<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>On 28 March 2018, the European Commission published a press release stating that there is a plan to revoke all.eu domains owned by the United Kingdom’s individuals and entities due to Britain’s exit from the European Union. The article highlights issues related to the process of the UK leaving the EU, gives examples from other fields of the Union law and the national law of the Member States which have experienced similar situations and also points out the fundamental rights that the Commission needs to comply with. The basics of domain names are also partially covered to inform the reader about what domain names are based on and of existing regulations in the field.</p></abstract>

On 28 March 2018, the European Commission published a press release stating that there is a plan to revoke all.eu domains owned by the United Kingdom’s individuals and entities due to Britain’s exit from the European Union. The article highlights issues related to the process of the UK leaving the EU, gives examples from other fields of the Union law and the national law of the Member States which have experienced similar situations and also points out the fundamental rights that the Commission needs to comply with. The basics of domain names are also partially covered to inform the reader about what domain names are based on and of existing regulations in the field.

.eu regulations under Brexit

Department of Law, School of Business and Governance

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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On 28 March 2018, the European Commission published a press release stating that there is a plan to revoke all.eu domains owned by the United Kingdom’s...

.eu regulations under Brexit

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 121 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2018-0018

Keywords
Brexit, domain name, .eu domain, European Union, top-level domain

© 2018 Touko Johannes Sinisalo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

.eu regulations under Brexit

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 121 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2018-0018

KeywordsBrexit, domain name, .eu domain, European Union, top-level domain

© 2018 Touko Johannes Sinisalo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Brexit, domain name, .eu domain, European Union, top-level domain