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Country Information
Complete Name of the Country Kingdom of Belgium
Population 10,396,421
Official Languages French / Dutch / German
Currency Euro
BELGIUM Flag
BELGIUM
ccTLD .BE
Country Belgium
TLD .be
Name of registry DNS BE vzw/asbl
Website of registry http://www.dns.be
Original Control of Registry Catholic University of Leuven
Control of Registry (Current) DNS Belgium vzw
Type of Organization non for profit agent
Date ccTLD was created August the 5th 1988
Number of reg. domains 1.398.541 (as of July 31th, 2013)
2013 Avg. # of registrations / mth more than 18,000
Number of Registrars 394
Liberation Important dates December the 11th 2000
Liberation Progress Before 2000: Total Restriction. After: No restrictions
 
Rules
 • Standard Sub Domains immediately before the .ccTLD
none
 • Private Customers allowed?
yes
 • Domains per applicant
unlimited
 • Approximate Processing time
intra-day, near real-time
 • Preconditions
none

Additional Information
 • Paper application Required?
NO
 • Automat. Protocol?
EPP / Email Template
 • Trade Mark Particular Process?
NO
 • Semantic Control?
name must be free of rights from other
 • Minimum Length of domain name
2
 • Maximum Length of domain name
63
 • Registration through Registrars Available
YES
 • Direct Registration Available
NO
  
Summary
The Belgian registry agency is the DNS Belgium vzw (DNS.be) and Beltug, a non for profit agent established in 1999. This organization has as its mission is to register domain names under dot.be, to facilitate the Internet access and to stimulate its use. The Internet domain name registration was totally liberalized on December the 11, 2000. Today, there are more than 1,400,000 registered domain names under the Top Level Domain .be. The ccTLD .be was established by the Internic on August the 5 th 1988 and was first managed by the Catholic University of Leuven.


Registration Highlights
 • Registration is Open for Everyone

 • No Paper Application Required

 • EPP Automatic Protocol Supported

 • Registered name must be free of right from others
 
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