New extension · European Union
.ευ domain name
What you need to know about .ευ: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .ευ
- Country
- European Union
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 9
- Quarantine after deletion
- 40 days
- Punycode
- xn--qxa6a
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .ευ?
- You can register a .ευ domain name if your company has its registered office, central administration or principal place of business in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
- Organisations established in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway can also register, provided national law allows it.
- As a private individual, you can register if you live in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
- If you're a citizen of an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, you can register even if you live elsewhere.
- If you don't fall into any of these groups, you can register the domain name through a trustee service.
- The registrant's email address must not contain the domain name you're registering. So for example..ευ, you can't give an address such as info@example..ευ.
Additional details for registration
- If you're an EU citizen living outside the EU, you provide your nationality. This shows that you're allowed to register the domain name.
- You can choose a language in which your registrant details are shown in the EURid WHOIS. You can pick any of the official EU languages, including Dutch. If you don't choose one, English is used.
Good to know when registering
- If you don't meet the requirements, there's a service where a third party registers the domain name at your request and lets you use it. Please note: that third party is then the owner, with all the rights that come with it.
- EURid can delay the activation of your domain name if a screening system flags the registration as potential abuse. This can happen when nameservers are set for the first time.
- This check looks at things such as your registrant details, the nameservers used and reports of abuse from third parties. EURid makes the final decision.
- If activation is delayed, your website and email will temporarily stop working. You'll then receive a verification email from EURid.
- While activation is delayed, you can still change, cancel or transfer the domain name. These changes will only become visible once the domain name is active.
Transfer
Transferring a .ευ
- First, request the transfer code from your current registrar. Without this code, the transfer can't start.
- Your registrant details must be provided when you transfer a domain.
- If you're an EU citizen living outside the EU, you provide your nationality when you transfer the domain.
- A cancelled domain name that's in quarantine with another registrar can be restored and transferred at the same time.
The transfer code
- You need the transfer code to start the transfer. You request it from your current registrar.
- The code consists of 16 letters and numbers in four groups, separated by hyphens, such as XXXX-AAAA-BBBB-CCCC. You need the full code.
- The code is valid for 40 days after it's issued, or less if it's used sooner.
- You won't get a transfer code if the domain name is blocked, reserved, withdrawn or locked by the registry.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- The new registrant must meet the same requirements as for registration.
- If the new registrant lives outside the EU and isn't an EU citizen, the transfer can be done through a trustee service.
- If the new registrant is an EU citizen living outside the EU, they provide their nationality to show that they're allowed to hold the domain name.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After cancellation, the domain name goes into quarantine. You can restore it from there, even if it was with another registrar. It's then transferred straight away.
- A domain name that's in quarantine can't be put in the name of a different registrant.
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.