Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner responsible for Enterprise and
Information Society said the proposal, "brings Europe one step
closer to making the .eu top level domain a reality. Whilst
national extension codes will continue to exist, the .eu top level
domain will provide Europe's companies the additional possibility
of identifying themselves as European or pan-European companies on
the internet."
The Commission’s view is that the .eu registry could provide to
internet users in the Community an enhanced degree of identity and
facility for registration of names that would strengthen the future
development of the internet and of electronic commerce in
Europe.
The Commission's proposal would create the legal framework for
the new registry and for the development of the necessary public
policy measures for the operation of the registry. In particular
the Commission would be responsible for developing and adopting
policies regarding speculative and abusive registration of names
and alternative dispute resolution procedures. Such policies would
be adopted after consulting the Member States through an Advisory
Committee and consulting the registry itself.
Other aspects of the registry's policies could be proposed by
the registry itself, including dealing with the question of which
second level domains should be introduced, and how they should be
used, such as: ".press.eu", ".ngo.eu", ".media.eu", "project.eu",
".lex.eu", ".event.eu", etc.
