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.re

Introduced	7 April 1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	AFNIC
Sponsor	AFNIC
Intended use	Entities connected with  Réunion
Actual use	Used in Reunion Island
Registration restrictions	Local presence requirement no longer needed as of 6 December 2011
Structure	Registrations are made at second level, or at third level beneath some second-level names
Documents	Naming charter for .re
Dispute policies	Alternative Dispute Resolutions
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	AFNIC.fr

.re is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Réunion (a French island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar). Along with .fr, .tf, and .ovh, it is administered by AFNIC.

In recent years, the .re TLD has been increasingly used for real estate–related domains (RE = Real Estate), including place names (neighborhoods, cities, countries, etc.), real estate companies, developers/projects, property-related websites, and individual realtors and estate agents around the world. The .re domain has also been applied to insurance and reinsurance companies (e.g. swiss.re), and words ending in .re (for example, adventu.re or nearfutu.re), similar to contractions used with other TLDs (for example, websites such as bit.ly and delicio.us), as well as use by those involved with reverse engineering, commonly shortened to the acronym "RE". Domains with the .re TLD can be registered with some of the largest online registrars such as Name.com, as well as most European domain registrars.

Since 6 December 2011, the rules for registering French domains have changed. The owner of a domain does not need to be based in France anymore. All European individuals, companies and organizations can register French domains. This change affects not only fr-domains, but also .re domains.

Two-character domains[]

.re allows two-character domains with at least one number. So, m7.re or 42.re are acceptable, while fi.re is not.^[1]

Second-level domains[]

In addition to direct second level registrations, registrations have been made at the third level beneath these names:

• .asso.re: associations
• .nom.re: surnames
• .com.re: commercial (unrestricted registration)

Starting December 6, 2011, domain names at the official subdomains can no longer be registered. The owner of such domain names can renew their existing domains.

See also[]

• .eu: CC TLD for the European Union
• .fr: CC TLD for the Republic of France
• Internet in France
• ISO 3166-2:RE

References[]

External links[]

• IANA .re whois information
• AFNIC
• Charte de nommage des extensions françaises

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