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Country Information |
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| Complete Name of the Country |
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
| Population |
462,690. |
| Official Languages |
Luxembourgish, French, and German |
| Currency |
Euro |
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Luxembourg |
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ccTLD .LU |
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| Country |
Luxembourg |
| TLD |
.lu |
| Name of registry |
RESTENA |
| Website of registry |
http://www.dns.lu |
| Original Control of Registry |
RESTENA Foundation, the National Network for Education and Research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
| Control of Registry (Current) |
RESTENA Foundation, the National Network for Education and Research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
| Type of Organization |
Non for Profit Foundation |
| Date ccTLD was created |
950127 |
| Number of reg. domains |
18904 (10/2004) |
| 2004 Avg. # of registrations / mth |
361.9 |
| Number of Registrants |
0 |
| Liberation Important dates |
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| Liberation Progress |
Free for all (But a Point of Contact must be in Luxemburg) Domain name holders which are established outside Luxembourg are therefore obliged to give valid power to an agent who is established in Luxembourg for the registration and the management of their domain name. |
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Rules |
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Standard Sub Domains immediately before the .ccTLD
none |
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Private Customers allowed?
yes |
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Domains per applicant
unlimited |
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Approximate Processing time
5 weekdays |
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Preconditions Summary
Free for all (but a Point of Contact must be in Luxemburg) |
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Registration Highlights |
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• Point of contact in Luxembourg is the only requirement for registration
• No Luxembourg geographic names
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Summary |
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The RESTENA Foundation, the National Network for Education and Research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is the official registry of Luxembourg. The responsibility for the management of the national top level domain LU was delegated to RESTENA Foundation by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) in 1992. Anybody can register a domain name under the .lu ccTLD. Today, there are more than 19 000 registered domain names under the Top Level Domain .lu, and the growth rate is of 361,9 new domain names per month (based on the 2004 monthly average newly registered names). The ccTLD .lu was established by the Internic on January the 27th 1995.
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Additional Information |
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Paper application Required?
YES |
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Automat. Protocol?
NO |
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Trade Mark Particular Process?
N/A |
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Semantic Control?
non, but domain name akin to applicant name desired --- (a) the domain name contains the name of any Luxembourg municipality or village, as indicated in the "Annuaire Officiel 1995 - Vol. 2 - Aperçu géo-politique et localités du Grand-Duché", unless it is the local administration in question filling in the application form for its own name as a domain name;
(b) domain names which are identical to an already registered domain name, or which are identical to a previously applied valid domain name;
(c) domain names considered obviously to be contrary to public order or good morals. |
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Minimum Length of domain name
3 |
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Maximum Length of domain name
63 |
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Registration through Registrars Available
NO |
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Direct Registration Available
YES |
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