Domain Names .ελ

The Registry of Domain Names .ελ has been launched in July 10th, 2018.

For the quarter, July 10th - October 10th, 2018, the owners of already-assigned .gr domain names will be able to register the same or a homograph .ελ domain name. However, if the desired .ελ domain name is not the same, or a homograph with an already assigned .gr domain name, it can be assigned to anyone interested since the first day of the Registry’s launch.

From October 10th , 2018, at 11:00, all non-reserved .ελ domain names, will be available for assignment to any interested party, in accordance with the provisions of EETT’s Regulation and without any specific limitations.

1. How can I become a Registrar for .gr and .ελ Domain Names?

2. How do you obtain access to the Electronic Application Submission for Providers of Electronic Communications?

3. Who can become a Registrar for .gr and .ελ Domain Names?

4. What criteria have to be met in order to become a .gr and .ελ Domain Names Registrar?

5. Is there any fee to become a .gr and .ελ Domain Names Registrar?

6. What are the regular fees a Registrar should pay to EETT?

7. May Registrars require payment of fees and other transactions of domain names other than the above?

8. Do I have to pay the above mentioned fees even if the registration declaration is void?

11. Is there any fee for the change of a Registrar?

12. Are there any templates of declarations that I should use?

13. Within how much time do Registrars have to forward the Declarations to  the Registry?

14. Am I entitled to revoke an application related to a .gr or .ελ Domain Name?

15. Do I have to provide any specific information to Registrants before submitting the Registration Declaration?

16. Do I have to keep all the documents related to a .gr or .ελ domain name that are provided to me by its Holder?

17. How can I verify that the person declaring the change of the corporate name of a domain name holder or the transfer is the owner of the domain name?

18. Am I allowed to refuse to provide services regarding the assignment of .gr and .ελ domain names?

19. What do I have to do in case I wish to cease operating as a .gr and .ελ Domain Names Registrar?

1. How can I become a Registrar for .gr and .ελ Domain Names?
Persons wishing to become Registrars for .gr and .ελ Domain Names have to submit to EETT the Registrar Notice, along with the required documents.
The Registrar Notice shall be submitted exclusively through the Electronic Application Submission for Providers of Electronic Communications. (https://www.services.eett.gr/aitisis/index.do)
Τhe Registrar must send electronically to EETT via the Electronic Application Submission for Providers of Electronic Communications all the necessary documents according to the Registrar Notice.
The person making the Notice may act as a Registrar as of the date of publication of the notice to the list of Registrars available on EETT web pages.
However, in order to connect to the Registry Applications, registrars need to successfully complete tests using the system alerts in cooperation with the technical staff of the Registry.
The Registrars are required to activate their connection with the Registry within three (3) months from the publication of the Registry.
Until they are activated, the Registrars are displayed on the website of EETT as inactive. If the Registrars are not activated within three (3) months, EETT deletes the Registrars.

2. How do you obtain access to the Electronic Application Submission for Providers of Electronic Communications?
You should:

• Send by fax (+30 2106105049) the Statement of Administrator (http://www.eett.gr/opencms/opencms/admin/News/news_1072.html)
• Register to the Electronic Application Submission for Providers of Electronic Communications, https://www.services.eett.gr/aitisis/index.do. The username requested is the email address of the administrator, whereas the password is any password that the administrator wishes.

Following the above steps, further instructions will be sent by email to the email address of administrator.

3. Who can become a Registrar for .gr and .ελ Domain Names?
Persons or legal entities of any form whatsoever established under and governed by the laws of a Member State of the EU. For any person or legal entity, whose residence or registered offices are in a Member state of the EU, the Notification must be accompanied by the appointment of an attorney in law in Greece.

4. What criteria have to be met in order to become a .gr and .ελ Domain Names Registrar?
The Registrars shall be required:
a) to abide by the templates of Annexes V to X attached hereto, as well as by Annexes XIII and XV attached hereto, and particularly to demand from Registrants to submit the relevant solemn statements described therein, with the content specified therein.
b) to have a website and to make available their contact details in full as well as a consumer service line that shall operate on working days from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
c) to use a subsystem of the Register for the payment of the legal fees
d) to have (at least two) Domain Name Servers of their own and to ensure the proper function of these servers for the provision of services to the Registrants upon request, as well as for their network connection with the Internet Domain Name System.
e) to be equipped with and ensure the proper operation of the hardware and software used for the maintenance of the archive including the data of the Registrants they serve
f) to have the corresponding human resources, in proportion to the number of Registrants they expect to serve, so as to ensure the smooth  processing  and  checking  of  the assignment  declarations and other acts on Domain Names within the deadlines provided for in the Regulation.

5. Is there any fee to become a .gr and .ελ Domain Names Registrar?
Nothing in advance.

6. What are the regular fees a Registrar should pay to EETT?

Yes, the Regulation on Management and Assignment of .gr and .ελ Domain Names sets the maximum prices that a Registrar can charge for services related to .gr and .ελ Domain Names.
a) EETT imposes an annual fee of one hundred euros (100 €) on all registrars, regardless of the number of domain names they manage. This fee is automatically entered as a negative amount of money in the registry on the 20th of January, every year, to all registrars registered in the Registry. Registrars are also obliged to assign to EETT the legal fees for Domain Names designated by EETT according to Annex D of this Regulation
b) For every chargeable act:
 

c) Fees regarding the Registry lock

For the activation of the Increased security service (Registry Lock) for a .gr or .ελ domain name, the registrar assigns to EETT three hundred (300) euros, whereas the registrant may pay the registry to the registrar, Three hundred and fifty Euros (350) plus VAT.
For the renewal of the Increased security service (Registry Lock) for a .gr or .ελ domain name, the registrar assigns to EETT three hundred (300) euro while the registrant may pay as a maximum charge to the Registrar Thirty-five Euros (350) plus VAT.

For the payment of the legal fees, the Registrar shall be required to use a subsystem of the Registry. Through this system, the amount of money paid by the Registrar to ΕΕΤΤ. The amount of money shall correspond to chargeable acts that the Registrar carries out in the Registry. The acts can be carried out at any moment, without any time restriction.
The amount of money shall be reduced per each chargeable act. The Registrar shall have the right to carry out chargeable acts in the Registry while having zero amount of money for a period of five (5) calendar days. These acts shall be calculated as negative amount of money. Upon expiry of the above period, the Registrar’s ability to carry out chargeable acts in the Registry shall be discontinued on the next working day at the time announced by the Registry. To reacquire the right to carry out chargeable acts, the Registrar shall be required to pay to ΕΕΤΤ an amount of money equal to the total of negative amount of money.

7. May Registrars require payment of fees and other transactions of domain names other than the above?
Yes, the Registrar may require payment of fees by the Registrant for other transactions of domain names other than the above.

8. Do I have to pay the above mentioned fees even if the registration declaration is void?
No, in that case the credits are returned through the system.

11. Is there any fee for the change of a Registrar?
The new Registrar may require the Registrant to pay fees for the Change of Registrar procedure.

12. Are there any templates of declarations that I should use? 

Yes, the Regulation on Management and Assignment of .gr and .ελ Domain Names includes templates of Declarations.

13. Within how much time do Registrars have to forward the Declarations to  the Registry?

14. Am I entitled to revoke an application related to a .gr or .ελ Domain Name?
The Registrar may revoke an application for the assignment, transfer or change of name of a .gr or .ελ domain name within 5 days from it’s submission to the Registry, if, by then, the Registrant has not payed the fees required. In this case, the application is not examined by EETT.
 
15. Do I have to provide any specific information to Registrants before submitting the Registration Declaration?
The Registrars shall be required to make known to the Registrants by any suitable means and in any case prior to the submission of a registration declaration, and to publish on a conspicuous location on their website:
a.    that the time priority of the registration declarations submitted by the Registrants is only ensured upon the assignment of a reference number to them by the Registry, and not upon their submission to the Registrar; and
b.    their method of communication with the Register and the period that may be required for a submitted registration declaration to be forwarded to the Registry and assigned a reference number by it, which in any case must not exceed one (1) working day.
Failure to meet this obligation constitutes a reason for deleting the Registrant from the list of Registrars.

16. Do I have to keep all the documents related to a .gr or .ελ domain name that are provided to me by its Holder?
Registrars are under obligation to maintain a file containing all documents that Registrants submit to them, the corresponding receipts for the payment of fees as well as other documents sent to the Registrar by the Registry or by EETT concerned the corresponding .gr or .ελ Domain Names. EETT may at any time require Registrars to furnish any of the original documents kept by them concerning .gr or .ελ Domain Names. Registrars forward the requested documents to EETT within 24 hours.

17. How can I verify that the person declaring the change of the corporate name of a domain name holder or the transfer is the owner of the domain name?
Either by checking the authorization code and / or other designation of the identity of the institution or through the use of advanced electronic signature based on qualified certificates.

18. Am I allowed to refuse to provide services regarding the assignment of .gr and .ελ domain names?
Registrars do not refuse to provide services regarding the assignment of .gr and .ελ domain names without reasonable cause.

19. What do I have to do in case I wish to cease operating as a .gr and .ελ Domain Names Registrar?
In the event that a Registrar wishes to cease operating as such, then the Registrar must inform at least 90 days in advance the Registry, EETT and its Registrants, so that they may transfer to another Registrar in time, the Registrar being in addition obliged to take every action needed for such transfer. In case a Holder or Registrant does not collect the documents that regard him within the above deadline and does not specify another Registrar within the same deadline, the Registrar destroys the documents and informs EETT, which revokes the Assignment and directs the Registry to proceed to the deactivation of the .gr or .ελ Domain Name.