.me domain terms & conditions

According to the Law on Property of the Republic of Montenegro (Article 7, Stav 1, „Sl. List RCG” br.
44/99) and the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro on establishing the
NATIONAL COUNCIL for implementation and monitoring over the activities of the national Internet
domain, ('Sl. list RCG', br. 015/2007), the NATIONAL COUNCIL, on _______ has adopted the
following

R E G U L A T I O N S

REGARDING REGISTRATION AND USE OF THE DOMAIN NAME
UNDER THE NATIONAL INTERNET DOMAIN
OF THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO ".ME"

I –GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

This document regulates:
a) matters of registration and use of domain, under the national Internet domain (country code
Top Level Domain - ccTLD) of the Republic of Montenegro (".me");

b) rights and obligations of the NATIONAL COUNCIL, as authority, Information Technology
Center at the University of Montenegro, as national Internet domain administrator (hereinafter-
CIS), registration agents, domain name users and possible third interested parties.

c) mutual relations between CIS, registration agents, domain name users and third parties

Article 2

National Internet domain is:
a) basis element of the national wealth and sovereignty of the Republic of Montenegro
b) cornerstone for the Republic of Montenegro recognition on the Internet
c) property of the Republic of Montenegro

Article 3

All legal and civil entities have equal rights, in accordance with these Regulations, on Internet
recognition.

Managing and use of national Internet domain ".me" implies high level of responsibility and respect
towards all users.

Interest of the State regarding ".me" domain is protected by the NATIONAL COUNCIL.

II-DEFINITION OF TERMS

Article 4

NATIONAL DOMAIN: a country top level domain within the hierarchy of global domains system,
assigned according to the two-letter codes in the ISO 3166-1standard codes for the Republic of
Montenegro;
NATIONAL COUNCIL: legal authority established by the decision of Government of the Republic of
Montenegro and, according to Article 2 of this Regulations, indebted for coordination of activities
related to domain grant in aim of National Domain protection;
DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR: CIS, in charge for maintenance of registry and domain use;
DOMAIN REGISTRY: electronic databasis on registered domains, domain users, registration agents
and their administrators;
DOMAIN USERS: all the entities under the Article 8 of the Regulations that have the right to register
domain;
REGISTRATION AGENTS (REGISTRAR): legal entities that are entitled, under the contract signed
with the NATIONAL COUNCIL, to register domains and sign contracts with domain users;

III- DOMAIN NAMES UNDER ".ME" DOMAIN

Article 5

Domain name must comply with RFC (Request for Comments) 1034, 1035, 1122 i 1123 standards, and
with any superseding or supplementing standards. In brief, the domain name consists of a character
sequence that must fulfill the following conditions:

a) It only consists of the following characters: 26 letters of the English alphabet (small or big

letters does not make a difference), figures “0”-“9” and “-“character;
b) Comprises minimum 3 and maximum 63 characters
c) The first and the last character of the sequence must not be “-“, neither two “-“ next to each

other;
d) Every domain name must be unique.

Article 6

Domain name must be in accordance with the adopted regulations, ethic and moral principles.

Domain name must not enable adopting third party identity.

Domain name must not provoke confusion.

Domain name must not be the same or similar to a protected brand, protected sign, unless the domain
user is the owner of the protected brand or sign.

In case of a complaint by a third party or disagreement with domain user, arouse from the domain
name use, CIS does not take the responsibility.

IV- CONCEPT AND DOMAIN TYPES

Article 7

1. DOMAIN
Every domain, of any level, registered under the NATIONAL DOMAIN.
2. SECOND LEVEL DOMAIN (DOMAIN REGISTERED UNDER THE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN)
name.me – intended for the registration of entities named under the Article 8 of the Regulations.
3. SUBDOMAIN (DOMAIN REGISTRED UNDER THE SECOND, THIRD... LEVEL)
name.domainname.me – intended for the registration of entities named under the Article 8 of the
Regulations.
4. PREMIUM DOMAIN
every domain intended for the registration under the specific terms defined under the Article 15 of
the Regulations.
5. GENERIC DOMAIN (PREDEFINED DOMAIN UNDER THE SECOND LEVEL)
a) .gov.me – intended for the registration of the authority bodies of the Republic of Montenegro,
as well as of municipial and city bodies of the authority;

b) .net.me – intended for the registration of legal Internet servers;

c) .org.me – intended for the registration of organizations and citizen associations, culture

institutions, museums, theaters and other non-profitable legal entities;

d) .co.me – intended for the registration of legal entities;

e) .priv.me – intended for the registration of civil entities;

f) .ac.me – intended for the registration of University of Montenegro units and the Academies in

Montenegro;

g) .edu.me - intended for the registration of institutions dealing with education: elementary,
secondary and vocational schools that have been registered at relevant Ministries, as well as
private schools, economy subjects/firms whose primary activity is education or training of any
kind in the Republic of Montenegro;

V – REGULATIONS FOR DOMAIN ASSINGMENT

Article 8

The following subjects can register the domain listed under the Article 7 of the Regulations:
a) Foreign and local legal entities;
b) Authority bodies of the Republic of Montenegro;
c) Embassies and Consulates that have been accredited in the Republic of Montenegro;
d) Foreign and local civil entities;

Article 9

Subjects, named under the Article 8 of the Regulations, can submit the Application for registration of a
domain (hereinafter - APPLICATION) to CIS or to registration agent, according to the domain names
defined under the Articles 5 and 6 of these Regulations.

By registering a domain name, entities named under the Article 8 of this Regulations become domain
users (hereinafter - USERS).

Article 10

Entities named under the Article 8 of these Regulations, with headquarters in Montenegro, have the
right to register unlimited number of domains under the generic domains, according to their registered
identity, regardless of the specific terms for assigning of a domain name specified within these
Regulations.

Article 11

CIS can, after the domain user had submitted an APPLICATION, perform delegation of administration
of registered domain if the user fulfils all necessary technical premises regulated by internal document
of CIS.

USERS, to whome is administration delegated, do not have to submit an APPLICATION for
registration of a domain under the delegated domain.

Article 12

USERS are fully responsible for causing injuries to third persons, which are caused by registration or
use of such chosen domain name.

Mutual relations, rights and obligations between CIS, registration agents and users will be specified by
special contracts.

Article 13

CIS will not register the domain name which:
a) represents one of the standard top level generic domains (com, org, net, biz, name and similar);
b) represents an obvious injury of the third person rights (brand name, firm, stamp, public person

names and similar);
c) represents obvious injury to juridical system (unauthorized use of “Government of Montenegro”

name, domain names that express racial, religious or national intolerance and similar);
d) represents obvious injury to the society moral norms;
e) provoke confusion;

Article 14

In the case of rejection of domain registration, CIS will deliver to applicant the decision on application
rejection, including legal advise.

Unsatisfied party can file an appeal against the decision to the NATIONAL COUNCIL.

VI – SPECIFIC TERMS FOR DOMAIN ASSIGNING

Article 15

In order to protect interests and to preserve national Internet domain, as a property of the Republic of
Montenegro, all domains that are not registered under the generic domains, defined in this Regulations,
are PREMIUM domains.

Article 16

Subjects named under the Article 8 of these Regulations, can file an APPLICATION for registration
and use of PREMIUM domain exclusively through registration agents.

Registration agents are entitled by the NATIONAL COUNCIL.

Article 17

CIS will not register domain to registered identities with headquarters in the Republic of Montenegro,
named as subjects under the Article 8 of these Regulations, if they file an application with a name that
is a part of their registered identity, if this word acts against the common interest of society.

VII – DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Article 18

All subjects named under the Article 8 of these Regulations starts the procedure for domain name
registration by submitting an APPLICATION FORM.

If the application is submitted by an authorized representative, on behalf of the subjects named under
the Article 8 of these Regulations, the power of attorney must be stamped with the official seal.

Application can be submitted in person, by mail or e-mail, to CIS or to registration agent, in such
manner so that the identity of applicant could be easily determined. Applications are processed
according to the date of receiving, chronologically ("first come, first served").

From the moment when the APPLICATION is filed in the register, the requested domain name in the
APPLICATION FORM is reserved for the APPLICANT.

CIS is obligated to process the submitted APPLICATION within 7 days maximum, starting from the
date of submitting.

VIII – DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR APPLICATION

Article 19

Besides the APPLICATION FORM named under the previous Article, applicants are obliged to submit
documents which confirm their status:

a) LEGAL ENTITIES:

• The copy of the registration at the authorized body (economic subject register, associations
register, organizations register, lawyer register and similar)
• Any other relevant document which confirms the status of the subject from the Article 8 of the
Regulations;
• Notarized power of attorney in two languages for foreign economic entity.
b) NATURAL PERSONS:
• Montenegrin citizens – Copy of any valid ID document with a photo (personal card, passport,
driving license);
• Foreign citizens – Copy of valid document with a photo.
• The notarized power of attorney if the request is submitted by the representative.
IX – REJECTION AND REFUSAL OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AND USE OF
THE DOMAIN

Article 20

CIS will reject the APPLICATION:
a) if the APPLICANT did not submit all necessary documents named under the Articles 18 and 19 of
these Regulations.

Article 21

CIS will reject the APPLICATION:
a) if the domain name does not fulfill the conditions named under the Articles 5 and 6 of these
Regulations;
b) if the APPLICATION was submitted by a subject who does not belong to the group of subjects

named under the Article 8 of the Regulations;
c) if the conditions named under the Articles 13 and 17 of the Regulations are fulfilled;
d) if incorrect or/and misused data are indicated in the APPLICATION.

X – REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN

Article 22

CIS or registration agent will inform the APPLICANT when the procedure of domain name
registration is ended.

The domain name will be activated after all registration and maintenance costs of the domain name are
settled.

XI – DURATION OF THE DOMAIN

Article 23

Subjects named under the Article 8 of the Regulations, can use the domain name for the period of
1(one) to 5(five) years.

Period of domain name use can be extended and is subjected to a new assesment of fulfilled
conditions.

XII –TRANSFER OF A DOMAIN NAME

Clan 24.

The domain name user can renounce to another subject the domain name under the terms of these
Regulations.

Change of a domain user is performed based on their written agreement and with the NATIONAL
COUNCIL accordance.

The new domain user must fulfill the conditions named under the Article 8, submit new Application
and necessary documents named under the Articles 18 and 19 of the Regulations.

Article 25

CIS is authorized to deactivate temporarily the domain name in case when justified reasons demands
such action, particularly when there is a reasonable doubt that domain is registered against the terms of
these Regulations or when, by its registration and use, the rights of a third party are jeopardized and
further use of the domain name would cause serious damage to CIS or to third party.

CIS is authorized to condition the decision making on temporary deactivation by providing the relevant
guarantee from the third party or domain user.

Temporary deactivation lasts until all issues are solved or when, in some other manner, it is not
necessary to keep this decision active.

XIII – RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE DOMAIN USER

Article 26

a) Domain user is obliged to use it in the way which is common within the World Internet

Community;
b) Domain user is obliged to obey and conduct the technical recommendation of CIS
c) Domain user is obliged to keep CIS informed about the changes that could inflict the rights on the

domain name use;
d) The domain name user is obliged to cooperate with CIS on the issues regarding limitation and
prevention of the activities that represent the domain misuse and do harm to ".me" domain users.

XIV – DOMAIN DEACTIVATING AND DELETING

Article 27

CIS will deactivate or delete a registered domain if:

a) The user gave incorrect or invalid data and documents during the process of registration.
b) Domain name user did not inform CIS on the changes in relevant data on him/herself or about the

use of domain name;
c) Domain name user does not fulfill his/her obligations and responsibilities;
d) Domain name user is not capable to fulfil technical conditions required from CIS;
e) Domain name user misuses domain name;
f) Domain name user does not settle his/her financial obligations for services which CIS provides.;
g) The domain name user requests it;
h) There is the Decision of the Court or relevant administrative body.

The decision of deactivating or deleting the domain name will be delivered to the user at least 24 hours
in advance, at the address written in the APPLICATION FORM.

The deleting makes the domain name available, what means that it can be registered by any other
interested person belonging to group named under the Article 8 of the Regulations.

XV – RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DOMAIN NAME

Article 28

CIS does not take the responsibility for accuracy and legality of data written in the APPLICATION,
and is not responsible towards the third parties and/or users for the possible injury of their rights and/or
harm and/or cost made as the consequence of the registration and use of the domain name and/or the
dispute between the user and the third person.

Article 29

Domain name user is fully responsible for:

a) the domain name choice;
b) accuracy and legality of data regarding domain;
c) the damages inflicted to third party caused by the domain name choice (especially when right on

name, firm, stamp or other rights of intellectual property are in question);

Article 30

Domain name user is fully and personally responsible for the accuracy of data in the APPLICATION,
as well as for the legitimacy and accuracy of documents submitted with the APPLICATION.

Article 31

By signing the statement, which is a part of the APPLICATION, the user takes the full and personal
responsibility for the domain name registration and use.

XVI – COSTS AND COMPENSATIONS REGARDING ".ME"DOMAIN MANAGEMENT

Article 32

Domain name user pays fee for registration and maintenance of the domain name according to the
Domain Name Price List which is enacted by the NATIONAL COUNCIL.

XVII – TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 33

All domain names registered under the ".yu" domain, concerning registered entities with headquarters
in the Republic of Montenegro, named as subjects under the Article 8 of the Regulations, will be
available 6 months after the day of official delegation of administration to CIS.

Users of the abovementioned domains are obligated to, within the period mentioned in the first
paragraph of this Article, submit an APPLICATION to CIS for registration of the domain belonging to
those mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article.

After the expiration of the period mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article, all domain names
registered under the ".yu" domain and referring to Montenegro will be deleted.

Article 34

These Regulations shall come into effect on the eight day after being published in the “Republic of
Montenegro Official Gazette”.