Maroussi, 3.2.2011

Decision nº 592/012

DECISION

Regulation on Management and Assignment of [.gr] Domain Names

The Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (ΕΕΤΤ),

Having regard to:

a. Law nº 3431/2006 «On Electronic Communications and other Provisions» (Gov. Gaz. Issue 13/Α/3.2.2006) and in particular items (xxiv) and (xxxxi) of Article 12 thereof;

b. the Public Consultations on Amendment and Codification of provisions of the Regulation on Management and Assignment of [.gr] Domain Names, held by ΕΕΤΤ from 18 June 2009 to 30 September 2009 and from 26 July 2010 to 30 September 2010, as well as the results of these consultations;

c. the fact that the provisions of the present Decision create no cost for the State Budget;

d. Recommendation nº 21764/F600/1.2.2011 issued by the competent ΕΕΤΤ Service; and following

e. an unwritten recommendation made by the President and the Vice President of ΕΕΤΤ (Dr. Leonidas Ι. Kanellos and Mr. Evangelos Syrigos, respectively)

Has decided

To issue a New Regulation on Management and Assignment of [.gr] Domain Names, as follows:

CHAPTER Ι.- OBJECTIVE – DEFINITIONS

Article 1.- Objective – Scope of Application

1. The objective of the present Decision is to establish rules regarding:

a. the procedure for the assignment and the use of [.gr] Domain Names, and

b. the operation of the Registrars.

2. Only the following Domain Names shall be subject to assignment:

a. 2nd level [.gr] Domain Names, and

b. 3rd level [.gr] Domain Names in which only the third level is a Variable Field.

3. ΕΕΤΤ shall be the only competent authority for the assignment of:

a. 2nd level [.gr] Domain Names, and

b. 3rd level [.gr] Domain Names in which only the third level is a Variable Field.

4. With the exception of 3rd level [.gr] Domain Names in which only the third level is a Variable Field, all other 3rd or higher level [.gr] Domain Names shall not be subject to assignment by ΕΕΤΤ and no exclusive rights to them shall be acquirable in accordance with the present Decision.

5. The use of any 3rd or higher level Domain Name shall require the prior assignment in accordance with the present Decision of the corresponding 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name that makes up the 3rd or higher level Domain Name, or the prior assignment of the corresponding 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field.

6. Subject to the terms and conditions of the present Regulation, a 3rd or higher level Domain Name made up by a [.gr] Domain Name that in accordance with the present Regulation is subject to assignment by ΕΕΤΤ, may be used either by the Holder of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name or by any other natural or legal person having the consent of the Holder of the corresponding assigned [.gr] Domain Name.

Article 2.- Definitions

For the implementation of the present Decision, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them, respectively, as follows:

Authoritative Domain Name Server: Α Domain Name Server is an Authoritative Domain Name Server with respect to specific subsets of the tree structure of the Domain Names when it undertakes to keep all valid information that determines the specific subsets. Such information is organised in units called ‘zones’, which may be automatically distributed to Domain Name Servers that provide back up services for the information of each zone.

Zone File: A file that is hosted in a Domain Name Server and determines precisely, among other things, Domain Names along with the corresponding subdomains, the corresponding IP Addresses and the corresponding name assignment servers.

Reserved [.gr] Domain Name: A Domain Name that is reserved according to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof for a specific Holder and can be activated following the submission of an activation declaration by the Holder, submitted to the Registry through the Registrar.

Assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name: The act of registering in the Register a relevant declaration that reserves for a specific natural or legal person, and grants to that person an exclusive right to use, a specific 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name or 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field, under the terms of the present Decision.

Activation of a Domain Name: The start of operations of a Domain Name as a means of communication on the Internet through its registration in the corresponding Domain Name Servers.

Activation of a [.gr] Domain Name: The start of operations of a [.gr] Domain Name previously assigned in accordance with the present Decision. The Register includes registrations regarding the corresponding [.gr] Domain Name Servers in the zone files it keeps. The Domain Name Servers declared for the [.gr] Domain Name shall reply to name assignment declarations according to the provisions of the Internet Domain Name System and of Annex I attached hereto.

Domain Name Server: An IT system connected to the Internet and having as main functions to keep information regarding the tree structure of the Domain Names and to match Domain Names with IP Addresses according to the Internet Domain Name System. A Domain Name Server may keep temporary copies of data regarding any section of the tree structure of the Domain Names, but usually a Domain Name Server keeps complete and valid information on a subset of the Domain Names, as well as references (pointers) to other Domain Name Servers that can guide to valid information on the other sections of the tree structure of the Domain Names.

IP Address: A sequence of 32 or 128 binary digits that is used for address assignment operations based on the Internet Protocol (IP).

Registration: The entire procedure followed for the assignment of [.gr] Domain Names that starts with the submission of a relevant registration declaration to a Registrar and ends with the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name by ΕΕΤΤ.

Registrar: A natural or legal person that can receive registration declarations from parties interested in the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name, as well as any declarations with respect to [.gr] Domain Names regarding transfer, change of the Holder’s corporate name / name, activation of a reserved Domain Name, deletion, renewal, change in the data, and/or change of Registrar. The Registrar must constantly meet the minimum requirements set forth in Annex II attached hereto, as applicable each time. Any natural or legal person meeting the minimum requirements of Annex II may act as a Registrar in accordance with the present Decision and in particular with Article 16 hereof.

Registrant: A natural or legal person that submits through a Registrar a registration declaration for the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name.

i. the alphanumeric element [.gr], and/or

ii. the alphanumeric elements that make up a Common Use [.gr] Domain Name.

Register: The database that includes all assigned [.gr] Domain Names and any [.gr] Domain Names for which registration declarations have been submitted, along with each one’s corresponding data, as these are determined from time to time by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision. In addition, the Registry (i.e. the legal person managing the Register) is responsible for the management of the Domain Name Servers and the zone files that are necessary for the proper function of the [.gr] Domain Names. The Register belongs to ΕΕΤΤ, which is responsible for using it properly and in accordance with the legislation in force. ΕΕΤΤ may manage the Register on its own or assign its management to any other legal person under the terms hereof.

Homograph [.gr] Domain Names: Domain Names in which the Non-variable Field is identical and the Variable Field consists of alphanumeric characters that visually match – in their lower case, upper case, punctuated or unpunctuated form – according to the Greek and Latin character correspondence table included in Annex XIV attached hereto.

Domain Name: An alphanumeric element assigned for use to a natural or legal person so that Internet protocols or services can be used by the specific person or with its consent. Particularly in the case of Domain Names with Greek characters, the assigned Domain Name may not be matching its form in Latin characters as used in the zone files, due to the technical representation required by the DNS.

1st or top level [.gr] Domain Name: The [.gr] Domain Name.

2nd level [.gr] Domain Name: Any Domain Name having the form [name.gr]. The field «name» constitutes the second level of the 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name.

3rd level [.gr] Domain Name: Any Domain Name having the form [name2.name1.gr]. The fields «name2» and «name1» respectively constitute the third and the second level of the 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name.

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Denial of Service (DoS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS): The technique by which a computer’s services and resources become unavailable to the intended users.

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC): The system that adds security to the Domain Name System (DNS). The Register incorporates entries of DS records for the [.gr] Domain Names of Holders that wish to use this technology. These entries are registered in the Register by the Registrar following a relevant request by the Registrant or the Holder of the [.gr] Domain Name. Changing the Domain Name Server of a Domain Name that uses DNSSEC may require prior arrangements and coordination between the former and the new Registrar and/or temporary removal of the DNSSEC entries from the Register for the change to be carried out without interrupting the operation of the Domain Name.

CHAPTER ΙΙ.- SCOPE OF THE RIGHT – USE OF [.gr] DOMAIN NAMES – COMMON USE [.gr] DOMAIN NAMES

Article 3.- Makeup of the [.gr] Domain Names

1. All [.gr] Domain Names shall consist either:

a. of Latin alphabet alphanumeric characters [i.e. Α-Ζ, a-z, 0-9] plus the special characters [-] and [.] as regards both their Variable and Non-variable Fields, where the special character [.] shall be used only for level separation purposes and each level of the [.gr] Domain Names shall neither start nor end with the character [-] and shall not include successive [-] characters; or

b. of Greek alphabet alphanumeric characters [i.e. Α-Ω, α-ω, 0-9] codified in PUNYCODE format as regards their Variable Field and of Latin alphabet alphanumeric characters [i.e. Α-Ζ, a-z, 0-9] as regards their Non-variable Field, plus the special characters [-] and [.], where the special character [.] shall be used only for level separation purposes and each level of the [.gr] Domain Names shall neither start nor end with the character [-] and shall not include successive [-] characters.

2. No distinction shall be made between the Greek alphanumeric characters [ς] and [σ]. Wherever it appears, the character [ς] shall be automatically replaced by the character [σ].

3. Any [.gr] Domain Names that use both Latin and Greek alphabet alphanumeric characters within the same level shall not be supported.

4. A [.gr] Domain Name shall include in its Variable Field at least three (3) characters, and along with its Non-variable Field it shall include up to sixty-three (63) characters excluding the [.gr] end characters and the end characters of any Common Use 2nd level [.gr] Domain Names. The [.gr] end characters shall not be taken into account in the above counting. In the case of [.gr] Domain Names that consist of Greek alphabet alphanumeric characters, the number of sixty (60) characters shall pertain to the length of the PUNYCODE format of the Domain Name, which however may not necessarily be matching the number of characters of the Domain Name in its Greek form.

5. With respect to all [.gr] Domain Names, no distinction shall be made between lower case or upper case Latin characters, lower case or upper case unpunctuated Greek characters, and lower case or upper case punctuated Greek characters.

6. All [.gr] Domain Names shall be assigned in the lower case form declared by the Registrant in its registration declaration. The [.gr] Domain Names in which the Variable Field consists of Greek characters and the Non-variable Field consists of Latin characters shall be assigned in the lower case form declared by the user in its registration declaration (i.e. with any marks of accentuation, dieresis, punctuation, etc.), as well as in the lower case unpunctuated form of the name. The above two forms shall be registered in the Register in their corresponding PUNYCODE formats. The lower case unpunctuated form shall be declared in the zone file of the Register as the main form of the name, and all actions of the Registry in accordance with the present Regulation shall be carried out based on this lower case unpunctuated form.

7. Other forms of the same [.gr] Domain Name, i.e. [.gr] Domain Names resulting from a combination of the lower case unpunctuated form with punctuation marks placed at points other than those of the lower case form declared by the Registrant, shall be automatically reserved for the Registrant but shall only be activated following the Holder’s submission of an activation declaration to the Registry.

8. Any [.gr] Domain Names that are homographs of a [.gr] Domain Name already assigned shall be automatically reserved for the Holder of the above assigned [.gr] Domain Name and shall be activated following the Holder’s submission of an activation declaration to the Registry.

9. The Holder of a [.gr] Domain Name shall be required not to activate reserved [.gr] Domain Name forms that could not be subject to assignment on their own.

10. Any form of a reserved [.gr] Domain Name that is activated shall thereupon become an active Domain Name and all the provisions hereof shall be applicable to it.

11. ΕΕΤΤ may determine by a subsequent Decision the use of alphanumeric characters of any other form or alphabet in the Variable or Non-variable Fields. The provisions of the present Regulation and of all individual ΕΕΤΤ Decisions shall be applicable to such end characters and/or alphabets as well.

12. Upon implementation of the IDNA2008 protocol by the Registry’s system, the Greek alphanumeric characters allowed for registration shall be limited to the characters [α-ω, 0-9], with the two characters [ς] and [σ] constituting different characters that shall create two different [.gr] Domain Names. The implementation of the IDNA2008 protocol, as well as the rules for the assignment of Domain Names with Greek characters and of their homographs based on the IDNA2008 protocol, shall be determined by a new ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

Article 4.- Scope of the right to [.gr] Domain Names

1. The right acquired upon assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name shall consist exclusively in the following:

a. the acquisition by the [.gr] Domain Name Holder of an exclusive right to reserve and use the specific alphanumeric elements it has declared in its registration declaration – where in the case of a Domain Name in which the Variable Field consists of Greek characters the above exclusive right of reservation and use shall also include the lower case unpunctuated form of the Domain Name declared in the registration declaration – with the exclusive purpose of enabling the use of Internet protocols or services by the Holder or with its consent;

b. the automatic reservation of the forms specified in paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof for the Holder of the specific Domain Name, and the right of the Holder to definitively activate – by submitting an activation declaration (according to Annex XV attached hereto) within the duration of the exclusive right of use – any form of the Domain Name assigned to it that has been automatically reserved for it;

c. the acquisition by the Holder of an exclusive right to submit a renewal declaration for the specific Domain Name, as well as for its reserved forms, within fifteen (15) days from the expiry date of the Holder’s exclusive right to use the Domain Name. After expiry of these fifteen (15) days, the Domain Name shall be made available for registration to any interested person. No renewal declaration can be submitted for a reserved form or an activated reserved form without renewal of the main form of a Domain Name.

2. Without prejudice to the existence of any other right to the element that consists exclusively of the alphanumeric characters that make up the Variable Field of a:

a. 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name, the Holder of the specific 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name shall not be entitled to prevent the assignment of a 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field that consists of the same alphanumeric characters.

b. 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field, the Holder of the specific 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field shall not be entitled to prevent the assignment of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name 7

in which the Variable Field consists of the same alphanumeric characters.

c. 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field, the Holder of the specific 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field shall not be entitled to prevent the assignment of a 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field that consists of the same alphanumeric characters, as long as the second level of the second 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field is made up by any Common Use [.gr] Domain Name.

3. The Holder of a [.gr] Domain Name shall be entitled to forbid any third party:

a. to use, without the Holder’s consent, exclusive alphanumeric elements identical to those making up the Variable Field of the [.gr] Domain Name of the Holder, in the makeup of the Variable Field of another [.gr] Domain Name of the same level in which the Non-variable Field is the same as the Non-variable Field of the Domain Name of the Holder.

b. to use, without the Holder’s consent, exclusive alphanumeric elements identical to those making up the Variable Field of any [.gr] Domain Names reserved for the Holder, in the makeup of the Variable Field of another [.gr] Domain Name of the same level in which the Non-variable Field is the same as the Non-variable Field of the Domain Name of the Holder.

4. Each [.gr] Domain Name shall be assigned in the form in which it is declared – as well as in its lower case unpunctuated form if it is a Domain Name in which the Variable Field consists of Greek alphabet alphanumeric characters – and shall be protected in the form in which it is declared as well as in all its reserved forms.

5. The assignment of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name shall not constitute as well the assignment of a 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field that is identical to the Variable Field of the assigned Domain Name. Accordingly, the assignment of a 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field shall not constitute as well the assignment of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name that has an identical Variable Field, or the assignment of a 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field that is identical to the Variable Field of the assigned Domain Name while the second levels of these two Domain Names are different.

6. The registration of a declaration in the Register for the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name, whereby a natural or legal person acquires the exclusive right to reserve and use a specific 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name or 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field, shall be governed by the principle of time priority. The right to a [.gr] Domain Name shall be acquired upon assignment thereof in accordance with the present Decision, but shall date back to the time of submission of the registration declaration to the ΕΕΤΤ Registry.

7. All [.gr] Domain Names can be assigned to any Greek or foreign natural or legal person, regardless of whether established in Greece or not.

8. No restriction shall exist as to the number of [.gr] Domain Names that can be assigned to one single person.

9. The Holder of a right to a [.gr] Domain Name shall not acquire as well, as a result of the assignment of that [.gr] Domain Name in accordance with the present Decision, any trademark right to any undertaking, or product and/or service it offers, such rights being acquired exclusively according to the applicable provisions that govern their acquisition.

10. The provisions of the present Decision shall in no way restrict any trademark rights to any undertakings (of natural or legal persons), or products and/or services, or any copyrights.

Article 5.- Use of 3rd or higher level Domain Names without assignment

1. No assignment procedure shall be required for 3rd or higher level [.gr] Domain Names made up by 2nd level [.gr] Domain Names or 3rd level [.gr] Domain Names in which only the third level is a Variable Field.

2. The Domain Name Holder shall be entitled to allow or forbid any third parties to use in common with the Holder the [.gr] Domain Name assigned to it.

3. In addition, the Holder of a [.gr] Domain Name:

a. shall be exclusively responsible for the activation, with its consent or tolerance, of a 3rd level Domain Name in which the second level is Variable or of a higher level Domain Name that includes the [.gr] Domain Name assigned to it;

b. shall be required to ensure that it shall forbid the activation of a 3rd level Domain Name in which the second level is Variable or of a higher level Domain Name that includes the [.gr] Domain Name assigned to it, or that it shall deactivate any such Domain Name in case there are grounds for the rejection of the registration declaration or the deletion of the assigned Domain Name, respectively, in accordance with the present Decision; and

c. shall be required to have the corresponding infrastructure necessary for the achievement of the above.

4. In case of transfer of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name, the new Holder shall acquire the rights held by the previous Holder prior to the transfer, according to the provisions of the present Article.

5. Any right granted by the Holder to a third party shall not constitute an assignment in accordance with the present Regulation.

6. Deletion of the [.gr] Domain Name of the Holder shall entail the discontinuation of all Domain Names that operate based on the specific [.gr] Domain Name according to the present Article.

7. The Holder shall be required to inform any interested party in writing with respect to the rights it acquires in accordance with the present Decision.

Article 6.- Common Use 2nd Level [.gr] Domain Names

1. ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to determine by a relevant Decision the Common Use 2nd level [.gr] Domain Names to which no person may acquire any exclusive right, and which can be used, subject to the provisions hereof, for the assignment of 3rd level [.gr] Domain Names in which only the third level is a Variable Field to any interested party. The employment of these Common Use 2nd level [.gr] Domain Names aims at facilitating search on the Internet, through the establishment and categorisation of elements identifying the capacity and/or status of a specific [.gr] Domain Name Holder.

2. All Common Use 2nd level [.gr] Domain Names shall be determined by ΕΕΤΤ and included in Annex III attached hereto.

3. As an exception to subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of Article 4 hereof, the assignment of a 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name in which only the third level is a Variable Field and the second level consists exclusively of the alphanumeric characters that make up the element [.gov] shall rule out the use of this Variable Field by any other person.

4. ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to amend Annex III from time to time, after holding a relevant public consultation.

CHAPTER ΙΙΙ.- VOID DECLARATIONS – GROUNDS FOR REJECTION – GROUNDS FOR DELETION

Article 7.- Void registration declarations

1. In the following limitedly specified cases, a registration declaration shall be considered void and shall produce no legal result whatsoever:

i. If the registration declaration is not complete, i.e. if its mandatory fields according to Annex V attached hereto have not been properly filled in.

ii. If the Variable and/or the Non-variable Field of the [.gr] Domain Name runs contrary to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and/or 5 of Article 3 hereof.

iii. If at the time of submission of the registration declaration a [.gr] Domain Name identical to the one for which the registration declaration is submitted has already been assigned to any other person. Also, when multiple declarations are submitted for the same [.gr] Domain Name not yet assigned, or for homographs thereof, these declarations shall be placed in time priority order and examined in the light of paragraph 6 of Article 4 hereof. In case one registration declaration leads to assignment, all other declarations shall be immediately rejected as void. In case some registration declarations are either withdrawn or rejected as void, the next ones in time priority order shall be examined, without them being temporarily activated.

iv. If at the time of submission of the registration declaration a [.gr] Domain Name identical to the one for which the registration declaration is submitted has already been reserved in the sense of the present Decision for any other person.

v. If the Variable Field of the 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name for which the registration declaration is submitted constitutes a Common Use [.gr] Domain Name according to Annex III attached hereto.

vi. If the Variable Field of the specific [.gr] Domain Name is identical to the Variable Field of an already assigned [.gr] Domain Name in which the second level consists of the alphanumeric characters [.gov].

vii. If the Variable Field of a requested 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name is the same as a geographical term included in the list of geographical terms published on the ΕΕΤΤ website in its Greek and Latin form (according to Annex XII attached hereto) and the data included in the registration declaration do not identify the Holder requesting it as the corresponding Local Government Organisation entitled to it. This restriction shall not be applicable to the Variable Field of a requested 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name.

viii. If the Variable Field of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name constitutes a country code included in the ISO 3166-1 list of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO 3166-1, alpha-3).

ix. If the Variable Field of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name or of a Common Use 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name consists of alphanumeric characters that make up any element the use of which has been deemed as running contrary to public order and/or good morals, unless otherwise deemed by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

x. If the Variable Field of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name or of a Common Use 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name is the same as a term included in the list of terms published on the ΕΕΤΤ website that constitute elements and/or any official terms of the Greek State and/or of the other States and/or international organisations and/or entities referred to in Article 6 three of the Paris Convention on Industrial Property, as well as any highly symbolic element, including in particular religious symbols and words, unless otherwise deemed by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

xi. If the data included in the registration declaration submitted according to the present Decision do not identify the Holder as a governmental organisation entitled to the assignment of a Common Use 3rd level [.gov.gr] Domain Name.

2. The provisions of items (vii) and (viii) of paragraph 1 of the present Article aim at preventing the assignment of any exclusive rights to [.gr] Domain Names disproportionate to the purpose justifying such assignment in accordance with the present Regulation, and at limiting these exclusive rights to [.gr] Domain Names to the extent absolutely appropriate for serving the purpose justifying their assignment in accordance with the present Decision.

Article 8.- Grounds for deletion of assigned [.gr] Domain Names

1. A [.gr] Domain Name shall be definitively deleted when one or more of the following limitedly specified cases apply:

a. If the Holder requests such deletion by a relevant declaration submitted to the Registry through the Registrar managing the specific [.gr] Domain Name.

b. If by operation of law or following a complaint made by a third party that has a vested legal interest to do so, it is ascertained that one or more of the following limitedly specified cases apply:

i. If the registration declaration was not accurate as to its mandatory fields, and in particular in case:

a. the data included in the registration declaration and thereby registered in the Register do not identify the Holder; and/or

b. the content of the solemn statement submitted along with the registration declaration proves to be false in any way.

ii. If the Variable Field of a [.gr] Domain Name is identical to – or similar enough to create confusion with – a name to which any other right already exists based on any national or community legislation, and the specific [.gr] Domain Name:

a. has been registered by a Holder that has no right or vested legal interest to that name; and/or

b. has been registered or is used in bad faith.

iii. If there are grounds that would disallow the assignment of the specific [.gr] Domain Name according to Article 7 hereof, except if the [.gr] Domain Name had been assigned prior to 3012-2002. The case of item (vii) of paragraph 1 of Article 7 hereof as grounds for deletion shall pertain only to [.gr] Domain Names assigned after the entry of the present Decision in force.

iv. In case the Holder does not comply with its obligation to declare any change in the assignment data, as provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 9 hereof, and the period of thirty (30) days after the temporary deactivation of the name – allowed to the Holder in order to give notice of any such change – expires.

v. If the registration declaration for the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name has been made in violation of the principles of good faith, except if the [.gr] Domain Name had been assigned prior to 30-12-2002.

vi. In case the Holder has used the [.gr] Domain Name in any way that runs contrary to the principles of good faith or is malicious, and in particular if the Holder has allowed or tolerated any third party use of the specific [.gr] Domain Name or of a 3rd or higher level [.gr] Domain Name that consists of the [.gr] Domain Name assigned to the Holder in any way that would constitute grounds for the deletion of this [.gr] Domain Name according to the present Article.

vii. In case the Holder is a legal person that has been dissolved.

viii. In case the Holder is a natural person that has passed away, as long as none of the natural person’s legal heirs or will executors request within twelve (12) months from the date of the natural person’s death the transfer of the [.gr] Domain Name as a result of universal succession, according to Annex VIII attached hereto.

ix. In case the Holder of a [.gr] Domain Name is a legal person that pursuant to relevant legalising documents has ceased to exist and has been succeeded in any way by another person with respect to its rights and obligations as Holder of the specific [.gr] Domain Name, as long as the new Holder does not request within six (6) months form the date of succession to such rights and obligations according to the legislation in force the transfer of the [.gr] Domain Name to the new Holder according to Annex VIII attached hereto.

x. In case the [.gr] Domain Name constitutes any element and/or official term of the Greek State and/or of the other States and/or international organisations and/or entities referred to in Article 6 three of the Paris Convention on Industrial Property, as well as any highly symbolic element, including in particular religious symbols and words.

xi. In case the specific [.gr] Domain Name runs contrary to public order and/or good morals.

c. Following an irrevocable court ruling enforceable in Greece, or a corresponding arbitration body decision enforceable in Greece, that orders the deletion of a specific [.gr] Domain Name.

2. In case a [.gr] Domain Name is deleted or temporarily deactivated, any form of the assigned Domain Name automatically reserved according to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof shall also be deleted and temporarily deactivated.

3. In case of:

a. an ΕΕΤΤ Decision with respect to a call to a hearing regarding the deletion or the transfer of a [.gr] Domain Name, or

b. a notification of any pending legal procedure regarding the deletion or the transfer of a [.gr] Domain Name, ΕΕΤΤ shall forbid the transfer of that [.gr] Domain Name to any third person, until:

i. the issuance of a non appealable ΕΕΤΤ Decision or irrevocable court ruling enforceable in Greece, or of a corresponding non appealable arbitration body decision enforceable in Greece, or

ii. the expiry of the registration period, as long as this occurs prior to the completion of the relevant ΕΕΤΤ hearing procedure or court proceedings while the [.gr] Domain Name has not been renewed.

4. Any reserved [.gr] Domain Name activated following a declaration by the Holder under the Regulation in force according to the provisions of items (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (x) and (xi) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of the present Article, may be deactivated following a complaint made by a third party that has a vested legal interest and the issuance of an ΕΕΤΤ Decision, as well as in case of an irrevocable court ruling enforceable in Greece, or of a corresponding non appealable arbitration body decision enforceable in Greece, that orders the deactivation of the specific [.gr] Domain Name.

5. In case ΕΕΤΤ ascertains, by operation of law or following a complaint made by a third party, that a new declaration for the registration of a [.gr] Domain Name or for the activation of a reserved [.gr] Domain Name has been registered in the Register unaccompanied by any justification by the same person for which the Domain Name in question had been deleted or deactivated by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision or a court ruling, the registration or activation of the [.gr] Domain Name in question shall be re-examined in the light of the present Article and in case the new registration or activation declaration is unjustifiable the [.gr] Domain Name shall be deleted or deactivated by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

Article 9.- Temporary deactivation of an assigned [.gr] Domain Name

1. A [.gr] Domain Name shall be temporarily deactivated by a Decision issued by the ΕΕΤΤ President or his/her legal representative, in the following cases:

a. if there is a court ruling or temporary court order enforceable in Greece that orders its temporary deactivation, or

b. if there is evidence of grounds for deletion according to Article 8 hereof, subject to the provision of paragraph 4 of Article 63 of Law 3431/2006, as currently in force, and to the Regulation regarding the Procedure on Taking Interim Injunction Measures by ΕΕΤΤ (ΕΕΤΤ Decision 272/64/10.1.2003 (Gov. Gaz. Issue 158/Β/2003)), as applicable each time.

The deactivation shall apply until the issuance of a non appealable ΕΕΤΤ Decision or irrevocable court ruling enforceable in Greece, or of a corresponding non appealable arbitration body decision enforceable in Greece, that orders the deletion of the specific Domain Name or its revocation and assignment to a third party, or until the expiry of its assignment period as long as this occurs prior to the issuance of the ΕΕΤΤ Decision or court ruling while the [.gr] Domain Name has not been renewed. During the period in which the [.gr] Domain Name is deactivated, its Holder has the right to submit a declaration for the deletion and/or change of Registrar of the [.gr] Domain Name, unless otherwise determined by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision, as well as a declaration for the renewal or a change in the data of the [.gr] Domain Name.

2. In case ΕΕΤΤ ascertains that the Holder has not complied with its obligation to declare any change in the assignment data as provided for in paragraph 8 of Article 11 hereof, by a Decision issued by the ΕΕΤΤ President or his/her legal representative, ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to temporarily deactivate the [.gr] Domain Name for a period of thirty (30) days. Within this period, the Domain Name Holder shall be required to submit to the Registry through the Registrar a notification of any change in the assignment data, as well as the relevant legalising documents that verify the correctness of the submitted data. In case the Holder complies with its obligation within the above time limit, by a Decision of the ΕΕΤΤ President, ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to end the temporary deactivation; in any other case it shall be entitled to delete the [.gr] Domain Name by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

3. In case of a notification of any pending legal procedure regarding a request for the temporary deactivation of a [.gr] Domain Name, ΕΕΤΤ shall forbid the transfer of that [.gr] Domain Name to any third person until:

i. the issuance of an irrevocable court ruling enforceable in Greece or of a corresponding non appealable arbitration body decision enforceable in Greece that orders the deactivation of the [.gr] Domain Name, or

ii. the expiry of the registration period, as long as this occurs prior to the completion of the relevant ΕΕΤΤ hearing procedure or court proceedings while the [.gr] Domain Name has not been renewed.

4. Any temporarily deactivated Domain Name shall be terminated upon expiry of the exclusive right of use and reservation assigned in accordance with the present Decision.

5. Any deletion or temporary deactivation of a [.gr] Domain Name shall entail at the same time the termination of use or temporary deactivation, as per case, of any 3rd or higher level [.gr] Domain Names made up of the deleted or temporarily deactivated [.gr] Domain Name.

CHAPTER ΙV.- REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Article 10.- Procedure for the registration and assignment of [.gr] Domain Names

1. Any person wishing to be assigned a specific [.gr] Domain Name shall be required to fill out and submit a registration declaration in written or electronic form, supplying all information necessary for such purpose. The registration declaration is described in Annex V attached hereto. Each [.gr] Domain Name may be assigned to a single natural or legal person, with no possibility of co-assignment to more than one natural or legal persons.

2. The registration declaration shall be accompanied by a solemn statement by the Registrant, asserting:

a. that all data declared are accurate and true;

b. in the case of a legal person, that the declaration shall be binding upon the specific legal person;

c. that to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge the assignment of the [.gr] Domain Name in question does not violate the rights of any third parties;

d. in case the Variable Field of the 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name is the same as a geographical term included in the list of geographical terms published on the ΕΕΤΤ website in its Greek and Latin form (according to Annex XII attached hereto), that the Registrant is the corresponding Local Government Organisation entitled to it;

e. in case of a registration declaration for a [.gov.gr] Domain Name, that the Registrant is a governmental organisation.

In case the Registrant is a natural or legal person residing or having its registered offices abroad, ΕΕΤΤ shall dispatch any documents only to the electronic address declared in the Register.

3. All registration declarations shall be submitted by the Registrant to one of the Registrars included in the List of Registrars that ΕΕΤΤ shall maintain, publish and occasionally amend, according to Article 16 hereof.

4. The Registrar shall forward the registration declaration data to the Registry within one (1) working day, electronically via the Internet and using an appropriate software application provided by the Registry, according to Annex V attached hereto. This software application shall enable the identification of both the Registrar and the Registry and shall ensure non alteration of any information shared between the Registrar and the Registry through the use of appropriate software applications and security methods.

5. The Registrars shall be required to make known to the Registrants by any suitable means and in any case prior to the submission of a registration declaration, and to publish on a conspicuous location on their website:

a. that the time priority of the registration declarations submitted by the Registrants is only ensured upon the assignment of a reference number to them by the Registry, and not upon their submission to the Registrar; and

b. their method of communication with the Register and the period that may be required for a submitted registration declaration to be forwarded to the Registry and assigned a reference number by it, which in any case must not exceed one (1) working day, as set forth in paragraph 4 of the present Article.

6. Upon submission of the registration declaration, the Registry shall automatically assign to each registration declaration a reference number stating the exact date, hour and minute of submission, and shall certify the submission of the specific registration declaration using the specific reference number, date, hour and minute of the declaration’s submission. The time priority of the registration declaration shall be based on the assignment of such a reference number to it by the Registry.

7. The Registry, electronically via the Internet and using the software application mentioned in paragraph 4 of the present Article, shall notify the Registrar with respect to the registration declaration data, the reference number, and the date, hour and minute of submission.

8. Within one (1) working day from the notification of the registration declaration data by the Registry, the Registrar shall be required to provide the Registrant with a document proving the submission of the registration declaration that shall state the [.gr] Domain Name declared, the Registrant’s Name, the reference number, and the date, hour and minute of submission of the registration declaration, as these data were sent by the Registry.

9. Immediately upon submission of the registration declaration, the Registry shall examine whether the declaration is void according to Article 7 hereof, and if it is not the [.gr] Domain Name shall be temporarily activated and assigned within six (6) days. Particularly in the cases of items (vii) and (xi) of paragraph 1 of Article 7 hereof, the Registrant shall be notified within twenty (20) days from the forwarding of the registration declaration to the Registry with respect to whether the registration declaration is void. During the period up to the Registrant’s notification no temporary activation of the Domain Name shall be carried out.

10. In case of incorrect submission of the declaration, or following a request by the Registrant, or in case of non payment of the respective legal fees by the Registrant, the Registrar shall have the right to withdraw the registration declaration within five (5) days from its submission to the Registry free of charge.

11. In any case the Registrar shall keep in electronic or written form all documents (original or not) accompanying the registration declaration.

12. After the forwarding of the registration declaration by the Registrar to the Registry and the expiry of the time limit of five (5) days allowed according to paragraph 10 of the present Article, the [.gr] Domain Name for which the registration declaration was submitted shall be assigned, unless the registration declaration is void according to paragraph 9 of the present Article. The Registry shall notify the Registrant, via e-mail sent to the electronic address declared in the registration declaration, with respect to whether the registration declaration is void or the [.gr] Domain Name has been assigned.

13. The [.gr] Domain Name shall be definitively activated upon its assignment.

Article 11.- Changes in the assignment data

1. All [.gr] Domain Name Holders shall have the right to change the data that pertain to the [.gr] Domain Name assigned to them, as well as their corporate name or name, according to the procedure described in paragraph 3 of the present Article. Any change in the data that pertain to the assigned [.gr] Domain Name shall entail a corresponding change in the data that pertain to:

a. any form of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name automatically reserved according to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof; and

b. any reserved form of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name activated following a relevant request by the Holder.

2. All changes in the data that pertain to the [.gr] Domain Name and/or changes of the Holder’s name and/or corporate name shall be carried out through the Registrars.

3. The Registrar shall take delivery of the Holder’s ‘Data Change Declaration’ according to Annex VI attached hereto, or of the ‘Holder’s Corporate Name / Name Change Declaration’, which requires verification of the Holder’s identity, according to Annex IX attached hereto. The above declarations shall be submitted in electronic or written form. The Registrar shall verify that the person submitting the Holder’s ‘Data Change Declaration’ or ‘Holder’s Corporate Name / Name Change Declaration’ is indeed the Domain Name Holder, either by checking the authorisation code and/or other information proving the Holder’s identity (Tax Registry Number, police-issued ID card, etc.) or through the use of a state-of-the-art electronic signature based on a recognised certificate, and shall thereafter electronically forward within one (1) working day the Holder’s ‘Data Change Declaration’ or ‘Holder’s Corporate Name / Name Change Declaration’ to the Registry, provided that the Holder of the [.gr] Domain Name has paid the legal fees.

4. In case of any change in the data of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name or change of the Holder’s name and/or corporate name, the Registry shall automatically update its files with the data of the [.gr] Domain Name that have changed and shall proceed, as applicable, with the corresponding technical changes required in the Domain Name Servers.

5. Any ‘Holder’s Corporate Name / Name Change Declaration’ shall constitute a chargeable act and shall be submitted by the [.gr] Domain Name Holder to the Registrar. A template declaration is provided in Annex IX attached hereto.

6. In any case the Registry shall inform the Holder, via e-mail sent to the electronic address declared in the ‘Holder’s Corporate Name / Name Change Declaration’, with respect to the registration of the change in the Holder’s name and/or corporate name in the Register.

7. In case ΕΕΤΤ ascertains, by operation of law or following a complaint made by a third party, that an act that runs contrary to the provisions hereof has been carried out in the Register for the change of a Holder’s name and/or corporate name, it shall be entitled to annul the act in question and revert the [.gr] Domain Name to the Holder’s data as these had been registered in the Register prior to the registration of the corporate name / name change act in question.

8. The Holder shall be required to ensure that it informs both the Registrar and the Registry with respect to all the changes carried out either in the corporate name / name of the Holder or in any other registration data of the [.gr] Domain Name, as described in the present Decision, and within one (1) month from the change in the data that were included in its declaration.

Article 12.- Change of Registrar

1. At any time, the [.gr] Domain Name Holder shall be entitled to change its Registrar, if it so wishes. Any change of the Registrar of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name shall entail at the same time a corresponding change of the Registrar of:

a. any form of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name automatically reserved according to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof; and

b. any reserved form of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name activated following a relevant request by the Holder.

2. In such a case, the applicable procedure shall be as follows:

a. The Holder shall fill out and submit to the Registrar of its choice a declaration in written or electronic form, requesting the transfer to such Registrar of all the data that pertain to the assignment of the specific [.gr] Domain Name and entrusting with it all the activities of a Registrar regarding the specific [.gr] Domain Name, according to Annex Ι attached hereto.

b. The new Registrar shall verify the identity of the applicant for the change of Registrar, and in case of a legal person shall make sure that the declaration is signed by the applicant’s legal representative. The new Registrar shall check that the new authorisation code is different from the existing authorisation code. In case the new Registrar ascertains that the applicant for the change is not the [.gr] Domain Name Holder or a legal representative thereof, or that the new authorisation code is the same as the existing authorisation code, then the Registrar shall not forward the declaration to the Registry.

c. Thereafter, the new Registrar of the Domain Name shall issue and immediately dispatch to the [.gr] Domain Name Holder a document proving the delivery of the declaration for the change of Registrar, which shall state at least the following information:

(i) the corporate name of the Registrar of the Domain Name;

(ii) the Registrar’s Tax Registry Number, postal address, telephone number, website addresses (URL) and e-mail address;

(iii) the corporate name of the [.gr] Domain Name Holder;

(iv) the [.gr] Domain Name Holder’s postal address and telephone number;

(v) the [.gr] Domain Name for which the declaration has been submitted;

(vi) the exact date, hour and minute of delivery of the declaration for the change of Registrar of the Domain Name.

d. Thereafter the new Registrar shall inform the Registry that the [.gr] Domain Name Holder has submitted a declaration for the change of Registrar, and shall change the authorisation code of the [.gr] Domain Name by registering a new Domain Name Authorisation Code – which shall be included in the declaration for the change of Registrar – within three (3) working days from the submission of the declaration for the change of Registrar. The Registry shall electronically inform the former Registrar with respect to the declaration for the change of Registrar, and as the Registrar change procedure is thereby completed, the Domain Name shall be assigned to the new Registrar.

e. The former Registrar, as soon as it is informed with respect to the submission of the declaration, shall cease using in written or electronic form the data of the [.gr] Domain Name Holder, unless it has obtained the Holder’s prior consent to do so, according to the legislation in force.

3. The new Registrar shall only be entitled to refuse the provision of its services based on grounds that pertain to the appropriate submission of a declaration in accordance with the present Decision. In any case of unjustifiable refusal, the Registrant shall notify this fact to ΕΕΤΤ.

4. The new Registrar shall be entitled to demand from the Registrant the payment of fees for the change of Registrar procedure.

5. No change of Registrar of any [.gr] Domain Name shall be carried out throughout the period in which there are any pending requests of a [.gr] Domain Name Holder that pertain to a Domain Name transfer. A [.gr] Domain Name renewal declaration can be submitted to a new Registrar without any requirement for a declaration for the change of Registrar with respect to Domain Names that lie passed the expiry date of their exclusive right of use but within fifteen (15) days from such expiry. A declaration for the renewal of [.gr] Domain Names that lie within the expiry date of their exclusive right of use shall be submitted to the Registrar managing the Domain Name or to a new Registrar in case a declaration for the change of Registrar is submitted prior to the renewal declaration.

CHAPTER V.- DURATION OF THE RIGHT – TRANSFER 20

Article 13.- Duration of the assignment and renewal

1. The exclusive right of use acquired upon assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name shall have a duration of two (2) years from the date of submission of the registration declaration in the Register, while the right of reservation shall have an additional duration of fifteen (15) days from the expiry of the exclusive right of use. With respect to the reserved forms of the [.gr] Domain Name assigned, the right of activation shall have a duration of two (2) years from the date of submission of the registration declaration, while the right of reservation shall have an additional duration of fifteen (15) days from the expiry date of the right of activation.

2. The exclusive right of use acquired with respect to [.gr] Domain Names that had been reserved for a specific Holder and were activated following a relevant declaration by the Holder, shall have a duration of two (2) years from the date of submission of the registration declaration for the assignment of the [.gr] Domain Name based on which the Domain Names in question were reserved for the Holder, and not from the date of their activation, while the respective right of reservation shall have an additional duration of fifteen (15) days from the date of submission of the registration declaration for the assignment of the [.gr] Domain Name based on which these Domain Names were reserved for the Holder.

3. Any assignment may be constantly renewed for successive assignment periods according to paragraph 1 of the present Article. The Holder shall be entitled to renew the assignment for more than one assignment periods.

4. For the renewal of a [.gr] Domain Name its Holder shall be required to submit a relevant declaration to the Registrar within the time limit set forth in subparagraph (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 4 hereof, accompanied by the relevant legal fees. In any case, the duration of the exclusive right of use and reservation acquired by the Holder upon renewal of the assignment shall start from the expiry date of the exclusive right of use of the previous assignment period, and not from the date of submission of the renewal declaration.

5. Any renewal of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name shall entail at the same time a corresponding renewal of any form of the assigned Domain Name automatically reserved according to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof, as well as of all the reserved forms of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name that were activated following a declaration by the Holder. In case the Holder does not wish to renew a reserved form of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name that was activated following a declaration by it, it shall be required to apply for the deactivation of the form in question prior to the renewal of the [.gr] Domain Name. In case of [.gr] Domain Names that lie passed their expiry date but within their reservation period, the renewal declaration shall pertain to the entire group of forms of the [.gr] Domain Name, including any activated Domain Name forms, and shall entail the corresponding charges.

6. The Registrar shall be required to forward the declaration for the renewal of a [.gr] Domain Name to the Registry within one (1) working day form its delivery and in any case prior to the expiry of the exclusive right of renewal, as this is set forth in subparagraph (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 4 hereof.

7. The renewal shall be carried out upon registration of the declaration in the Register.

8. Upon expiry of the exclusive right of use, the Domain Name and all its reserved forms shall be temporarily deactivated for fifteen (15) days without any prior ΕΕΤΤ Decision, while upon expiry of the reservation period the [.gr] Domain Name shall be definitively deactivated and left unreserved.

9. No [.gr] Domain Name renewal can be carried out throughout the period in which there are any pending declarations of the [.gr] Domain Name Holder that pertain to a Domain Name transfer.

Article 14.- Transfer of [.gr] Domain Names

1. A transfer may be carried out in the Register in the following cases:

a. In case of a transfer declaration submitted through the Registrar to the Registry either:

i. by both the interested parties, i.e. the transferor (and Holder of the [.gr] Domain Name up to the time of registration of the transfer declaration) and the transferee; or

ii. by the transferee (the new person to which the exclusive right of use and reservation has been transferred), in the cases of items (viii) and (ix) of paragraph 1 of Article 8 hereof.

In such a case, the applicable procedure shall be as follows:

1. The interested parties shall submit to the Registrar of the Holder of the Domain Name about to be transferred a transfer declaration according to Annex VIII attached hereto, accompanied by the legal fees provided for each time. The transfer declaration shall have to be clear, irrevocable and unconditional.

2. In case the declaration pertains to a 2nd level Domain Name the Variable Field of which is the same as a geographical term included in Annex XII attached hereto, or to a Common Use 3rd level [.gov.gr] Domain Name, the transfer declaration shall be forwarded to the Registry at the latest within thirty (30) days prior to the expiry of the [.gr] Domain Name.

3. Any transfer declaration may be submitted in accordance with the present Decision in written or electronic form. The declaration and the documents accompanying it shall be kept in a file by the Registrar.

4. Upon submission of the declaration the Registrar shall check whether the requirements of item 1 of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of the present Article are met. In addition, the Registrar shall verify that the transferor is indeed the [.gr] Domain Name Holder, either by checking the authorisation code and/or other information proving the Holder’s identity (Tax Registry Number, police-issued ID card, etc.) or through the use of a state-of-the-art electronic signature based on a recognised certificate. In case the above requirements are not met, the Registrar shall not forward the declaration to the Registry.

5. The Registrar, within an exclusive time limit of three (3) days from the submission of the transfer declaration, shall forward the declaration to the Registry, provided that the Holder of the [.gr] Domain Name has paid the legal fees.

6. In case of declarations for the transfer of an assigned 2nd level Domain Name the Variable Field of which is the same as a geographical term included in Annex XII attached hereto, or of a Common Use 3rd level [.gov.gr] Domain Name, the Registry, within twenty (20) days form the reception of the declaration, shall examine whether the transfer declaration should be rejected as void based on any of the following grounds:

a. if the new Holder is not a Local Government Organisation as required under item (vii) of paragraph 1 of Article 7 hereof; and

b. if the new Holder is not a governmental organisation as required under item (xi) of paragraph 1 of Article 7 hereof.

In any of the above cases, the transfer declaration shall be considered void, while otherwise the declaration shall be registered and the Registry shall automatically update its files with the data of the [.gr] Domain Name that have changed.

The Registry shall inform the interested parties via e-mail sent to the electronic addresses declared in the transfer declaration with respect to whether the declaration is void or has been accepted.

b. In case of a non appealable ΕΕΤΤ Decision, issued following a complaint made by a third party that has a vested legal interest to do so, that orders the revocation of the Holder’s exclusive right to use and reserve a specific [.gr] Domain Name and the transfer of such right to the complainant / applicant for the transfer on the basis of any of the grounds referred to in items (i: case b), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), or (xi) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 8 hereof. In such case the complainant / applicant for the transfer shall also submit the information proving its identity according to the template of Annex XIII attached hereto. The cost of the transfer declaration shall be covered by the transferee and shall be deposited to ΕΕΤΤ. The Registry shall inform the interested parties, via e-mail sent to the electronic addresses declared in the Register, with respect to the registration of the transfer in its files.

c. In case of an irrevocable court ruling enforceable in Greece, or of a corresponding non appealable arbitration body decision enforceable in Greece, that orders the revocation of the Holder’s exclusive right to use and reserve a specific [.gr] Domain Name and the transfer of such right to a third party. In such case the third person in question shall be required to submit to ΕΕΤΤ the relevant ruling / decision along with the information proving its identity according to the template of Annex XIII attached hereto. The cost of the transfer declaration shall be covered by the transferee and shall be deposited to ΕΕΤΤ. The Registry shall inform the interested parties, via e-mail sent to the electronic addresses declared in the Register, with respect to the registration of the transfer in its files.

2. Upon transfer, the transferor shall waive its right under the present Regulation, which shall thereupon be acquired by the person to which it is transferred. Any transfer of an assigned [.gr] Domain Name shall also entail at the same time the transfer of any form of the assigned Domain Name automatically reserved according to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof, as well as of any reserved forms of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name that were activated following a declaration by the Holder. Any reserved forms, activated or not, cannot be subject to a separate transfer on their own. In any case, an ΕΕΤΤ Decision or court ruling that transfers a reserved form of a Domain Name shall transfer at the same time the main Domain Name and the entire group of all other reserved [.gr] Domain Names.

3. In case the transferor has allowed or tolerated the use of a [.gr] Domain Name assigned to it and about to be transferred as a constituent of a 3rd or higher level [.gr] Domain Name according to Article 5 hereof, it shall be required to inform the person to which it wishes to transfer the exclusive right of use of the [.gr] Domain Name with respect to such use prior to the submission of the declaration according to paragraph 2 of the present Article to the Registrar.

4. In case, following a declaration by the Holder, the transfer of a [.gr] Domain Name is carried out in the Register by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision or court ruling or arbitration body decision enforceable in Greece, the new Holder, if it has accepted the use of the transferred [.gr] Domain Name as a constituent of a 3rd or higher level [.gr] Domain Name as allowed and tolerated by the transferor, it shall succeed the former Holder to its rights and obligations according to Article 5 hereof regarding the use of 3rd or higher level Domain Names without assignment.

5. No [.gr] Domain Name transfer can be carried out in the Register in the cases set forth under paragraph 3 of Article 8 and paragraph 3 of Article 9 hereof.

CHAPTER VI.- PROVISIONS REGARDING THE REGISTRY

Article 15.- Obligations of the Registry

1. The Registry shall act based on the provisions agreed upon and approved by ΕΕΤΤ, as well as according to the principles of non discrimination and assurance of transparency and objectivity.

2. The Registry shall inform the Registrant, via e-mail sent to the electronic address declared in the latter’s declaration, with respect to whether:

a. the registration declaration is void or the [.gr] Domain Name has been assigned;

b. the transfer declaration is void or has been registered in the Register;

c. the declaration for the change of the Holder’s corporate name was registered in the Register;

d. the declaration for the activation of a reserved [.gr] Domain Name was registered in the Register;

e. the declaration for the renewal of a [.gr] Domain Name was registered in the Register;

f. the declaration for the deletion of a [.gr] Domain Name was registered in the Register.

3. The Registry shall activate or deactivate, temporarily or definitively, the [.gr] Domain Names whenever and as provided for in accordance with the present Decision and in the way provided for by ΕΕΤΤ from time to time.

4. The Registry shall keep files of the [.gr] Domain Names, which shall include all data related to the activation / assignment of the [.gr] Domain Names, such as the description of the [.gr] Domain Names, the time priority order of the registration declarations, the identity of the Registrants / Holders, the time of assignment, or any data related to other acts provided for in accordance with the present Decision, as well as data related to the identity of the Registrar mediating the act in question. The Register files shall be kept at least in electronic form, using an appropriately structured database (Register). Upon a relevant request by ΕΕΤΤ, the Registry shall be required to extract these data from the Register in such appropriate electronic format as shall be determined by ΕΕΤΤ.

5. The Register files shall be made available by the Registry in an on-line form, so as to ensure the access of ΕΕΤΤ thereto at any time. The means of access shall be commonly agreed upon between the Registry and ΕΕΤΤ.

6. With the exception of any personal data of Registrants and/or Holders that have requested non disclosure thereof, all Register data shall be communicated upon request.

7. The Registry shall be responsible for the proper function, management and technical support of all the Domain Name Servers necessary for the [.gr] domain, whether located in Greece or not, as well as for the system’s constant updating and modernisation, so as to guarantee the satisfaction of all future needs of the [.gr] domain or of any other domain that may be given to the Greek State.

8. Upon a relevant request by ΕΕΤΤ, the Registry shall be required to extract the data kept in the zone files of the primary Domain Name Server for the [.gr] domain in such appropriate electronic format as shall be determined by ΕΕΤΤ.

9. The Registry shall undertake to set up, manage and operate a website, so as to provide Internet users with information on the procedures related to the [.gr] Domain Names as well as with a [.gr] Domain Name public search service.

10. The Registry shall be entitled to supply to every Registrant / Holder of a [.gr] Domain Name the registration data thereof according to the Register, as these stand at the specific time their notification is requested upon entry of the authorisation code of the specific Domain Name in the Register. The right to supply the above registration data to the Registrant / Holder of the Domain Name may also be granted to any Registrar for the [.gr] Domain Names it manages, following the issuance of a relevant ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

11. The Registry shall undertake to set up, manage and operate the necessary infrastructure (website, e-mail service, call centre, etc.) and to develop an appropriate software in order to enable ΕΕΤΤ and the Registrars to proceed to the actions required in accordance with the present Decision using secure methods.

12. The Registry shall not act as a Registrar, unless otherwise determined in the present Regulation. ΕΕΤΤ reserves the right to carry out in the Register acts that pertain to any mandatory change of corporate name / name or transfer or deletion that result from the implementation of any ruling or decision issued by a court, an arbitration body or ΕΕΤΤ itself. In order to carry out these acts, ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to demand from the Holders the payment of the corresponding fees.

13. ΕΕΤΤ may keep the Register on its own or assign its management to any other legal person (Registry) through a tender procedure.

14. The Registry shall be entitled to immediately discontinue the access of any Registrar that creates problems to the Register’s systems and services (cases of abuse of the Whois service, DoS / DDoS, abuse of Register resources, incorrect registration of [.gr] Domain Name data, code injections, and any other case that may endanger the smooth operation of the Register’s systems and services).

15. The Registry shall be entitled to set restrictions on the number of parallel connections allowed per Registrar, on the number of acts carried out through the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP), and in general on any other parameter of the system in order to ensure its smooth operation.

16. In case ΕΕΤΤ has assigned the Register’s management to another legal person (Registry), all data kept by the Registry shall belong to ΕΕΤΤ and shall be made available to it in electronic format upon a relevant request by ΕΕΤΤ, and in any case upon termination of the Register management assignment to the specific legal person by ΕΕΤΤ, irrespective of the grounds on which such termination occurs.

17. The Registry shall be entitled to provide additional security services to the Holders of [.gr] Domain Names.

18. Any temporary discontinuation of the Registrars’ access to the Register for reasons pertaining to the security of the Register data, the assurance of the Register’s smooth operation or any abuse of access rights on the part of the Registrar, shall not generate any right of the Registrar to indemnification for any direct or indirect losses.

19. The Registrars’ access to the Register shall not be guaranteed throughout the day (24 hours), as it shall be subject to technical restrictions that may be causing delays and interruptions, such as on-line attacks and/or temporary network failures.

CHAPTER VΙΙ.- PROVISIONS REGARDING THE REGISTRARS

Article 16.- Operation of the Registrars

1. The Registrars shall be persons that meet the requirements set forth from time to time by ΕΕΤΤ and referred to in Annex II attached hereto, as applicable each time. The Registrars may also be foreign persons that have their registered offices in a European Union Member State and operate according to the law of a European Union Member State but have appointed an attorney in Greece.

2. Any persons that meet the requirements of Annex II attached hereto and wish to become Registrars shall proceed with a simple notice sent to ΕΕΤΤ. A template notice is included in Annex Ζ attached hereto. The notice shall be accompanied by a solemn statement of the person submitting it – or its legal representative in case of a legal person – that they fully accept all the obligations and meet all the ΕΕΤΤ criteria stemming from the present Regulation. The notice shall be submitted exclusively through the Electronic Application Submission System for Electronic Communication Providers. In the course of this electronic submission the Registrar shall be required to also send electronically to ΕΕΤΤ all the documents that need to be attached to the declaration as per case. In case the Registrar’s notice sent is incomplete, the person submitting it shall not be registered in the ΕΕΤΤ List of Registrars. To access the Electronic Application Submission System for Electronic Communication Providers the applicant shall submit an Administrator’s declaration according to the provisions of a specific relevant ΕΕΤΤ Decision. The requirements to be set forth by the present Decision shall be published on the relevant location of the ΕΕΤΤ website.

3. ΕΕΤΤ shall register every complete notice in the List of Registrars it keeps, and shall immediately publish the Registrar’s data in the Register and on its websites, according to Annex XI attached hereto. Upon publication as described above, the person submitting the notice shall be entitled to operate as a Registrar.

4. In case of any change in the data declared in the notice submitted to ΕΕΤΤ, the Registrar shall be required to inform ΕΕΤΤ in this respect through the Electronic Application Submission System for Electronic Communication Providers within ten (10) days from the change.

Article 17.- Obligations of the Registrars

1. The relationships of the Registrars with the applicants for the assignment of [.gr] Domain Names and other Registrars shall be governed by the principles of good faith and good morals, as well as by the overall spirit of the present Regulation and the applicable legislation on competition and on consumer protection and personal data protection.

2. The Registrars shall be required to activate their connection with the Register within a period of three (3) months from the publication of their data in the Register. Until such activation, Registrars shall appear on the ΕΕΤΤ website as inactive. In case the connection with the Register is not activated within three (3) months, the Registrar shall be deleted by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

3. The Registrars shall be required to abide by the templates of Annexes V to X attached hereto, as well as by Annexes XIII and XV attached hereto, and particularly to demand from Registrants to submit the relevant solemn statements described therein, with the content specified therein.

4. The Registrars shall be required to keep a file containing all documents (written or electronic) that Registrants submit to them from time to time, the relevant fee payment receipts, as well as any other document sent by the Registry or ΕΕΤΤ to the Registrar and related to the corresponding [.gr] Domain Name. ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to request at any time from the Registrars any of the documents that they keep and are related to [.gr] Domain Names. The Registrars shall forward the documents requested to ΕΕΤΤ within twenty four (24) hours.

5. To the extent possible, the Registrar’s files shall also be kept in electronic form using an appropriately structured database. Upon a relevant request by ΕΕΤΤ, the Registrar shall be required to extract these data from the database in such appropriate electronic format as shall be determined by ΕΕΤΤ.

6. The Registrars shall be required to proceed to all the actions necessary in accordance with the present Decision, within the time limits set forth in the present Decision. Any time limits for the submission of declarations for chargeable acts as specified in accordance with the present Decision shall start with the payment of the legal fees specified in Annex IV attached hereto by the Registrant to the Registrar.

7. The Registrars shall be required to inform the Registrants / Holders of [.gr] Domain Names with respect to any information made known to them by the Registry or ΕΕΤΤ and related to the corresponding [.gr] Domain Name. The Registrars shall notify the Holders with respect to the expiry of their [.gr] Domain Names at least two (2) months prior to the expiry, via e-mail sent to the electronic address declared in the registration declaration.

8. The Registrars shall be required to have a website and to make available their contact details in full as well as a consumer service line that shall operate on working days from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Particularly the Registrars that are already included in the List of Registrars published on the ΕΕΤΤ website prior to the publication of the present Decision in the Government Gazette, shall be required to send within a period of one (1) month from the publication hereof, the details of their consumer service line. All Registrars shall ensure that they have appropriate mechanisms and sufficient human resources employed in the service of their Registrants, so that a Registrant calling the Registrar’s support centre would not be kept waiting for an excessively long time, which advisably should not exceed five (5) minutes.

9. The Registrars shall be required to proceed, upon request, to any action necessary in accordance with the present Decision in order to serve the Registrants. The Registrars shall abstain from any practices that prevent Registrants from freely contacting any Registrar they wish or replacing the Registrar they currently use.

10. The Registrars shall be required to pay to ΕΕΤΤ the legal fees set by ΕΕΤΤ according to Annex IV attached hereto.

11. For the payment of the legal fees, the Registrar shall be required to use a subsystem of the Register. Through this system, the amount of money paid by the Registrar to ΕΕΤΤ shall be converted in and matched with equivalents of chargeable operations (units). The total of units shall correspond to the deposited amount of money, based on the formula «integral number of units = deposited amount / cost of chargeable act». Any balance shall remain outstanding until the next deposit made by the Registrar, at which time it shall be added to the new amount and the above formula shall be applied for a recalculation. The units created shall correspond to chargeable acts that the Registrar carries out in the Register. The acts corresponding to the units can be carried out at any moment, without any time restriction.

12. The units shall be reduced per each chargeable act. The Registrar shall have the right to carry out chargeable acts in the Register while having zero units for a period of five (5) calendar days. These acts shall be calculated as negative units. Upon expiry of the above period, the Registrar’s ability to carry out chargeable acts in the Register shall be discontinued on the next working day at 10:00 am. To reacquire the right to carry out chargeable acts, the Registrar shall be required to pay to ΕΕΤΤ an amount of money equal to the total of negative units it has carried out plus at least one additional unit. The above period of five (5) working days may be readjusted by a relevant ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

13. ΕΕΤΤ shall issue and dispatch to the Registrars on a monthly basis a bill of payable fees, which shall refer to the used units and the negative units that may exist in the system at the time the bill of payable fees is created, and not to the total amount of money deposited by the Registrar.

14. In case acts are carried out with negative units, upon expiry of the period provided for in paragraph 12 of the present Article – within which the Registrar has the right to carry out chargeable acts in the Register while having zero units – the Registrar shall be required to immediately pay the fees within twenty (20) days. In any case, if the above time limit has expired and the Registrar has not paid in full its debt obligation, ΕΕΤΤ shall send to the Registrar a written notification setting for the full payment of the debt a time limit of thirty (30) calendar days from the date stated on the reference number of the written notification, upon expiry of which it shall proceed to the Registrar’s definitive deletion by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

15. The new method of fees payment shall be implemented upon entry of the present Regulation in force. In the period between the present Decision’s publication and entry in force, the Registrars shall be required to pay in full all their unsettled bills of payable fees. Access to the new payment system, and therefore to the Register, shall only be allowed to Registrars that have paid in full all their bills of payable fees and have submitted a Registrar’s notice through the Electronic Application Submission System for Electronic Communication Providers with the indication «modification», filling in the Compliance Statement field.

16. Upon implementation of the new payment method, the Registrars shall have zero units and the provisions of paragraph 11 of the present Article shall apply. After the first two (2) months of operation of the new payment method, the system shall also indicate as negative units any chargeable acts carried out by the Registrars but not yet due and payable. With respect to the Registrars’ access to the new payment system the provisions of paragraph 10 of the present Article shall apply.

17. The Registrars shall be required to have (at least two) Domain Name Servers of their own and to ensure the proper function of these servers for the provision of services to the Registrants upon request, as well as for their network connection with the Internet Domain Name System.

18. The Registrars shall be required to have the necessary software and hardware infrastructure so as to be able to communicate with the Register using at least one of the methods made available by the Registry, in order to serve the Registrants’ declarations. These methods shall be published on the Registry website.

19. The Registrar shall not be entitled to proceed to any act related to a [.gr] Domain Name without the prior consent of the [.gr] Domain Name Holder. This consent shall have to be obtained in written or electronic form and kept in the Registrar’s respective file.

20. The Registrar shall have the right to act as a Registrant as well, but only with respect to [.gr] Domain Names intended for its own use. In any case, the Registrar must not abuse this right by seeking the assignment of an unjustifiably large number of [.gr] Domain Names to itself.

21. The Registrars shall not refuse without reasonable cause the provision of their services in accordance with the present Regulation.

22. The Registrars shall allow ΕΕΤΤ and/or any persons appointed from time to time by ΕΕΤΤ to visit the Registrars’ facilities and check their compliance with their obligations. Also, the Registrars shall supply to ΕΕΤΤ any information required related to their operation as Registrars.

23. During the provision of their services, the Registrars must comply with all their obligations under the present Decision.

24. The Registrars shall be required to use the Register only in order to comply with their obligations under the present Regulation. Furthermore, they shall be exclusively responsible for the proper registration of the Registrants’ data in the Register, while any cost incurred for the correction of incorrectly registered data shall be covered by the Registrar.

25. In case a Registrar wishes to cease operating as such, it shall be required to inform in writing, at least ninety (90) working days in advance, the Registry, ΕΕΤΤ and its Registrants, so that the latter can be promptly transferred to another Registrar. Also, the Registrar shall be required to proceed to any action necessary for the transfer of the [.gr] Domain Names. ΕΕΤΤ shall duly publish this fact on its website, and shall invite all concerned Holders and Registrants to choose a new Registrar. At the latest upon expiry of the above period of ninety (90) days, ΕΕΤΤ shall deactivate the Registrar’s access to the Register and shall delete the Registrar from the List of Registrars published on its website.

26. In case a Registrar comes under liquidation or receivership, or is declared bankrupt, it shall be required to immediately declare its termination of operations to ΕΕΤΤ, submitting the relevant documents proving this fact. ΕΕΤΤ shall duly publish this fact on its website, shall invite all concerned Holders and Registrants to choose a new Registrar, shall deactivate the Registrar’s access to the Register, and shall delete the Registrar from the List of Registrars published on its website.

27. In the cases of paragraphs 25 and 26 of the present Article, upon the Registrar’s deletion and deactivation, any Domain Names assigned to Registrants that have not ensured their transfer to a new Registrar shall remain valid until their expiry but no act shall be carried out in relation to them.

28. In case a Registrar of Domain Names also operates as an Internet Service Provider (ISP), the Resolvers in the access network must not be Authoritative Domain Name Servers with respect to zone files of other Domain Names, excluding any cases of Domain Names in which the Internet Service Provider (ISP) is the Holder / person entitled to them.

29. Following the issuance of a relevant ΕΕΤΤ Decision, the Registrars may be allowed to communicate to third parties any registration data of [.gr] Domain Name Holders that are legal persons.

30. Limitedly, in the case of incorrect submission of a Registrant’s data by the Registrar, their correction following the assignment of the [.gr] Domain Name shall be allowed upon submission of a ‘Holder’s Corporate Name / Name Change Declaration’. In case of submission of such a declaration, the Registrar shall be required to have informed the [.gr] Domain Name Holder in advance. The act shall be chargeable according to the provisions hereof regarding the declarations for the change of the Holder’s corporate name / name.

Article 18.- Deletion of Registrars and other administrative sanctions

In case the Registrar does not abide by the provisions hereof, after holding a hearing ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to impose the following sanctions:

a. Registrar Deletion

In case the Registrar breaches any of its obligations under the present Decision, ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to proceed with the deletion of this Registrar from the List of Registrars. In case of issuance of a Decision that orders the deletion of the Registrar, ΕΕΤΤ shall deactivate the Registrar’s access to the Register, shall delete the Registrar from the List of Registrars published on its website, shall duly publish this fact on its website, and shall invite all the Holders of [.gr] Domain Names managed by the Registrar in question to choose a new Registrar. By a relevant Decision, ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled not to accept Registrar’s notices submitted by persons that have earlier been deleted as Registrars by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision in accordance with the present Regulation.

b. Imposition of a fine according to the provisions in force.

c. Recommendation.

CHAPTER VIII.- DATA PROTECTION

Article 19.- Data protection

1. The personal data of natural persons that are [.gr] Domain Name Holders shall neither be published nor disclosed to any third parties in case of the Holder’s prior explicit refusal.

2. As an exception to the above, in any event ΕΕΤΤ shall disclose the data of a [.gr] Domain Name Holder in case of a relevant Public Prosecutor’s Order.

3. Following the issuance of a relevant ΕΕΤΤ Decision, the Registrars may be allowed to communicate to third parties that submit to them a relevant request, the personal data of natural persons that are Holders of [.gr] Domain Names they manage and have not explicitly refused the disclosure thereof.

4. Without prejudice to the provisions of the legislation in force regarding the protection of personal data, the Registrars shall only collect personal data of the persons submitting [.gr] Domain Name registration declarations, or declarations for other acts related to [.gr] Domain Names, to the extent necessary for processing these declarations. The collection or processing of personal data for other purposes without the concerned person’s consent shall be prohibited according to the legislation in force.

CHAPTER IX.- FEES

Article 20.- Fees for the assignment and the use of [.gr] Domain Names

1. The Registrants shall be required to pay fees to ΕΕΤΤ in exchange (a) for the assignment of the [.gr] Domain Names, so as to cover the cost of their management by ΕΕΤΤ, and (b) for their use.

2. For each act of assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name, or activation of a reserved [.gr] Domain Name, or transfer of a [.gr] Domain Name, or change of the Holder’s corporate name / name, or renewal of an assigned or activated reserved [.gr] Domain Name, the Registrar shall pay to ΕΕΤΤ the respective fees determined in Annex IV attached hereto. No fee shall be paid to ΕΕΤΤ in case of a declaration for the above acts that is considered void. The fee charged for the renewal, transfer or change of Holder’s corporate name / name of an assigned [.gr] Domain Name shall also cover the cost of the renewal, transfer or change of Holder’s corporate name / name of any other form of the assigned [.gr] Domain Name reserved automatically according to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 3 hereof but not yet activated (following a relevant request by the Holder).

3. The Registrar shall be entitled to demand the payment of fees by the Registrants even if no fee payment is required by ΕΕΤΤ, as e.g. in cases of registration of DNSSEC (DS Records) in the Register.

4. The Registrars, subject to the penalty of deletion from the List of Registrars published by ΕΕΤΤ, shall be exclusively responsible for the payment to ΕΕΤΤ of the fees related to assignments of [.gr] Domain Names, activations of reserved [.gr] Domain Names, transfers of [.gr] Domain Names, changes of Holders’ corporate names / names, and/or renewals of assigned or activated reserved [.gr] Domain Names of the Registrants they serve.

5. The fees that the Registrar shall demand from a Registrant, as well as the General Terms of Transactions that shall govern all acts related to [.gr] Domain Names, shall have to be stated on the Registrar’s website.

6. The fees shall have to be stated on a conspicuous and easily accessible location of the Registrar’s website so as to enable the competent ΕΕΤΤ Services to carry out price checks at will.

7. The Registrars, subject to the penalty of deletion from the List of Registrars published by ΕΕΤΤ, shall not be entitled to charge any Registrant with fees higher than those determined in Annex IV attached hereto.

8. For a hearing to be held under the ΕΕΤΤ Hearings Regulation following a complaint for any breach of the present Decision, the complainant shall be required to pay a fee, of €200 if it is a natural person or of €400 if it is a legal person, which shall be deposited to a bank account of ΕΕΤΤ published on its website.

9. By issuing a relevant Decision, ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to readjust the amounts of the fees determined in Annex IV attached hereto. The period between the publication of the Decision in question and its entry in force may not be less than three (3) months.

CHAPTER X.- SUPERVISION

Article 21.- Supervision

1. ΕΕΤΤ shall supervise and control the implementation of the present Decision.

2. The Registry and the Registrars shall be required to supply to ΕΕΤΤ any relevant information considered necessary by ΕΕΤΤ for the management of the assignment of Internet domain names or for statistical purposes.

3. The Registry shall be required to prepare and submit to ΕΕΤΤ a Quarterly Activity Report, the content of which shall include all qualitative and quantitative data related to the management of the [.gr] domain names and shall be as determined by ΕΕΤΤ from time to time.

4. ΕΕΤΤ shall be entitled to proceed with the publication of any information necessary for the fulfillment of its tasks, respecting the principles of transparency, proportionality and professional secrecy.

CHAPTER XΙ.- FINAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

Article 22.- Transitory Provisions

1. Upon its entry in force the present Decision shall repeal ΕΕΤΤ Decision nº 351/76 re: «Regulation on Management and Assignment of [.gr] Domain Names» (Gov. Gaz. Issue 717/Β/27.5.2005), as amended by ΕΕΤΤ Decision nº 353/185 (Gov. Gaz. Issue 1251/Β/6.9.2005, Corrected in Gov. Gaz. Issue 1545/9.11.2005).

2. The present Regulation shall govern all [.gr] Domain Names assigned prior to its entry in force, regardless of the procedure followed for their assignment.

3. In the period between the publication of the present Regulation in the Government Gazette and its entry in force pursuant to Article 23 hereof, ΕΕΤΤ Decision nº 351/76 as amended by ΕΕΤΤ Decision nº 353/185 shall still be applicable with the following amendments:

Α) Paragraph 1 of Article 8 is replaced as follows:

ΕΕΤΤ shall reject any application for the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name in the following limitedly specified cases that constitute absolute grounds for rejection:

a. If the Variable Field of a requested 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name is the same as a geographical term included in the list of geographical terms published on the ΕΕΤΤ website in its Greek and Latin form (according to Annex XII attached hereto) and the data included in the registration application do not identify the Holder submitting it as the corresponding Local Government Organisation entitled to it. This restriction shall not be applicable to the Variable Field of a requested 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name.

b. If the Variable Field of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name constitutes a country code included in the ISO 3166-1 list of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).

c. If the [.gr] Domain Name consists of alphanumeric characters that make up an element that constitutes an Internet key word and has thus been rejected in the past.

d. If the Variable Field of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name or of a Common Use 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name consists of alphanumeric characters that make up any element the use of which has been deemed as running contrary to public order and/or good morals, unless otherwise deemed by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

e. If the Variable Field of a 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name or of a Common Use 3rd level [.gr] Domain Name is the same as a term included in the list of terms published on the ΕΕΤΤ website that constitute elements and/or any official terms of the Greek State and/or of the other States and/or international organisations and/or entities referred to in Article 6 three of the Paris Convention on Industrial Property, as well as any highly symbolic element, including in particular religious symbols and words, unless otherwise deemed by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

f. If the data included in the assignment application submitted according to the present Decision do not identify the Holder as one having the capacity and/or status corresponding to the legal persons that according to Annex III attached to the present Regulation are entitled to the assignment of a Common Use [.gr] Domain Name that makes up the Non-variable Field of a 3rd level Domain Name.

Β) The following are added to subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 9:

an item (xii), having the following content:

In case ΕΕΤΤ ascertains, by operation of law or following a complaint made by a third party, that a new application for the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name has been submitted to the Registry unaccompanied by any justification by the same person for which the Domain Name in question had been deleted by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision or a court ruling, the assignment of the [.gr] Domain Name in question shall be re-examined in the light of Article 9 and in case the new assignment application is unjustifiable the [.gr] Domain Name shall be deleted by an ΕΕΤΤ Decision.

an item (xiii), having the following content:

In case the [.gr] Domain Name constitutes any element and/or official term of the Greek State and/or of the other States and/or international organisations and/or entities referred to in Article 6 three of the Paris Convention on Industrial Property, as well as any highly symbolic element, including in particular religious symbols and words.

an item (xiv), having the following content:

In case the specific Domain Name runs contrary to public order and/or good morals.

4. Applications for acts related to [.gr] Domain Names that were submitted to the Registry prior to the entry of the present Decision in force and are still pending shall be processed based on the present Decision.

5. Complaints that were submitted to ΕΕΤΤ prior to the entry of the present Decision in force and are still pending shall be processed according to the provisions applicable prior to the entry of the present Decision in force.

Article 23.- Entry in force

1. The present Regulation shall be published in the Government Gazette.

2. The present Regulation shall enter in force within five (5) months from its publication in the Government Gazette, unless otherwise determined under individual provisions hereof.

Article 24.- Annexes

The following Annexes constitute integral parts of the present Regulation:

Annex I.- Characteristics of the Server Names used for ‘.gr’ Domain Names

1. Each ‘.gr’ Domain Name must be served at least by two (2) Name Servers. The said servers shall return NS Records with all relevant information for all the Name Servers serving the specific ‘.gr’ Domain Name in question.

2. The Name Servers shall return Mail Exchange (MX) records for each ‘.gr’ Domain Name they serve. The e-mail servers associated with the said records and used by the beneficiary of the ‘.gr’ Domain Name have been adjusted so as to accept e-mail messages sent to the corresponding Domain Name.

3. The Name Servers shall return Start of Authority (SOA) type records for each ‘.gr’ Domain Name they serve, which shall be compatible with the following specifications :

a. The «MNAME» field includes the name of the primary Name Server for the ‘.gr’ Domain Name;

b. The «RNAME’ field includes a functioning e-mail address;

c. The serial numbers and timers follow the principles of the Domain Name System so as to prevent any material differences from them.

Annex II.- Criteria to be met by Registrars

1. Registrars must be either natural or legal persons of any form, established based on and governed by the law of an EU member-state.

2. Registrars must have the building facilities, human resources and information systems infrastructure that shall allow them to fulfill their obligations as Registrars based on this present Regulation in an appropriate fashion.

3. Registrars are required:

(a) to have and ensure the proper operation of their own Name Servers

(at least two) in order to provide services to Registrants, if the Registrants wish so, as well as to ensure the Internet connection of the said servers with the Domain Name System;.

(b) to be equipped with and ensure the proper operation of the hardware and software used for the maintenance of the archive including the data of the Registrants they serve;.

(c) to have the corresponding human resources, in proportion to the number of Registrants they expect to serve, so as to ensure the smooth processing and checking of the assignment declarations and other acts on Domain Names within the deadlines provided for in the Regulation.

4. EETT is entitled to publish Ethics Regulations to be complied with by Registrars or to determine the minimum necessary infrastructure requirements, in compliance with the provisions set forth in the Greek law and the law of the EU. Furthermore, EETT may by virtue of a Decision, determine a procedure of voluntary accreditation for Registrars.

Annex III.- Common Use 2nd level ‘.gr’ Domain Names

The following 2nd level Domain Names are made available for the assignment of 3rd level Domain Names:

a. com.gr

b. edu.gr

c. net.gr

d. org.gr

e. gov.gr.

o A [com.gr] Domain Name is only assigned to those engaging in commercial activities;

o An [edu.gr] Domain Name is only assigned to educational organizations;

o A [net.gr] Domain Name is only assigned to Internet Service Providers – ISPs) and network providers;

o An [org.gr] Domain Name is only assigned to non-profit organizations;

o A [gov.gr] Domain Name is only assigned to governmental organizations

Annex IV.- Fees for the assignment and use of Domain Names

1. For each act concerning the assignment or activation of a reserved [.gr] Domain Name, or for the transfer – change of a Holder’s corporate name / name, or for the renewal of an assigned or activated reserved [.gr] Domain Name the Registrar shall pay to EETT a fee equal to twelve euro and fifty cents (12.50)

2. The maximum fees a Registrant may pay to a Registrar are determined as follows:

(a) Euro forty four (€ 44.00) plus VAT for the assignment of a [.gr] Domain Name;

(b) Euro forty four (€ 44.00) plus VAT for the activation of a reserved [.gr] Domain Name;

(c) Euro forty four (€ 44.00) plus VAT for the transfer of an assigned or activated reserved [.gr] Domain Name;

(d) Euro forty four (€ 44.00) plus VAT for the change of the corporate name / name of a Holder of an assigned or activated reserved [.gr] Domain Name;

(e) Euro twenty nine and thirty cents (€ 29.30) plus VAT for the renewal of an assigned or activated reserved [.gr] Domain Name.

3. The above fees include the fee paid by the Registrar to EETT.

Annex V.- SAMPLE [.gr] DOMAIN NAME ASSIGNMENT DECLARATION

Date / Time when the declaration is submitted to the Registrar

To the Registrar under corporate name…………………….

Note: The asterisk fields (*) shall be necessarily forwarded to the Registry and if not completed, the declaration shall be invalid pursuant to article 7, par. 1a of the regulation.

Tick (v) any of the following information you consider confidential and wish to remain secret

Α. Requested Domain Name

Domain Name*:

Β1. Applicant’s Details – Natural Person’s Identity Details

Person’s code*:

Full Name*:

Police ID Card nº:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

Β2. Applicant’s Details – Legal Person’s Identity Details

Person’s code*:

Corporate Name*:

Distinctive Title:

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Scope of activity:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details (for Legal Persons)

Full Name:

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

C. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office)

Number – Street:

City*:

Postal Code*

Country*:

Area*:

D. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office) of an Attorney in case the Registrant is a natural or legal person having its residence/registered office abroad

Number – Street:

City:

Postal Code

Country:

Area:

Note: in case the Registrant is a natural or legal person having its residence/registered office abroad, by virtue of the present the Registrant accepts that EETT will notify any documents , e.g. notification of an Act for the Holding of a Hearing if a complaint-application for deletion of a Domain Name is submitted by a third party, only to the electronic address declared in the Registry.

D. Content

(To be completed for third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, and the registrant must describe the use of the domain name and the person’s status pursuant to annex III of the Regulation)

Ε. Domain Name Authorization Code*

Note: The use of an Authorization Code ensures the identification by the new Registrar of the Holder upon submission of a Registrar change declaration, as well as the identification by the Registrar of the Holder of an assigned Domain Name upon submission of a Transfer declaration, an information Change declaration, a corporate name / name change declaration, a renewal declaration, a Domain Name deletion declaration pursuant to the Regulation on Management and Assignment of Domain Names.

F. Name Assignment Servers

1. SOLEMN STATEMENT

I, the undersigned …………………. (surname) ………………….( name)

………………….(status), am hereby making a solemn statement pursuant to

Law nº 1599/86 that:

(a) The information I provide in this present declaration is accurate and true.

(b) I am not infringing on the rights of third parties deliberately.

(c) I am binding the specific legal person in question (only in the case of legal persons).

(d) in case the Variable Field of the 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name is the same as a geographical term included in the list of geographical terms published on the ΕΕΤΤ website in its Greek and Latin form (according to Annex XII attached hereto), I am the corresponding Local Government Organisation entitled to it.

(e) in case of a registration declaration for a [.gov.gr] Domain Name, I am a governmental organisation.

(f) in case of third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, I bear the capacity corresponding to the legal persons that are entitled to the assignment of a Common Use Domain Name that makes up the Non-variable field.

Date ____/____/____

Name (in upper case)

___________________________________

Signature of Natural Person/ Legal Representative (Seal)

Annex VI.- SAMPLE ASSIGNED[.gr] DOMAIN NAME INFORMATION CHANGE DECLARATION

Date when the declaration is submitted to the Registrar

From Domain Name Holder ………………………… (full corporate name)

To Registrar ………………………………

Note: The asterisk fields (*) shall be necessarily forwarded to the Registry and if not completed, the declaration shall be invalid.

Tick (v) any of the following information you consider confidential and wish to remain secret

Α. Domain Name for the assignment information of which this change declaration is submitted

Domain Name*:

(Indicate ONLY the information requested to be changed)

Β. Details of the Domain Name Holder – Natural Person

Police ID Card nº1:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

C. Details of the Domain Name Holder – Legal Person

Scope of activity:

1 The Police ID Card nº may change, provided that the identity of the Holder is maintained.

Taxpayer’s ID nº (2):

Tax Office:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details (for Legal Persons)

Full Name:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

D. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office)

Number – Street:

City*:

Postal Code*

Country*:

Area*:

E. Content

(To be completed for third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, and the registrant must describe the use of the domain name and the person’s status pursuant to annex III of the Regulation)

F. Domain Name Authorization Code*

(2) The Taxpayer’s ID nº may change, provided that it does not constitute a Domain Name Holder change.

G. Name Assignment Servers

SOLEMN STATEMENT

I, the undersigned …………………. (surname) ………………….( name)

………………….(status), am hereby making a solemn statement pursuant to

Law nº 1599/86 that:

(a) The information I provide in this present declaration is accurate and true.

(b) I am binding the specific legal person in question (only in the case of legal persons).

The Applicant

Date ____/____/____

Name (in upper case)

___________________________________

Signature of Natural Person / Legal Representative (Seal)

Annex VII.- REGISTRAR NOTICE

New notification

Amendment

(To be completed by the service)

Reg. nº

Date

Attachments

Legalizing documents of the Registrar*

Legalizing documents of the Registrar’s legal representative*

Authorization of an attorney in Greece for persons not having their residence / registered office in Greece

*For a detailed explanation of legalizing documents, see Annex

SECTION A: GENERAL DETAILS OF THE PERSON SUBMITTING NOTICE

Α.1 Natural Person’s Details

Full Name:

Father’s name:

Street:

Number:

Area:

Postal Code

City:

Country:

Taxpayer’s ID No:

Tax Office:

URL:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Α.2 Legal Person’s Details

Corporate Name:

Distinctive Title:

Legal Status:

Scope of Activity:

Street:

Number:

Area:

Postal Code

City:

Country:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Tax Office:

URL:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details

Surname:

Name:

Father’s name:

Contact address:

ID or Passport nº:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Tax Office:

Telephone:

Fax:

Mobile phone:

(optional)

e-mail:

Α.3 Identity Details of the person signing the declaration (if not the Legal Representative)

Surname:

Name:

Father’s name:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Tax Office:

Contact address:

ID or Passport nº:

Telephone:

Fax:

Mobile phone:

(optional)

e-mail:

Α.4 Contact details with the public (published on EEET website):

Consumer service line:

Α.5 Identity Details of the attorney residing in Greece (if the Registrar does not have its registered office in Greece)

Surname:

Name:

Father’s name:

Contact address:

ID or Passport nº:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Tax Office:

Telephone:

Fax:

Mobile phone:

(optional)

e-mail:

Α.6 Identity Details of the person responsible for domain name issues

Surname:

Name:

Telephone:

Fax:

Mobile phone:

(optional)

e-mail:

Α7 Address for invoice dispatching in case it differs from the registered office’s address:

Address

(Street, Number, City, P.C.)

Telephone

SECTION B : DETAILS OF THE PERSON SUBMITTING THE NOTICE PURSUANT TO ANNEX II OF THE REGULATION ON THE MANAGEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF DOMAIN NAMES

B.1 Summary description of the Name Servers

A’ Nameserver

Hostname

DNS Software

(program name, version)

Installation location

B’ Nameserver

Hostname

DNS Software

(program name, version)

Installation location

B.2 In case of leasing of equipment and/or services, the Providers are:

Provider name :

Country:

B.3 Summary description of the network infrastructure

Total bandwidth for your connection to the Internet:

Your Internet connection ISP*:

*for legal persons that are not ISPs

STATEMENT

I, the undersigned …………………. (surname) ………………….( name)………………….(status) am hereby declaring that:

(a) This present notice is submitted pursuant to the «Regulation on Management and Assignment of Domain Names»,

(b) The information included in the declaration submitted, as well as any other accompanying information, is accurate,

(c) I am aware of the above EETT Regulation and agree with my rights and obligations as a Registrar based on the said Regulation.

(d) In particular, I fully meet the criteria referred to in Annex II of the above Regulation.

Date ____/____/____

The Applicant/ The Legal Representative:

Signature: ___________________________________ (Corporate Seal)

APPENDIX – Registrar’s Legalizing Documents

1. Natural/Legal persons having their registered office / residence in Greece

a. For Societes Anonymes:

– The Articles of Incorporation and the issue of the Government Gazette publishing the said Articles or the codification of the Articles if amended.

Note: If the Company is newly incorporated, the required documents are as follows: the Notarial incorporation deed, the relevant notice of the Prefect decision on the incorporation issued by the competent department of Societes Anonymes of the Ministry of Development maintaining the registries of Societes Anonymes (Prefecture) and the copy of the duplicate document issued by the State Treasury including the publication code.

– The Minutes of the latest meeting of the company’s Board of Directors on the representation of the Company, along with the relevant issue of the Government Gazette. If the said Minutes have not been published yet in the Government Gazette, it must be accompanied by a notice on the registration of information with the Prefecture and the duplicate document issued by the State Treasury including the publication code.

– Registrars shall undertake the obligation to submit the Government Gazette issues when published.

– In the case where the company attorney stated in the Registrar’s Notice is a person other than the legal representative of the company, the minutes on the appointment of the company attorney and a solemn statement made by the said attorney that he/she accepts his/her obligations must be submitted. The proxy-attorney must have his/her permanent residence in Greece and must speak the Greek language. Any printed material pertaining to d.n. shall be mailed to the attorney’s mailing address in Greece.

b. For Ltd. Companies

– The Articles of Incorporation and the issue of the Government Gazette publishing the said Articles or the codification of the Articles if amended.

– A certificate issued by the competent department of the Court of First Instance of the place where the company’s registered office is located on the registration of company information and amendments thereof in the appropriate registries 54

Note: If the LTD Company is newly incorporated, the required documents are as follows: the Notarial incorporation deed, the relevant issue of the Government Gazette where the Articles are published, and if not yet published, the copy of the duplicate document issued by the State Treasury including the publication code.

Registrars shall undertake the obligation to submit the Government Gazette issues when published.

– In the case where the company attorney stated in the Registrar’s Notice is a person other than the legal representative of the company, the minutes on the appointment of the company attorney and a solemn statement made by the said attorney that he/she accepts his/her obligations must be submitted. The proxy-attorney must have his/her permanent residence in Greece. Any printed material pertaining to d.n. shall be mailed to the attorney’s mailing address in Greece.

c. For General Partnership Companies and Limited Partnership Companies

– The Private Incorporation document, along with all amendments thereof.

– A certificate issued by the competent department of the Court of First Instance of the place where the company’s registered office is located on the registration of company information and amendments thereof in the appropriate registries.

– In the case where the company attorney stated in the Registrar’s Notice is a person other than the legal representative of the company, the minutes on the appointment of the company attorney and a solemn statement made by the said attorney that he/she accepts his/her obligations must be submitted. The proxy – attorney must have his/her permanent residence in Greece. Any printed material pertaining to d.n. shall be mailed to the attorney’s mailing address in Greece.

d. Natural Persons – Personal Enterprises

– Police Identification Card or Passport

– Residence and working permit, in the case of foreigners

– A certificate issued by the competent Tax Office on the commencement of business activity

– A certificate issued by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry on securing a distinctive title in the case where the personal enterprise also wishes its distinctive title to appear in the list of Registrars published in the EETT Website.

2. Natural/Legal persons having their registered office / residence in a

European Union member-state :

a. Legal Persons

– Legalizing documents on the incorporation and representation of the foreign legal person, accompanied by an Apostille under the Hague Convention, and an attached official translation thereof in the Greek language.

– Legalizing documents on the appointment of a company attorney and a solemn statement made by the said attorney that he/she accepts his/her obligations. The proxy-attorney must have his/her permanent residence in Greece and must speak the Greek language. Any printed material pertaining to d.n. shall be mailed to the attorney’s mailing address in Greece.

c. A copy of the proxy-attorney’s Police Identification Card or Passport

b. Natural Persons

– Police Identification Card or Passport

– A certificate issued by the competent Tax Office on the commencement of business activity

-A certificate issued by a public authority of the appropriate member- state on securing a distinctive title in the case where the personal enterprise also wishes its distinctive title to appear in the list of Registrars published in the EETT Website

– Authorization by the natural person on the appointment of an attorney and a solemn statement made by the said attorney that he/she accepts his/her obligations. The proxy-attorney must have his/her permanent residence in Greece and must speak the Greek language. Any printed material pertaining to d.n. shall be mailed to the attorney’s mailing address in Greece,

A copy of the proxy-attorney’s Police Identification Card or Passport

Annex VIII.- SAMPLE [.gr] DOMAIN NAME TRANSFER DECLARATION

Date / Time when the declaration is submitted to the Registrar

To the Registrar under corporate name ……………………………………… Note: The asterisk fields (*) shall be necessarily forwarded to the Registry and if not completed, the declaration shall be invalid.

Tick (v) any of the following information you consider confidential and wish to remain secret

Α. Domain Name to be transferred

Domain Name*:

Β.1 Transferor’s Details – for Natural Persons

Person’s code:

Full Name:

Police ID Card nº:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Person’s authorization code:

or

Β2. Transferor’s Details – for Legal Persons

Person’s code:

Corporate Name:

Distinctive Title:

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Scope of activity:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Person’s authorization code:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details (for Legal Persons)

Full Name:

Taxpayer’s ID No:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Β3. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office)

Street- Number:

City:

Postal Code

Country:

Area:

Β4. Content

(To be completed for third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, and the registrant must describe the use of the domain name and the person’s status pursuant to annex III of the Regulation)

Β5 Domain Name Authorization Code*

F. Name Assignment Servers

Β6. STATEMENT MADE BY THE TRANSFEROR

I, the undersigned …………………………. (full name / corporate name), legally represented by ………………………. (for a legal person), am hereby transferring the ……………………………. .gr domain name to …………………………………………. (full name / corporate name), legally represented by ………………………. (for a legal person),

C1. Details of the New Holder-Transferee – for Natural Persons

Person’s code*:

Full Name*:

Police ID Card nº:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

or

C2. Details of the New Holder-Transferee – for Legal Persons

Person’s code*:

Corporate Name*:

Distinctive Title:

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Scope of activity:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details (for Legal Persons)

Full Name:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

C3. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office)

Number- Street:

City*:

Postal Code*

Country*:

Area*:

C6. STATEMENT MADE BY THE NEW HOLDER-TRANSFEREE ACCEPTING THE TRANSFER

I, the undersigned …………………………. (full name / corporate name), legally represented by ………………………. (for a legal person), am hereby accepting this present transfer and making a solemn statement that,

(a) The information provided in the declaration is accurate and true.

(b) I am binding the specific legal person in question (only in the case of legal persons).

(c) In the case of third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, I have the status corresponding to Holders entitled to the assignment of the specific Common Use Domain Name which makes up the Non-variable field.

(d) The [.gr] Domain Name Holder making the transfer is a legal person, to the rights and obligations of which I substitute myself, based on the legalizing documents attached hereto, due to a merger by absorption, conversion of a Societe Anonyme into a Ltd., branch secession, e.tc.

(e) In the case of change of the Holder’s full name due to a universal succession, I am the Holder’s legal successor and I attach hereto the relative legalizing documents.

Date____/____/____

Transferor’s Name / Corporate Name (in upper case characters))

__________________________________

Natural Person’s / Representative’s

Signature (Seal)

Transferee’s Name/Corporate Name3 (in upper case characters)

__________________________________

Natural Person’s / Representative’s

Signature (Seal)

3 In cases (d) and (e) the signature of the transferor is not required

Annex IX.- SAMPLE DECLARATION FOR THE CHANGE OF THE CORPORATE NAME/NAME OF A [.gr] DOMAIN NAME HOLDER

Date / Time when the declaration is submitted to the Registrar

1. From Domain Name Holder …………………… (previous corporate name)

To Registrar…………..

Note: The asterisk fields (*) shall be necessarily forwarded to the Registry and if not completed, the declaration shall be invalid.

Α. Domain Name, for the assignment information of which this change declaration is submitted

Domain Name*:

(Indicate ONLY the information requested to be changed)

Β. Details of the Domain Name Holder – Natural Person/Legal Person

Tick (v) any of the following information you consider confidential and wish to remain secret

Previous Name/Corporate Name*

Previous Person’s Code

New Name/Corporate Name*

New Person’s Code*

Police ID Card nº:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

C. Details of the Domain Name Holder – Legal Person

Previous Corporate Name*

Previous Distinctive Title

Previous Person’s Code

New Corporate Name*

New Distinctive Title

New Person’s Code*

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Scope of activity:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details (for Legal Persons)

Full Name:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

D. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office)

Street- Number:

City*:

Postal Code*

Country*:

Area*:

SOLEMN STATEMENT

I, the undersigned …………………. (surname) ………( name)…………………. (status), am hereby making a solemn statement pursuant to Law nº 1599/86 that:

(a) The information provided in this present declaration is accurate and true.

(b) I am binding the specific legal person in question (only in the case of legal persons).

(c) Despite my change of corporate name ……………………………. as a Domain Name Holder, the old Holder and the new Holder, as stated, are identical. To prove that, I attach relevant legalizing documents.

The Applicant

Date ____/____/____

Full Name (in upper case characters)

___________________________________

Natural Person’s/ Representative’s Signature (Seal)

Annex X.- SAMPLE [.gr] DOMAIN NAME REGISTRAR CHANGE DECLARATION

Date / Time when the declaration is submitted to the Registrar

To the new Registrar under corporate name……………………….

Note: The asterisk fields (*) shall be necessarily forwarded to the Registry and if not completed, the declaration shall be invalid.

Tick (v) any of the following information you consider confidential and wish to remain secret

Α. Domain Name

Domain Name*:

Domain Name Authorization Code*:

New Domain Name Authorization Code*:

Β1. Identity details of the Holder requesting the change of Registrar – for Natural Persons

Person’s code*:

Full Name:

Police ID Card nº:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Person’s authorization code

or

Β2. Identity details of the Holder requesting the change of Registrar – for Legal Persons

Person’s code*:

Corporate Name:

Distinctive Title:

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Scope of activity:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Person’s authorization code:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details (for Legal Persons)

Full Name:

Taxpayer’s ID nº:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Β3. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office)

Street- Number:

City:

Postal Code

Country:

Area:

Β4. Content

(To be completed for third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, and the registrant must describe the use of the domain name and the person’s status pursuant to annex III of the Regulation)

2. SOLEMN STATEMENT

I, the undersigned …………………. (surname) ………( name)…………………. (status), am hereby making a solemn statement pursuant to Law nº 1599/86 that:

(a) The information provided in this present declaration is accurate and true.

(b) I have fulfilled all my financial obligations to the previous Registrar pertaining to the specific Domain Name for which I have requested a change of Registrar.

(c) I am binding the specific legal person in question (only in the case of legal persons).

(d) The new Domain Name Authorization Code of the present statement has not been used in the past in another statement for the same Domain Name or for another Domain Name submitted to the same or a different Registrar and for security reasons it includes alphanumeric characters and other elements as well.

The Applicant

Date ____/____/____

Full Name (in upper case characters)

___________________________________

Natural Person’s/Representative’s Signature (Seal)

Annex XI.- LIST OF REGISTRARS

The publication of Registrar Notices shall be done based on the Registry Number of each fully completed Notice and shall include the information referred to in the following chart:

Active Registrars

S.N / ΕΕΤΤ / Registry Number / Corporate Name / Dist. Title / Taxpayer’s ID nº / Information                                            / City / Country

URL/E-mail/Consumer service line

Inactive Registrars

S.N / ΕΕΤΤ / Registry Number / Corporate Name / Dist. Title / Taxpayer’s ID nº / Information                                           / City / Country

URL/E-mail/Consumer service line

Annex XII.- GEOGRAPHIC [.gr] DOMAIN NAMES

The geographic terms included in the term’s list which are published on EETT’s website and assigned to the corresponding Local Government Organizations, pursuant to article 7 of the present Regulation shall be reserved in the nominative case, in their lower case unpunctuated form, as well as in their corresponding Latin-character form, pursuant to the following rules applicable to the correspondence between Greek alphabet characters and Latin alphabet characters.

Greek Alphabet         Latin Alphabet

Α                                a

Β                                v

γ                                g

δ                                d

ε                                e

ζ                                z

η                                h, i

θ                                th

ι                                I

κ                                k

λ                                l

μ                                m

ν                                n

ξ                                ks, x

ο                                o

π                                p

ρ                                r

σ                                s

τ                                t

υ                                y

φ                                f

χ                                x, ch

ψ                                ps

ω                                w, o

In the case of names comprising more than one words, the space between words shall be expressed either by the character [-] or by its omission.

Annex XIII.- SAMPLE NEW HOLDER’S DETAILS DECLARATION

To ΕΕΤΤ

Note: The asterisk fields (*) shall be necessarily forwarded to the Registry and if not completed, the declaration shall be invalid.

Tick (v) any of the following information you consider confidential and wish to remain secret

Α. Domain Name to be transferred

Domain Name*:

Α1. Content

(To be completed for third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, and the registrant must describe the use of the domain name and the person’s status pursuant to annex III of the Regulation)

Α2 Domain Name Authorization Code*

Α3. Name Assignment Servers

Α4. New Holder’s Details – for Natural Persons

Person’s code*:

Full Name*:

Police ID Card nº:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

or

Α5. New Holder’s Details – for Legal Persons

Person’s code*:

Corporate Name*:

Distinctive Title:

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Scope of activity:

Telephone*:

Fax:

E-mail*:

Person’s authorization code*:

Legal Representative’s Identity Details (for Legal Persons)

Full Name:

Taxpayer’s ID nº / Tax Office:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

. Mailing Address (Residence – Registered Office)

Street- Number:

City*:

Postal Code*

Country*:

Area*:

Α6. STATEMENT OF THE NEW HOLDER – TRANSFEREE

I, the undersigned …………………………. (full name / corporate name), legally represented by ………………………. (for a legal person), am hereby declaring that:

(a) The information provided in the declaration is accurate and true.

(b) I am binding the specific legal person in question (only in the case of legal persons).

(c) In the case of third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, I have the status corresponding to Holders entitled to the assignment of the specific Common Use Domain Name which makes up the Non-variable field.

Date____/____/____

__________________________________

Transferee’s Full name/Corporate Name (in upper case characters)

__________________________________

Natural Person’s / Representative’s

Signature (Seal)

ANNEX XIV.- HOMOGRAPH DOMAIN NAMES

GREEK AND LATIN CHARACTER CORRESPONDENCE TABLE FOR HOMOGRAPH DOMAIN NAMES

GREEK CHARACTER                                                                                                                                                            

CHARACTER     HEXADECIMAL CODE (UNICODE V4.1)     GREEK DESIGNATION                                        ENGLISH DESIGNATION   

Α                            0391                                                                     ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΑΛΦΑ              GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA

Β                            0392                                                                     ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΒΗΤΑ              GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA

Ε                            0395                                                                     ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΕΨΙΛΟΝ         GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON

Ζ                             0396                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΖΗΤΑ              GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA

Η                            0397                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΗΤΑ                 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA

Ι                              0399                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΓΙΩΤΑ             GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA

Κ                            039A                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΚΑΠΠΑ           GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA

Μ                           039C                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΜΙ                    GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU

Ν                           039D                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΝΙ                     GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU

Ο                           039F                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΟΜΙΚΡΟΝ       GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON

Ρ                           03A1                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΡΟ                    GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO

Τ                           03A4                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΑΥ                   GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU

Υ                           03A5                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΥΨΙΛΟΝ             GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON

Χ                          03A7                                                                   ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΧΙ                       GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI

α                          03B1                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΑΛΦΑ                        GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA

η                          03B7                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΗΤΑ                           GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA      

ι                           03B9                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΓΙΩΤΑ                        GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA

ν                          03BD                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΝΙ                              GREEK SMALL LETTER NU

ο                          03BF                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΟΜΙΚΡΟΝ                GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON

ρ                          03C1                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΡΟ                             GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO

υ                          03C5                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΥΨΙΛΟΝ                    GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON

χ                          03C7                                                                    ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΧΙ                              GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI

LATIN CHARACTER  

CHARACTER     HEXADECIMAL CODE (UNICODE V4.1)    GREEK DESIGNATION                                        ENGLISH DESIGNATION

A                           0041                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ A                       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A

B                           0042                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ B                        LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B

E                           0045                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ E                       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E

Z                            005A                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ Z                       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z

H                           0048                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ H                      LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H

I                            0049                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ I                        LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I

K                           004B                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ K                       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K

M                          004D                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ M                       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M

N                           004E                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ N                      LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N

O                           004F                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ O                      LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O

P                           0050                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ P                       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P

T                           0054                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ T                        LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T

Y                           0059                                                                 ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ Y                        LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y

X                           0058                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ X                        LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X

a                           0061                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ A                               LATIN SMALL LETTER A

n                           006E                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ N                              LATIN SMALL LETTER N

i                            0069                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ I                                LATIN SMALL LETTER I

v                           0076                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ V                               LATIN SMALL LETTER V

o                           006F                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ O                              LATIN SMALL LETTER O

p                           0070                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ P                               LATIN SMALL LETTER P

u                           0075                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ U                               LATIN SMALL LETTER U

x                           0078                                                                ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ ΓΡΑΜΜΑ X                               LATIN SMALL LETTER X

Annex XV.- SAMPLE [.gr] DOMAIN NAME ACTIVATION DECLARATION

Date / Time when the declaration is submitted to the Registrar

To the Registrar under corporate name…………………….

Α) [.gr] Domain Name Holder:

Β) Main Assigned [.gr] Domain Name :

C) Reserved [.gr] Domain Name :

I hereby declare that I wish the activation of the above mentioned reserved [.gr] Domain Name

SOLEMN STATEMENT

I, the undersigned …………………. (surname) ………………….( name)

………………….(status), am hereby making a solemn statement pursuant to

Law nº 1599/86 that:

(a) The information I provide in this present declaration is accurate and true

(b) I am not infringing on the rights of third parties deliberately

(c) I am binding the specific legal person in question (only in the case of legal persons).

(d) in case the Variable Field of the 2nd level [.gr] Domain Name is the same as a geographical term included in the list of geographical terms published on the ΕΕΤΤ website in its Greek and Latin form (according to Annex XII attached hereto), I am the corresponding Local Government Organisation entitled to it

(e) in case of a registration declaration for a [.gov.gr] Domain Name, I am a governmental organisation.

(f) in case of third level Domain Names in which only the third level is variable, I bear the capacity corresponding to the legal persons that are entitled to the assignment of a Common Use Domain Name that makes up the Non-variable field

(g) the activation of the above mentioned reserved Domain Name does not violate the provisions of article 7 of the regulation on management and assignement of [.gr] Domain Names in force

Date ____/____/____

Full name (in upper case characters)

___________________________________

Signature of Natural Person/ Legal Representative (Seal)