial domain name registrations, Registry Operator shall provide ICANN and each ICANN accredited Registrar advance written notice of any price increase in no less than 30 days. For renewals, this advance written notice is no less than 180 days. Registrars have the option to register names from 1 to 10 years but not more than 10 years.

RRA Amendment: Registry Operators are required to follow Registry-Registrar Agreement (RRA) Amendment procedure in order to make any changes to the signed and executed RRA. Accordingly, Registry Operator will submit ICANN a cover note explaining the changes and also redlined version of the executed RRA.

Personal Data: Registry Operator shall notify each ICANN accredited Registrar about which personal data is submitted to the Registry by the Registrar is collected and also require such registrar to obtain consent of each registrant for use of Personal Data. Registry Operator also shall take reasonable steps to protect Personal Data collected from such registrar.

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Registry Agreement Requirements

5Public Interest CommitmentsRegistry Operator will include a provision in its Registry-Registrar Agreement that requires Registrars to include in their Registration Agreements a provision prohibiting Registered Name Holders from distributing malware, abusively operating botnets, phishing, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement, fraudulent or deceptive practices, counterfeiting or otherwise engaging in activity contrary to applicable law, and providing (consistent with applicable law and any related procedures) consequences for such activities including suspension of the domain name.

Registry-Registrar Agreement (RRA) Amendment

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RRA Amendment Process

Registry submits redlines to the

originally signed RRA + cover note

ICANN determines if the proposed

changes are material

ICANN shares redlines + cover note

with Registry Stakeholder Group

Registry Stakeholder

Group reviews the

proposed changes

(up to 21 days)

ICANN consults Registry

and Registrars to address

concerns

ICANN approves proposed

changes

Objections

No objection

RRA Amendment Procedure: https://www.icann.org/resources/files/rra-amendment-procedure-2011-08-25-en

Registry & Registrar Statistics

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13 Registries 8 Registrars

Africa

Europe4

351 Registries1077 Registrars

North America1

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104 Registries 17 Registrars

Latin America/Caribbean Islands

259 Registries163 Registrars

Registries (per TLD) & Registrars Around the Globe

Asia/Australia/ Pacific Islands151 Registries196 Registrars

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Starting as of April 2014, a total of 20 requests has been submitted for RRA Amendment (per gTLD Registry Operator):

RRA Amendment Requested

75%

25%

Total number of RRA Amendment Approved - 15

Total number of RRA Amendment Currently Under Review - 5

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