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Country Information
Complete Name of the Country Hellenic Republic
Population 10,964,020
Official Languages Greek
Currency Euro
Greece Flag
Greece
ccTLD .GR
Country Greece
TLD .gr
Name of registry ICS-FORTH GR
Website of registry http://www.gr
Original Control of Registry Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas.
Control of Registry (Current) Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas.
Type of Organization Non for Profit Institute
Date ccTLD was created February 19th 1989
Number of reg. domains About 91 000
2004 Avg. # of registrations / mth NOT PROVIDED
Number of Registrants 246
Liberation Important dates April the 1st 2004
Liberation Progress Totally liberalizad. Before 2004 Only technology research institutes could register
 
Rules
 • Standard Sub Domains immediately before the .ccTLD
.com.gr .edu.gr .gov.gr
.net.gr .org.gr
 • Private Customers allowed?
yes
 • Domains per applicant
unlimited
 • Approximate Processing time
2-5 weekday
 • Preconditions Summary
none

Additional Information
 • Paper application Required?
NO
 • Automat. Protocol?
Online Domain Name Application / EPP
 • Trade Mark Particular Process?
NO
 • Semantic Control?
No geographic names, no national names, no ethnic names, no displeasing names, no common internet names
 • Minimum Length of domain name
3
 • Maximum Length of domain name
63
 • Registration through Registrars Available
YES
 • Direct Registration Available
NO
  
Summary
The Registry of the Greek ccTLD .gr Domain Names, part of the Institute of Computer Science, of the Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas, is in charge of the operation and technical coordination of the .gr top-level domain name space. This role has been assigned by the National Telecommunications & Post Commission, an non of r profit organization. The registration of the .gr ccTLD is open for everyone who applies, and the processing time takes from 3 to 5 business days. Currently, there are about 91 000 registered domain names under the .gr TLD. The ccTLD .gr was established by the Internic on February the 19th 1989 and has always been managed by the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas.

Registration Highlights
 • Registration is Open for Everyone

 • No Paper Application Required

 • EPP Automatic Protocol Supported

 • No Greek geographic names, no common internet names
 
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