Country extension · European Union
.eu domain name
Register or transfer your .eu with WebOké. Below you can see what it costs, who can register a .eu and what to look out for when transferring.
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Specifications
The key details of .eu
- Country
- European Union
- Registry
- eurid.eu
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- immediately
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 9
- Quarantine after deletion
- 40 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .eu?
- You can register a .eu domain name if you're a citizen of an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, wherever you live.
- If you're not an EU or EEA citizen, you can register if you live in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
- Businesses can register if their registered office, central administration or principal place of business is in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway. Organisations must be established there.
- An intermediary or representative who doesn't meet the requirements themselves can't act as the registrant. A registrar's details aren't allowed as registrant details either.
- The registrant's email address can't contain the domain name you're registering. So for example..eu, you can't use an address such as info@example..eu.
Additional details for registration
- If you're an EU citizen living outside the EU or EEA, you state your nationality. This shows that you're allowed to register. The same applies when you transfer the domain or change the registrant.
- You can indicate whether the registrant is a private individual.
- You can choose which EU language your registrant details are shown in on EURid's WHOIS.
Documents
- If you want to request an emergency transfer code directly from EURid, fill in the form you can find via EURid's WHOIS. Sign it and send it to authcoderequest@eurid.eu.
Good to know when registering
- You can register a .eu domain name for 1 to 10 years.
- EURid automatically checks new registrations for possible abuse. If there's any doubt, the domain name isn't activated straight away and is given the status Delayed.
- While the Delayed status applies, your website and email on that domain name won't work. EURid ultimately decides whether the domain name is activated.
- If activation is delayed, you may receive a verification email from EURid. If you do, please respond to it.
- During the delay, you can still modify, transfer or delete the domain name. Changes only take effect once the domain name is active.
Transfer
Transferring a .eu
- You request the transfer code from your current registrar and give it to your new registrar, who then uses it to start the transfer.
- With a valid transfer code, neither your current registrar nor EURid can block the transfer.
- The registrant's details must be included with the transfer.
- If you want to change both registrar and registrant at the same time, the new registrant receives the code and has their own registrar carry out the transfer.
- A suspended domain name can't be transferred.
- A deleted domain name in quarantine with another registrar can be restored and transferred to a new registrar at the same time.
The transfer code
- To transfer a domain, you need a transfer code, which is also what EURid calls it. You have to explicitly request it first.
- The code consists of 16 letters and numbers in the format XXXX-AAAA-BBBB-CCCC. You need the full code for the transfer.
- The code is valid for 40 days from when it's issued, or until it's used if that's sooner.
- You get the code through your registrar. You can also request it yourself via My .eu, or as an emergency code from EURid using a signed form.
- No code is issued for blocked, reserved or withdrawn domain names, or for domain names with a Registry Lock.
- A Registrar Lock doesn't stop a transfer using a code from My .eu or an emergency code. A Registry Lock does.
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Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- You put the domain name in the name of a different registrant by giving the transfer code to that new registrant.
- The new registrant must meet the .eu requirements themselves. If they're an EU citizen living outside the EU or EEA, they state their nationality.
- While a domain name is in quarantine, you can't change the registrant.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- Once deleted, the domain name goes into quarantine for 40 days. During that period, your registrar or a new registrar can reactivate the domain name.
- If the domain name was withdrawn because the registrant didn't meet the requirements, only EURid can reactivate it.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website eurid.eu
- Dispute resolution policy eurid.eu
- Registry terms and conditions eurid.eu
- Official sources help.eurid.eu
- Official sources help.eurid.eu
- Official sources help.eurid.eu
- Official sources eurid.eu
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.