Well I'm still waiting on some .eu domains.
Apparently pre-registrations should have started at the back-end of last year or early 2003.
Latest information I have still indicates that things are not moving and still no sign of pre-registrations.
Has anybody got any kind of updated information on these, if we are likely to see them in 2003 or if we'll have to wait until 2004?

Do you need to be from EU to register an .eu?

Well I think that was the idea, well at least having a presence in the EU.
These domain's just seem to be so behind - we don't even seem to have any official rules on these domain's yet.

I registered a .eu for a customer the other day - you have to do it direct via internic uk as far as i know... the cost is £116.33 for 2 years - bit ott i thought!!

https://internic-backbone.org/Pre-Register.html

If you have any question - feel free to ask

Aidan - Fhosts.Com

Is that refundable?
I do know that there is no official pre-registration open for .eu domains yet - so by going to the link above there is no guarantee that you'll actually get the domain.

Over at www.123-reg.co.uk you can pre-register .eu domain's too.
However things are very different there.
You pay £30 now for your pre-registration.
If you are lucky enough to get the domain then great.
If you aren't then you get the £30 refunded in full.
Also 123-reg only take one pre-registration for any domain, so even though you might be competing with others across the world, 123-reg only put one name forward themselves.

There should be some kind of "grace" period first to allow companies to get trade marks registered, don't even think we've had that phase yet - this is taking far too long!

Read up at http://www.eurid.org

The registrar registration cost for .eu will be just € 10+VAT per year with the price going down to € 5+VAT after the first year.

And also http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/telecoms/internet/eu_domain/procedure/index_en.htm

Due for completion in 2003:
- Decision of the Commission on the selection of the Registry after consultation of the Member States.
- Conclusion of a contract between the Commission and the selected Registry.
- Notification of the designation of the Registry to ICANN and start of the delegation process of the .eu TLD to the Registry by ICANN.
- Adoption of the public policy rules and public policy principles on registration by the Commission, in consultation with the Member States, and following consultation of the Registry. Notification of these public policy rules and principles to the selected Registry for implementation (Article 5.1 of the Regulation).
- Establishment of the registration policy by the Registry in consultation with the Commission and interested parties.
- Completion of the delegation process with ICANN.
- Adoption of the procedure for accreditation and accreditation of Registrars by the .eu Registry
- Implementation of the sunrise period subject to the public policy adopted (Article 5.1.b of the Regulation)
- Implementation of the extra-judicial settlement of conflicts policy and procedure subject to the public policy adopted (Articles 5.1 and 4.2.d of the Regulation)
- Registry can start processing applications for names made via registrars