The contact address and phone number of the registrant have to be from one of the European Economic Area (EEA) countries including Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

.eu Trustee / Proxy Fee: Yes

Any individual or business is eligible to register the .eu domain extension.

The minimum domain period to register the  .eu domain name extension is 1 year.

The domain registration time frame for .eu is Instant.

If partners did not renew or restore the domain name, it will be release for public re-registration approximately 68 days from the domain expiration date. Please note that domain re-registration is on first-come, first-served basis.

Domain Names must:

• have minimum of 2 and a maximum of 63 characters;
• begin with a letter or a number and end with a letter or a number;
• use the English character set and may contain letters (i.e., a-z, A-Z), numbers (i.e. 0-9) and dashes (-) or a combination of these;
• neither begin with nor  end with a dash;
• not contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.ab- -cd.eu); and
• not include a space (e.g. www.ab cd.eu).

EURid manages the registration of domain names with the .eu Top Level Domain.

You may visit them here: EURid.

The maximum domain period to register the .eu domain name extension is 5 years.