Editing .eu (section)

{{Short description|Internet top-level domain for the European Union}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
| name          = .eu
| image         = File:Logo .eu.svg
| introduced    = {{start date and age|2005|04|28|df=y}}
| type          = [[Country code top-level domain|Country code]]
| status        = Active|registry=[[EURid]]
| sponsor       = [[European Commission]]
| registereddomains     = 3,687,760 
| dateregistereddomains = 2024-03-27
| refregistereddomains  = <ref name="statistics">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Statistics - EURid |url=https://eurid.eu/en/welcome-to-eurid/statistics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327150249/https://eurid.eu/en/welcome-to-eurid/statistics/ |archive-date=27 March 2024 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=EURid }}</ref>
| intendeduse   = Entities connected with the [[European Union]]
| actualuse     = Gradually increasing, mostly among sites with pan-European or cross-border intentions. ([[#Actual use|details]])
| restrictions  = Registrants must be located within the [[European Economic Area|EEA]] or be a citizen of one of the EU/EEA member states
| structure     = Names are registered directly at second level
| document      = [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/517/oj Regulation (EU) 2019/517]
| disputepolicy = [https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/domain-name-disputes/ EU ADR]
| website       = [https://www.eurid.eu/ www.eurid.eu]
| dnssec        = yes
}}
'''.eu''' is the [[country code top-level domain]] (ccTLD) for the [[European Union]] (EU).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/eu.html|title=IANA — .eu Domain Delegation Data|website=www.iana.org}}</ref> Launched on 7 December 2005, the domain is available for any person, company or organization based in the European Union. This was extended to the [[European Economic Area]] in 2014, after the regulation was incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and hence is also available for any person, company or organization based in [[Iceland]], [[Liechtenstein]] and [[Norway]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Europaportalen|date=2014-01-15|title=Nå kan du registrere domenet .eu i Norge|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/na-kan-du-registrere-domenet-eu-i-norge/id749297/|access-date=2020-08-26|website=Regjeringen.no|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain|title=Register a domain name}}</ref> The TLD is administered by [[EURid]], a consortium originally consisting of the national [[ccTLD]] registry operators of [[Belgium]], [[Sweden]], and [[Italy]], joined later by the national registry operator of the [[Czech Republic]]. Trademark owners were able to submit registrations through a [[sunrise process|sunrise period]], in an effort to prevent [[cybersquatting]]. Full registration started on 7 April 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurid.eu/en/about/facts-figures/background-timeline|title=Eurid's .eu Timeline|access-date=30 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115170126/http://www.eurid.eu/en/about/facts-figures/background-timeline|archive-date=15 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>