Editing FR (section)

= TLD specific =

=== Registration ===
{{Warnbox| Starting March 1st 2024, we will introduce Contact Verification to validate the Registrant Contact Information. [https://wiki.hexonet.net/wiki/Registrant_Verification Registrant Verification]}}
Depending on the type of registrant, different extensions must be provided. If a certain requirement can't be fulfilled, please use HEXONETÂ´s Trustee service to register .FR domains.

'''1. Individual:'''
<br>
If you are an individual, you may state the following parameters:
<pre>
X-FR-REGISTRANT-BIRTH-DATE <nowiki>=</nowiki> (DATE) - The registrant's date of birth in the form YYYY-MM-DD<br>
X-FR-REGISTRANT-BIRTH-PLACE <nowiki>=</nowiki> (TEXT) (max. 255 chars) - The registrant's place of birth</pre>
   <b>French registrants</b> can provide the place of birth in the form <b>&lt;ZIP code&gt;,&lt;City&gt;</b>
          (e.g. "78181, Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex").
   <b>Non-French registrants</b> simply can provide the <b>&lt;TWO-LETTER COUNTRY CODE&gt;</b> of their country of birth (e.g. "DE").

'''2. Company:''' 
Companies having their head office in the territory of the European Union:
The VAT must be provided through an extension: 
<pre>X-FR-REGISTRANT-LEGAL-ID <nowiki>=</nowiki> (TEXT) (max. 255 chars</pre>
{{warnbox| <b>French company with a SIREN or SIRET number</b> should continue to provide this number instead as legal id. The SIREN (SystÃ¨me dâIdentification du RÃ©pertoire des Entreprises) number is the first part of the SIRET NUMBER and consists of 9 digits. The SIRET (SystÃ¨me dâIdentification du RÃ©pertoire des Etablissements) number is a unique identification number with 14 digits.}}

'''3. Companies with a European trademark:'''
For companies with a European trademark can additionally add their trademark number using this extension:
<pre> X-FR-REGISTRANT-TRADEMARK-NUMBER <nowiki>=</nowiki> (TEXT) (max. 255 chars) - the trademark number</pre><br>

'''4. Companies with a DUNS number:'''
The DUNS number is a nine-digit number, issued by Dun &amp; Bradstreet. DUNS is the abbreviation of  Data Universal Numbering System. Companies with a valid DUNS number are still obliged having their head office in the territory of the European Union. The DUNS number can be provided using this extension:
<pre>X-FR-REGISTRANT-DUNS-NUMBER <nowiki>=</nowiki> (TEXT) (max. 255 chars)- The DUNS number</pre><br>

'''5. Companies with a local identifier specific to a country of the European Economic Area''' can provide their local identifier using this extension:
<pre>X-FR-REGISTRANT-LOCAL-ID <nowiki>=</nowiki> (TEXT) (max. 255 chars) - A local identifier</pre><br>

'''6. French associations listed with the Journal Officiel de la RÃ©publique FranÃ§aise''' - The official gazette of the French Republic:
The Journal Official Associations publishes notices of creations, breakup or substantial changes with nonprofit associations in France. Using the website http://www.societe.com and the database they provide, query for the respective data below to register a .FR domain name.
<pre>
X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-DATE-DECLARATION - the date of declaration of the association in the form '''YYYY-MM-DD'''.<br>
X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-NUMBER - the number of the Journal Officiel.<br>
X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-PAGE - the page of the announcement in the Journal Officiel<br>
X-FR-REGISTRANT-JO-DATE-PUBLICATION - the date of publication in the Journal Officiel in the form <b>YYYY-MM-DD</b></pre>

=== Nameserver requirements ===
'''Zone configuration:'''

<ul>
<li>the zone is installed on all the name servers (at least two servers)</li>
<li>the zone contact (RNAME) is legal; </li>
<li>the serial number of the zone is the same on each of the servers; </li>
<li>the values in the different fields of the SOA must comply with the following constraints
<ul>
<li> FIELD - Minimum Value - Maximum Value </li>
<li> Expires  - 1 week - 100 weeks </li>
<li> Minimum - 3 minutes - 1 week </li>
<li> Refresh - 1 hour - 2 days </li>
<li> Retry - 15 minutes - 1 day </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> the value of the retry field is lower than that of the refresh field, and</li>
<li> the value of the expire field is far higher (at least seven times) than that of the refresh field;</li>
<li> the "TLL" duration in the SOA specifies the TLL for negative responses (NXDOMAIN) and must not be greater than one day; </li>
<li> the "TLL" duration must be at least one hour for SOA and NS registrations;</li>
<li> the list of name servers for the zone returned by the server, corresponds with the list of servers stated in the Request;</li>
<li> the hostmaster address for the zone is valid and can be contacted</li>
</ul>
<p><br>
<b>Configuration of name servers:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>the server has international IP connectivity;</li>
<li>the server can be contacted seven days a week, 24 hours a day;</li>
<li>it must be possible to access the DNS service on port 53 in UDP and TCP for packets sent from any machine over the Internet;</li>
<li>the server is authoritative for the zone requested;</li>
<li>for the ".in-addr.arpa" and "." .fr zones, the server must obtain a correct list of the corresponding name servers and is not authoritative if it does not</li>
<li>appear in this list. The server addresses specified must be correct;</li>
<li>the server obtains the correct address for each of the other servers in the zone;</li>
<li>the server carries out checksums on the UDP packets and generates IP packets with a TLL of at least 64;</li>
<li>the server does not forward requests to one of the AFNIC servers, it must be possible to obtain the names of the servers from their IP addresses.</li>
<li>AFNIC performs a zone pre-check. You may perform this pre-check by yourself to check if the nameservers are correct: https://zonemaster.net</li>
</ul>

=== Name limitations ===
For individuals, the registry doesn't allow special characters such as ".", "&" or "/". Only the space, the apostrophe, and the hyphen are allowed.

=== Transfer ===


=== COM.FR ===
New 3rd level registrations are not possible any more since December 6, 2011. Previously registered domains are still supported.
The registrant of a .COM.FR domain has to be a French organization.

=== Brexit information for Afnic TLDs ===
UK residents are no longer eligible for .fr and other Afnic TLDs - Renewals still possible

With effect from 1 January, UK residents are no longer eligible for the .fr TLD or any of the other TLDs managed by Afnic and listed in the Naming Charter, i.e. .re, .yt, .pm, .wf and .tf (see: https://www.afnic.fr/en/resources/reference/charters/naming-policy-in-force.html)

However, the Naming Charter provides that the application of new rules cannot be retroactively effective, with certain exceptions (see Article 1.3 of the Charter).

This means that these holders may keep their domain names without having to change address, since they complied with the eligibility rules in force at the time they registered their domain names.

In Summary, A holder resident in the UK who registered a domain name before 1 January 2021 can:

    keep the domain name after that date;
    renew it;
    transfer (= trade = owner change) it to an eligible new holder; and
    benefit from the forced transfer (= trade = owner change) procedure in the particular cases provided for by the Naming Charter.

Please find full information on the registry homepage at: https://www.afnic.fr/en/observatory-and-resources/expert-papers/brexit-and-fr-domain-names/

If a UK resident would like to register a .fr or another Afnic TLD domain name (i.e. .re, .yt, .pm, .wf and .tf) we offer a  trustee service.