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Regulation govering the allocation, administration and rescission of domain names under the .FO Top Level
Domain on the Internet.
In force 19. April 2010
Preface
This regulation is written and promulgated by the Registry Manager, the FO Council, who has the
responsibility for the management and operation of the .FO top level Domain on the internet. The
FO Council may amend this regulation.
Definitions
The .FO Domain, which is also called .FO ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain), is the top
level domain on the Internet allocated for use by the Faroe Islands by ICANN (Internet Coporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers). See www.icann.org/cctids/.
A.FO Domain Name, which is also referred to as .FO Second level Domain Name, is a registered
name on the Internet that ends with .fo, such as nic.fo or tinganes.fo.
The FO Council is the quasi-public authority that, according to its by-law approved by the Minister
of Trade and Industry, has been delegated the responsibility for the management and operation of
the country domain .FO on the Internet. The FO Council is that entity known, in the terminology of
the Internet, as the FO cc TLD Manager.
The FO Operator (.fo ccTLD Operator) is the service provider that directs, on behald of the FO
Council, the day-to-day operations of the .FO domain. As of 1 January 2010, the FO Operator is
managed by SP/F ANSNI TRYGDARFELAG
Artical 1. Application
1. To be granted the right to use a domain name, the applicant is required to complete and
submit the digital application form, which is available at the NIC.FO website, www.nic.fo.
Relevant documentation
shall be digitally submitted with the application.
2. The V-number or birthday of the applicant shall be provided as well as the Name Server to be
used. Foreigners shall provide a company registration number or passport number of the applicant.
Artical 2. General Provisions on Domain Names
1. Domain names may consist of only English characters, numbers and the dash symbol (-),
however
the dash may not be placed at the beginning or the end of the domain name. A domain name may
consist entirely of numbers. A domain name shall consist of (in addition to
.FO) not more than 63 characters.
2. If it is intended that the domain name shall be a Faroese name that is spelled with one or more of
the following letters: “ø”, “ú”, “i”, “ó”, “ý”, “ð”, “æ”, the applicant may substitute the following
characters: “oe”/“o”, “u”, “i”, “o”, “y”, “d”, “a”/ “ae”, respectively.
3. The FO Council reserves the right to reject an application if the domain name requested is
indecent, inconsistent with the general regulations govering the Internet, or abusive, threatening or
derisive.
4. The FO Council reserves the right to reject applications for these domain names:
1. gTLD (generic Top Level Domain): aero.fo, biz.fo, com.fo, coop.fo, edu.fo, gov.fo, info.fo,
int.fo, mil.fo, museum.fo, name.fo, net.fo and org.fo.
2. Certain names that have a special meaning or significance with regard to the internet: nic.fo,
web.fo, co.fo, ftp.fo, www.fo, telnet.fo, irc.fo, internet.fo, fo.fo and mail.fo.
3. Names that obviously would be suitable for entities serving the public weal, eg, the names
of islands, villages and towns.
5. On special occations the FO Council reserves the right to grant use of a name, which clearly the
serves the public (islands, villages and name of a town). This can be done even when an application
is not complete.
Article 3. Allocation of Use Right and Grouping of Domain Names
1. A natural person or a legal entity (limited liability corporation, association, etc.) may be allocated
the right to use a domain name. The domain name must not violate the rights of a third party.
2. An application for a domain name shall be assigned to Group A Domain Names, if supported by
documentation from the various public registries referreed to in article 4, or assigned to Group B
Domain Names and placed on a waiting list, pursaunt to article 5.
Article 4. Group A Domain Names
1. To prove that the applicant has a legal right to a Group A domain name, upon application
supporting documentation shall be submitted from the authorities listed in sub-paragraph a) through
c) warranting.
a) the brand name, trademark or service mark of the applicant by an international validated
trade mark register such as the Danish Patent and Trademark Office, and for example The
Trade Marks and Designs, Registration Office of the European Union (OHIM) or World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
b) the name of the applicant by the Faroese Business Registration Office or the Faroeses Ship
Registry maintained by the Maritime Affairs Administration;
c) the personal name of the applicant by the National Resident Register in such manner as both
forename(s) and last name are written out or in such a manner that either the forename or the
last name is abbreviated. The applicant may register as well his or her birth date using either
numbers, letters or a combination of both.
2. Govermental offices and agencies and public organisations in the Faroe Islands (religious
communities, professional organisations, sports associations, interest groups, etc.) may also use
their own names with relevant warranting documentation.
3. The applicant that has warranted a name pursuant to article 1a, 1b or article 2, may, in addition to
the full name, be allocated the right to use the name in an abbreviated fashion.
4. The FO Council retains the right to require other forms of verification to assure that the
conditions geverning name registration are satisfied.
Article 5. Group B Domain Names
1. Applications for Group B Domain Names do not require warranting documentation. Group B
Domain Names shall be placed on a waiting list on the NIC.FO webpage, www.nic.fo, and shall be
maintained on the list for at period of
thirty days from the date when application is done.
2. The Group B Domain Name Waiting List shall be available to the public during the waiting
period via the NIC.FO website, www.nic.fo, and annonced in the Faroese media .
3. During the waiting time, other applicants may submit an application for a domain name on the
waiting list if the applicant can demonstrate that the name was registered pursuant to article 4 before
the application was made
4. Individuals may register either their forename(s) or last name as a Group B Domain Name.
5. If no one els submits an application for a Group B domain name that is registered on the waiting
list during the waiting period pursuant to articles 3 or 4, the applicant shall be granted the right to
use the domain name.
6. The applicant for an additional fee (see the chart undir article 13) may receive temporary
permission during the waiting period to use a domain name listed on the waiting list. In the event
that no one else has submitted an application for the domain name on the waiting list pursuant to
article 3 for which temporary permission hed been granted, the first applicant shall be granted the
right to use the domain name.
Article 6. Several Applications for the Same Domain Name
1. If applications are submitted for the same domain name from more than one applicant, the right
to use the domain name shall be allocated to the applicant who submitted first, conditioned on that
the application is valid pursuant to these regulations.
Article 7. Foreign Brand Names
1. Natural persons or legal entities that are not registered in the Faroe Islands may only register
brand names, trademarks or service marks that are registered according to article 4.1, a
2. Those that wish to register a domain name that is similar to or that refers or alludes to a brand
name to which they themselves do not have the legal right and that is registered in the name of
another shall demonstrate that he or she has permission to use the brand name or trademark in this
manner from the holder of the legal right (see article 4.1).
Article 8. Liability
1. The allocation of the right to use a domain name in accordance with these regulations does not
devolve in any way the right to the name in any other connection. Actions brought by third parties
against the conveyed allocation shall in the first instance be lodged against those that have been
granted the right to use a domain name (the “holder”).
2. The FO Council and the FO Operator shall not be liable for the holder´s use of the domain name.
3. The applicant has the responsibility to ensure that the registration of the domain name does not
violate Faroese law or the rights of third parties.
4. The FO Council and the FO Operator assume no compensatory liability for possible direct or
indirect losses that may result from a delay in processing an application for a domain name or that
an application for a domain name is rejected.
5.The allocation of the right to use a domain name is deemed individual and personal, which shall
be understood to mean that the FO Council or the FO Operator shall not be bound by possible
agreements entered into by the holder regarding the sale, mortgage, etc. of the domain name.
6. It is the Holder’s responsibility to secure, that information about the Administrator and all other
information in the system are correct.
Article 9. Transfer of Domain Names
1. If the holder or the technical contact desires to change its Name Server, the holder or the agent
shall submit to
the FO Operator information about the new nameservers and possible other changes regarding this
transfer. Request for a transfer shall be done through the NIC.FO website, www.nic.fo .
Article 10. Cancellation of a Domain Name
1. If a holder desires to cancel its domain name, the holder shall submit a request to the FO
Operator. The request shall be done through the NIC.FO website. The
holder does not have the right to a refund for any unused part of the annual fee. The relevant
domain name shall subsequently be deleted from the registry and shall be available for others.
2. A domain name may not be merely abandoned.
Article 11. Warnings and Rescission
1. A warning shall be sent via email to the registered contact of the holder and billing contact if the
annual fee is not paid in a timely manner. A warning shall be sent via email to the registered contact
of the holder and technical contact, if a domain name is not operated in a technically appropriate
manner, eg, the Name Server is no longer functional, the domain name needs to be set up or has
been wrongly set up with the respective Name Server.
2. If the holder does not respond with four (4) weeks from the date that the warning was sent
pursuant to paragraph 1, the domain name shall be rescinded. The warning shall be sent via email
.
3. The FO Operator shall demand a fee to send a warning, see the chart undir article 13.
4. The FO Council may rescind a domain name without notice, if
a) a court decision or a decision by the administrative governmental authority requires such
action;
b) the domain name is used in such a manner that is a significant violation of Faroese law.
Article 12. FO Council Appeal Procedures
1. In the event that the applicant is not satisfied with the decision of the FO Operator , the applicant
may appeal in writing to the FO Council. The request
shall be submitted to the office of the FO Operator.
2. Payment of the appeal fee shall be attached to the request, see the chart undir article 13.
3. Appeals to the FO Council shall be submitted no later than two (2) weeks from the date that the
decision of the FO Operator was provided to the applicant.
4. Decisions of the FO Council shall be final.
Article 13. Fees
1. A registration fee shall be paid for registration of a domain name. Annual fee is payed in advance
for the next 12 months. If the fee is changed this will be publich on the webpage.
2. The FO Operator may refuse to provide services to applicants that are in arrears to the FO
Operator.
3. Fees (inkluding MVG) as at 1 Mai 2006 are:
Registration fee for a Group A Domain Name 400 DKK
Registration fee for a Group B Domain Name 900 DKK
Annual fee for Group A or B Domain Name 450 DKK
Extra fee for temporary permission to use Group B Domain Name 1.200 DKK Pursuant to article 5.
Fee for notice warning 200 DKK Pursuant to article 11.
Fee for appeal to FO Council 600 DKK Pursuant to article 12.
Approved at the meeting of the FO Council, 16 April 2010.
Exemples of Domain Names relevant to the indicated provisions:
Article 2, 2 Eg, the Faroese Parliament may register logting.fo and /or loegting.fo
Article 2, 4.4 Eg, faroeislands.fo / eysturoy.fo / sandur.fo / vestmanna.fo
Article 4, 1.c Eg, mariajoensen.fo / mariaj.fo / mjoensen.fo / hanspeturhansen.fo / hanspeturh.fo / hansph.fo /
hansphansen.fo / hphansen.fo
Eg, 100344.fo / 19440110.fo / 10Mar1944.fo
Article 4, 2 Eg, almannastovan.fo / mrcc.fo / bethesda.fo / fylking.fo / b71.fo / bridge.fo
Article 4, 3 Eg,, frs.fo (for the Fiskirannsóknarstovan Faroese Fisheries Laboratory)
Article 5, 4 Eg, hanspetur.fo / joensen.fo
Article 7, 2 E.g, BMW / Coca Cola / Google
Domain on the Internet.
In force 19. April 2010
Preface
This regulation is written and promulgated by the Registry Manager, the FO Council, who has the
responsibility for the management and operation of the .FO top level Domain on the internet. The
FO Council may amend this regulation.
Definitions
The .FO Domain, which is also called .FO ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain), is the top
level domain on the Internet allocated for use by the Faroe Islands by ICANN (Internet Coporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers). See www.icann.org/cctids/.
A.FO Domain Name, which is also referred to as .FO Second level Domain Name, is a registered
name on the Internet that ends with .fo, such as nic.fo or tinganes.fo.
The FO Council is the quasi-public authority that, according to its by-law approved by the Minister
of Trade and Industry, has been delegated the responsibility for the management and operation of
the country domain .FO on the Internet. The FO Council is that entity known, in the terminology of
the Internet, as the FO cc TLD Manager.
The FO Operator (.fo ccTLD Operator) is the service provider that directs, on behald of the FO
Council, the day-to-day operations of the .FO domain. As of 1 January 2010, the FO Operator is
managed by SP/F ANSNI TRYGDARFELAG
Artical 1. Application
1. To be granted the right to use a domain name, the applicant is required to complete and
submit the digital application form, which is available at the NIC.FO website, www.nic.fo.
Relevant documentation
shall be digitally submitted with the application.
2. The V-number or birthday of the applicant shall be provided as well as the Name Server to be
used. Foreigners shall provide a company registration number or passport number of the applicant.
Artical 2. General Provisions on Domain Names
1. Domain names may consist of only English characters, numbers and the dash symbol (-),
however
the dash may not be placed at the beginning or the end of the domain name. A domain name may
consist entirely of numbers. A domain name shall consist of (in addition to
.FO) not more than 63 characters.
2. If it is intended that the domain name shall be a Faroese name that is spelled with one or more of
the following letters: “ø”, “ú”, “i”, “ó”, “ý”, “ð”, “æ”, the applicant may substitute the following
characters: “oe”/“o”, “u”, “i”, “o”, “y”, “d”, “a”/ “ae”, respectively.
3. The FO Council reserves the right to reject an application if the domain name requested is
indecent, inconsistent with the general regulations govering the Internet, or abusive, threatening or
derisive.
4. The FO Council reserves the right to reject applications for these domain names:
1. gTLD (generic Top Level Domain): aero.fo, biz.fo, com.fo, coop.fo, edu.fo, gov.fo, info.fo,
int.fo, mil.fo, museum.fo, name.fo, net.fo and org.fo.
2. Certain names that have a special meaning or significance with regard to the internet: nic.fo,
web.fo, co.fo, ftp.fo, www.fo, telnet.fo, irc.fo, internet.fo, fo.fo and mail.fo.
3. Names that obviously would be suitable for entities serving the public weal, eg, the names
of islands, villages and towns.
5. On special occations the FO Council reserves the right to grant use of a name, which clearly the
serves the public (islands, villages and name of a town). This can be done even when an application
is not complete.
Article 3. Allocation of Use Right and Grouping of Domain Names
1. A natural person or a legal entity (limited liability corporation, association, etc.) may be allocated
the right to use a domain name. The domain name must not violate the rights of a third party.
2. An application for a domain name shall be assigned to Group A Domain Names, if supported by
documentation from the various public registries referreed to in article 4, or assigned to Group B
Domain Names and placed on a waiting list, pursaunt to article 5.
Article 4. Group A Domain Names
1. To prove that the applicant has a legal right to a Group A domain name, upon application
supporting documentation shall be submitted from the authorities listed in sub-paragraph a) through
c) warranting.
a) the brand name, trademark or service mark of the applicant by an international validated
trade mark register such as the Danish Patent and Trademark Office, and for example The
Trade Marks and Designs, Registration Office of the European Union (OHIM) or World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
b) the name of the applicant by the Faroese Business Registration Office or the Faroeses Ship
Registry maintained by the Maritime Affairs Administration;
c) the personal name of the applicant by the National Resident Register in such manner as both
forename(s) and last name are written out or in such a manner that either the forename or the
last name is abbreviated. The applicant may register as well his or her birth date using either
numbers, letters or a combination of both.
2. Govermental offices and agencies and public organisations in the Faroe Islands (religious
communities, professional organisations, sports associations, interest groups, etc.) may also use
their own names with relevant warranting documentation.
3. The applicant that has warranted a name pursuant to article 1a, 1b or article 2, may, in addition to
the full name, be allocated the right to use the name in an abbreviated fashion.
4. The FO Council retains the right to require other forms of verification to assure that the
conditions geverning name registration are satisfied.
Article 5. Group B Domain Names
1. Applications for Group B Domain Names do not require warranting documentation. Group B
Domain Names shall be placed on a waiting list on the NIC.FO webpage, www.nic.fo, and shall be
maintained on the list for at period of
thirty days from the date when application is done.
2. The Group B Domain Name Waiting List shall be available to the public during the waiting
period via the NIC.FO website, www.nic.fo, and annonced in the Faroese media .
3. During the waiting time, other applicants may submit an application for a domain name on the
waiting list if the applicant can demonstrate that the name was registered pursuant to article 4 before
the application was made
4. Individuals may register either their forename(s) or last name as a Group B Domain Name.
5. If no one els submits an application for a Group B domain name that is registered on the waiting
list during the waiting period pursuant to articles 3 or 4, the applicant shall be granted the right to
use the domain name.
6. The applicant for an additional fee (see the chart undir article 13) may receive temporary
permission during the waiting period to use a domain name listed on the waiting list. In the event
that no one else has submitted an application for the domain name on the waiting list pursuant to
article 3 for which temporary permission hed been granted, the first applicant shall be granted the
right to use the domain name.
Article 6. Several Applications for the Same Domain Name
1. If applications are submitted for the same domain name from more than one applicant, the right
to use the domain name shall be allocated to the applicant who submitted first, conditioned on that
the application is valid pursuant to these regulations.
Article 7. Foreign Brand Names
1. Natural persons or legal entities that are not registered in the Faroe Islands may only register
brand names, trademarks or service marks that are registered according to article 4.1, a
2. Those that wish to register a domain name that is similar to or that refers or alludes to a brand
name to which they themselves do not have the legal right and that is registered in the name of
another shall demonstrate that he or she has permission to use the brand name or trademark in this
manner from the holder of the legal right (see article 4.1).
Article 8. Liability
1. The allocation of the right to use a domain name in accordance with these regulations does not
devolve in any way the right to the name in any other connection. Actions brought by third parties
against the conveyed allocation shall in the first instance be lodged against those that have been
granted the right to use a domain name (the “holder”).
2. The FO Council and the FO Operator shall not be liable for the holder´s use of the domain name.
3. The applicant has the responsibility to ensure that the registration of the domain name does not
violate Faroese law or the rights of third parties.
4. The FO Council and the FO Operator assume no compensatory liability for possible direct or
indirect losses that may result from a delay in processing an application for a domain name or that
an application for a domain name is rejected.
5.The allocation of the right to use a domain name is deemed individual and personal, which shall
be understood to mean that the FO Council or the FO Operator shall not be bound by possible
agreements entered into by the holder regarding the sale, mortgage, etc. of the domain name.
6. It is the Holder’s responsibility to secure, that information about the Administrator and all other
information in the system are correct.
Article 9. Transfer of Domain Names
1. If the holder or the technical contact desires to change its Name Server, the holder or the agent
shall submit to
the FO Operator information about the new nameservers and possible other changes regarding this
transfer. Request for a transfer shall be done through the NIC.FO website, www.nic.fo .
Article 10. Cancellation of a Domain Name
1. If a holder desires to cancel its domain name, the holder shall submit a request to the FO
Operator. The request shall be done through the NIC.FO website. The
holder does not have the right to a refund for any unused part of the annual fee. The relevant
domain name shall subsequently be deleted from the registry and shall be available for others.
2. A domain name may not be merely abandoned.
Article 11. Warnings and Rescission
1. A warning shall be sent via email to the registered contact of the holder and billing contact if the
annual fee is not paid in a timely manner. A warning shall be sent via email to the registered contact
of the holder and technical contact, if a domain name is not operated in a technically appropriate
manner, eg, the Name Server is no longer functional, the domain name needs to be set up or has
been wrongly set up with the respective Name Server.
2. If the holder does not respond with four (4) weeks from the date that the warning was sent
pursuant to paragraph 1, the domain name shall be rescinded. The warning shall be sent via email
.
3. The FO Operator shall demand a fee to send a warning, see the chart undir article 13.
4. The FO Council may rescind a domain name without notice, if
a) a court decision or a decision by the administrative governmental authority requires such
action;
b) the domain name is used in such a manner that is a significant violation of Faroese law.
Article 12. FO Council Appeal Procedures
1. In the event that the applicant is not satisfied with the decision of the FO Operator , the applicant
may appeal in writing to the FO Council. The request
shall be submitted to the office of the FO Operator.
2. Payment of the appeal fee shall be attached to the request, see the chart undir article 13.
3. Appeals to the FO Council shall be submitted no later than two (2) weeks from the date that the
decision of the FO Operator was provided to the applicant.
4. Decisions of the FO Council shall be final.
Article 13. Fees
1. A registration fee shall be paid for registration of a domain name. Annual fee is payed in advance
for the next 12 months. If the fee is changed this will be publich on the webpage.
2. The FO Operator may refuse to provide services to applicants that are in arrears to the FO
Operator.
3. Fees (inkluding MVG) as at 1 Mai 2006 are:
Registration fee for a Group A Domain Name 400 DKK
Registration fee for a Group B Domain Name 900 DKK
Annual fee for Group A or B Domain Name 450 DKK
Extra fee for temporary permission to use Group B Domain Name 1.200 DKK Pursuant to article 5.
Fee for notice warning 200 DKK Pursuant to article 11.
Fee for appeal to FO Council 600 DKK Pursuant to article 12.
Approved at the meeting of the FO Council, 16 April 2010.
Exemples of Domain Names relevant to the indicated provisions:
Article 2, 2 Eg, the Faroese Parliament may register logting.fo and /or loegting.fo
Article 2, 4.4 Eg, faroeislands.fo / eysturoy.fo / sandur.fo / vestmanna.fo
Article 4, 1.c Eg, mariajoensen.fo / mariaj.fo / mjoensen.fo / hanspeturhansen.fo / hanspeturh.fo / hansph.fo /
hansphansen.fo / hphansen.fo
Eg, 100344.fo / 19440110.fo / 10Mar1944.fo
Article 4, 2 Eg, almannastovan.fo / mrcc.fo / bethesda.fo / fylking.fo / b71.fo / bridge.fo
Article 4, 3 Eg,, frs.fo (for the Fiskirannsóknarstovan Faroese Fisheries Laboratory)
Article 5, 4 Eg, hanspetur.fo / joensen.fo
Article 7, 2 E.g, BMW / Coca Cola / Google