FR

IDN capable

Handle Updates

Not supported

Registration Period

Add Grace Period

Autorenew Grace Period

Deletion Timeframe

2 days prior to expiration

Registration System

30 min.

WHOIS-Server

whois.nic.fr

WHOIS-Update

Real-Time

Registry

http://www.nic.fr

Dispute Policy

http:///

Zone Info

.FR is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of France.

Zone Use

Individuals and Companies located in France, as well as companies or corporations who have business with France.

Characters

* Minimum: 3
* Maximum: 63
* Letters and numbers
* Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD

Domain Registration

.FR domains can be registered online through the Webinterface or with the corresponding API command.

In addition to the usual AddDomain command parameters, you will have to provide one or more of the below special parameters.

;X-FR-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC
:Enable the use of our trustee solution

The below parameters are only required if no trustee solution is used.
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If the registrant is a natural person, the below parameters are required.

;X-FR-BIRTHDATE
:The registrant's birthdate in the form ''YYYY-MM-DD''.

;X-FR-BIRTHPLACE
:The registrant's birthplace (for french registrants) in the form '','' or country of birth (for non-french registrants) in the form of a two-letter country-code.

If the registrant is an organisation or a company, there are two ways to provide the required data:

If the organization is an 'Association', the following two parameters may be given:

;X-FR-DATE-PUBLICATION-JO
:Date Publication JO
:

;X-FR-NUMERO-DE-PAGE-ANNOUNCE-JO
:N° de page announce JO
:

Otherwise the following parameter is mandatory:

;X-FR-SIREN-OR-SIRET
:Siren/Siret


[COMMAND]
    command = AddDomain
    domain  = mydomain.fr
EOF

Change of Registrant

Change of Registrant is not possible at this point in time.

Domain Renewal

As .FR domains can only be registered on a yearly basis, they cannot be renewed explicitly. To renew an .FR domain, you have to set the domain renewal mode or default renewal mode to "AUTORENEW" or "RENEWONCE".

Deletion Process

.FR domains can be deleted online through the web interface or with the corresponding API command.

Restrictions

Both owner and admin contact require a local address including a French phone number. If one of the contacts has no local address in France, you may use our trustee service for both contacts; the trustee service cannot be used only for one of the two contacts.

Transfers

Transfers are not available at this point in time.

Restores

Restores are not possible at this point in time.