There's more here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26942.html
And the RFP is posted here: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2002/c_208/c_20820020903en00060022.pdf Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marc Storck > Sent: September 4, 2002 6:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: .EU > > > Ok, I found the text how the EU will proceed to create the .eu TLD: > > Decision of the Commission on the selection of the Registry after > consultation of the Member States and conclusion of a contract > between the > Commission and the selected Registry. (Expected either by the end of > December 2002 or January 2003) > > Notification of the designation of the Registry to ICANN and start of the > delegation process of the .eu TLD to the Registry by ICANN (Expected in > December 2002 or January 2003) > > So ICANN is involved, but they probably try to keep it as unknown as > possible... adding the .eu TLD on the fly will hurt their theory of the > stability of the Internet.... > > Marc >
