gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.berlin	dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG	dotberlin.de	View

* DESCRIPTION of the REGISTRATION POLICIES (Community Part) *

The following text is a shortened and descriptive version of the full registration policies which highlights the relevant information.

Out of the complete policy description provides in #18b the Community specific policies are the following:


* Eligibility Requirements *

To meet the requirements of ICANN to a community-based designation of the application and to meet a sufficient reference to BERLIN, the group of registrants is limited. Exclusively eligible to register a domain name under the top-level domain .BERLIN is

(i) any natural person, legal person, organization or association of persons, if they can demonstrate that they have an economic, cultural, historical, social or any other connection to the German capital Berlin, verifiable by
- their residence or second home, office or place of business, a branch or permanent establishment in the City of BERLIN, or
- a contact listed in the Whois database with a domicile in the City of BERLIN, or
- other appropriate proof e.g. the certification by an employer to enroll at a school or college, or birth certificate.

With the registration of a .BERLIN domain name each registrant implicitly signs the registration policies and agrees with the fact that he acknowledges compliance with the registration guidelines. Anyone can check compliance with the registration requirements by initiating an extrajudicial dispute resolution procedure (ʺ.BERLIN Eligibility Requirements Dispute Resolution Policy (ERDRP)ʺ).


* Domain Name Selection *

The Registrant undertakes as part of the registration guidelines not to register any domain names that violate the statutory provisions of the European Union and Federal Republic of Germany, that intervene in the rights of others or violate them, or for abusive, speculative or anti-competitive purposes. Concomitantly, the registrant obliges himself not to spread criminal, illegal, offensive, racist, discriminatory or pornographic content under the top-level domain .BERLIN. The Registrant further undertakes not to register domain names, which create the erroneous impression that these are domain names, content or services by public bodies or their affiliated organizations, so-called plagiarising authority domain names.

The registrant agrees not to register domain names that violate ethical or criminal law principles (illegal, violent, racist, ethnically offensive, harmful to minors, indecent, offensive or domain names that violate morality and public order) or may hurt the reputation of the City of BERLIN. In addition, domain names are not permitted that use the words or parts of words that could generally perceived as offensive. These include insulting, abusive or agitational words or words or word elements, which could violate the ethical, religious or moral sensibilities of Internet users.


* Content and use *

To meet the requirements of ICANN to a community-based designation of the application, the registrant must satisfy the following criteria for the content and the use of .BERLIN domain names:

(i) The contents of the website must be accessible under a domain directly related to the eligibility requirements, and
(ii) the domain must be in use within 12 months of registration.


* Enforcement, Termination and Deletion *

The Registry is entitled to lock, cancel, initiate the gTLD-deletion cycle or transfer domain names that do not meet the registration criteria if

i the domain name owner has persistently breached the registration policies and continues to do so after a warning and a deadline or

ii. The domain name contains in itself a manifestly illegal statement, or

iii. The domain name owner has agreed in writing, under penalty of law, not to use the domain name, or has issued a corresponding final declaration or an injunction has been issued a corresponding final national or international main judgment against him or

iv. it has been determined in a final and absolute national or international judgment that the registration of the domain name owner violates the rights of third parties, or the domain name owner has made a a final declaration to a corresponding injunction, or

v. the registration of the domain name to the domain name owner blatantly violates third party rights or is otherwise unlawful regardless of the specific use, or

vi. the use of the domain name or content under it is obviously abusive or can do harm to the public, for instance through illegal and fraudulent activities, spam, phishing, pharming, malware propagation, botnet activities, child pornography or unusual network activities (eg fast flux hosting), or

vii. the data given to the registry for the domain name owner or the administrative contact is incorrect or the identity of the domain holder or the administrative contact can not be found with the given data or

viii. the domain name is transferred at the request of the City of BERLIN for its own purposes, for example because of the need for availability or a registration request.

Without prejudice to further legal rights, as part of abusive use rules required by ICANN for gTLDs (ʺ.BERLIN Anti-Abuse Rulesʺ) the registry can under certain circumstances, remove a domain name and its technical data from the name servers for top-level domain .BERLIN (disconnection), change the contact data, or delete a domain name.

Furthermore anyone can check compliance with the registration requirements by initiating an extrajudicial dispute resolution procedure (ʺ.BERLIN Eligibility Requirements Dispute Resolution Policy (ERDRP)ʺ).

gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.wien	punkt.wien GmbH	punktwien.at	View

The following text is a shortened and descriptive version of the full registration policy text which highlights the relevant information regarding the applicant’s intended registration policies in support of the community-based purpose.

* Eligiblity *
.WIEN second-level domain names are restricted to the community of Wien and its organizations (Registrants). punkt.wien GmbH intends to register domain names under .WIEN according to the following policies.

Since .WIEN is intended to serve the community of Wien in general, the group of eligible registrants is limited. Exclusively eligible to register a domain name under the top-level domain .WIEN is any natural person, legal person, organization or association of persons, if they can demonstrate that they have an economic, cultural, touristical, historical, social or any other connection to the Austrian capital Wien (Vienna).

With the registration of a .WIEN domain name each registrant implicitly signs the registration policies and agrees with the fact that he acknowledges compliance with the registration guidelines. Anyone can check compliance with the registration requirements by initiating an extrajudicial dispute resolution procedure (ʺ.WIEN Eligibility Requirements Dispute Resolution Policy (ERDRP)ʺ).

* Name selection: what types of second-level names may be registered in the gTLD *
A .WIEN domain name can only consist of digits (0-9), hyphens, and the lowercase letters a-z. It must neither start nor end with an hyphen. If the domain name has hyphens at the third and fourth place, the name must be the A-label of a valid IDN, according to the description and table contained in question 44. IDNs under .WIEN are supported in the Latin script. The minimum length of a domain is one (1), the maximum length sixty-three (63) characters. If the domain is an IDN, the maximum length is determined in accordance with RFC 5890 and RFC 5891.

The Registrant undertakes as part of the registration guidelines not to register any domain names that violate the statutory provisions of the European Union and the Republic of Austria, that intervene in the rights of others or violate them, or for abusive, speculative or anti-competitive purposes. Concomitantly, the registrant obliges himself not to spread criminal, illegal, offensive, racist, discriminatory or pornographic content under the top-level domain .WIEN. The Registrant further undertakes not to register domain names which create the erroneous impression that these are domain names, content or services by public bodies or their affiliated organizations, so-called plagiarising authority domain names.

The registrant agrees not to register domain names that violate ethical or criminal law principles (illegal, violent, racist, ethnically offensive, harmful to minors, indecent, offensive or domain names that violate morality and public order) or may hurt the reputation of the City of WIEN. In addition, domain names are not permitted that use the words or parts of words that could be generally perceived as offensive. These include insulting, abusive or agitational words or words or word elements, which could violate the ethical, religious or moral sensibilities of Internet users.

* Content and Use Restrictions *
To meet the requirements of ICANN to a community-based designation of the application, the registrant must use the .WIEN domain in an economic, cultural, touristical, historic, social or any other meaningful connection to the Austrian capital.

Restrictions may include, but are not limited to a requirement that each registered domain name is used in conjunction with standard IP protocols such as http, https, smtp⁄mail, ftp, etc..
The .WIEN Registry will, from time to time in its sole discretion or upon evidence or advice conduct continuing or recurring audits of domain names registered to ensure continued compliance with these requirements. Failure to comply will result in a notice providing 20 days to comply. Non-compliance following such a notice period may result in take-down of the relevant domain name, at the discretion of the Registry.

* Enforcement *
The Registry is entitled to lock, cancel, initiate the gTLD-deletion cycle or transfer domain names that do not meet the registration criteria. It will set-up a process for any questions and challenges that may arise from registrations. Complainants will be provided a single point of contact via the registry’s website to submit any questions and complaints regarding alleged abuse. The registry also follows the standard dispute policies as defined in Q 28 and Q 39.

In detail the following measures will be carried out by the Registry to enforce the policies:
- Policies against domain name abuse and an Eligibility Requirements Dispute Resolution Policy (ERDRP)
- Dispute Policy based on local law
- Anti-Abuse Policies

By these policies the Registry is allowed to block, delete or transfer domain names.