Following the political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council reached on 5 December 2018, new rules on the .eu Top-Level Domain (TLD) entered into force on 18 April 2019, and will support better quality and more innovative services on .eu.
The new rules shall apply from 13 October 2022 and provide the legal flexibility for the .eu domain to adapt to rapid market changes and modernise its governance structure. A new body, bringing together stakeholders from different backgrounds, will advise the Commission on the management of the domain.
In addition, from 19 October 2019, the updated Regulation will extend the right to register a .eu domain name to citizens of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EU/EEA) residing outside the EU. This was previously limited to citizens living in countries within the EU and EEA.
3.7 million EU citizens and businesses are already using the .eu TLD. These new rules will facilitate access to the Digital Single Market and allow people to display their European identity online, regardless of where they are in the world.
The .eu domain name is also available as .ею in Cyrillic, to be used for a multilingual online European identity.
More information
The .eu domain is currently managed by EURid (@EUregistry), a private, independent, non-profit organisation that has operated the .eu domain under a service concession contract with the European Commission since 2003.
The new Regulation on the implementation and functioning of the .eu TLD name is available here.