"From 30 March 2019, 00:00:00 CET, EURid will NOT allow the registration of any new domain name where the registrant country code is either GB/GI."
Businesses without an EU postal address will no longer be able to own an .eu domain name following Brexit. It’s time to take action, and here are the steps you need to take.
Newly published Brexit advice encourages websites to consider transferring their address.
Thousands of other British businesses and individuals would also be affected.
UK-based owners of .eu domains could use transfer loophole to keep name.
Getting ready for changes - Communication on readiness at the end of the transition period between the European Union and the United Kingdom (European Commission)
09/07/2020
Even if the European Union and the United Kingdom conclude a highly ambitious partnership covering all areas agreed in the Political Declaration by the end of 2020, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU acquis, the internal market and the Customs Union, at the end of the transition period will inevitably create barriers to trade and cross-border exchanges that do not exist today.
Campaign migrates registered office for its website so it can retain .eu internet address.
Neale Richmond demands inquiry on how Brexit campaign group obtained domain name reserved for EU citizens.
Error message greets visitors to site registered in name of Irish businessman who claims he does not know campaign group.
Leave.EU switched registration to Republic of Ireland to avoid losing EU domain name.
From 1 January 2021, organisations, businesses or undertakings established in the UK (but not in the EU), and individuals who lived outside the EU and were not EU citizens, became unable to hold, register or renew .eu domain names in the UK.
EURid has confirmed that it will revoke all Brexit-related, non-compliant .eu domain names on 1 January 2022, with these domain names being subsequently released in batches.
The .eu sites have now been revoked indefinitely and put up for sale but only to EU residents and citizens.
Nearly 50,000 internet domain names belonging to UK businesses and citizens have been taken down this week following the revocation of their .eu domain names.