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Country Information
Complete Name of the Country Portuguese Republic
Population 10.4 million.
Official Languages Portuguese.
Currency Euro
Portugal Flag
Portugal
ccTLD .PT
Country Portugal
TLD .pt
Name of registry Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional
Website of registry http://www.dns.pt/
Original Control of Registry
Control of Registry (Current) FCCN - Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional (Foundation for National Scientific Computation)
Type of Organization Private non for profit organization
Date ccTLD was created June the 30th 1988
Number of reg. domains 43351 (Feb 2005)
2004 Avg. # of registrations / mth Aproximately 1000
Number of Registrants 89
Liberation Important dates NONE
Liberation Progress Restricted. Only portuguese Companies can register
 
Additional Information
 • Paper application Required?
Yes (if it is not a .com.pt application)
 • Automat. Protocol?
NO
 • Trade Mark Particular Process?
NO
 • Semantic Control?
no geographic names, no generic names (com / net /org / ...); For specific institutions different schemata are recommended.
 • Minimum Length of domain name
2
 • Maximum Length of domain name
63
 • Registration through Registrars Available
YES
 • Direct Registration Available
YES

Registration Highlights
 • Registration reserved to Portuguese companies and local or international trademarks

 • No geographic or generic names
  
Summary
The FCCN - Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional (Foundation for National Scientific Computation), is the private non-profit-foundation in charge of the .pt Top Level Domain registration. The application for a .pt domain name must satisfactorily show place of business in Portugal or show to be a Portuguese or international trademark. There are about 43 000 registered domain names under the Top Level Domain .pt, and the growth rate is approximately 1000 new domain names per month. The ccTLD .pt was established by the Internic on June the 30th 1988.

Rules
 • Standard Sub Domains immediately before the .ccTLD
none
 • Private Customers allowed?
no
 • Domains per applicant
unlimited
 • Approximate Processing time
5 weekdays
 • Preconditions Summary
Application must satisfactorily show place of business in portugal or local/international trademark.
 
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