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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1083/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/1083",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083 of 14 May 2020 Supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the eligibility and selection criteria and the procedure for the designation of the Registry of the.eu top-level domain name (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1083",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083\nof 14 May 2020\nSupplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the eligibility and selection criteria and the procedure for the designation of the Registry of the.eu top-level domain name\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the implementation and functioning of the.eu top-level domain name and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004, and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe purpose of this Regulation is to establish the eligibility and selection criteria as well as the procedure for designating the Registry entrusted with organisation, administration and management of the.eu top-level domain.\n(2)\nThe Registry should be selected on the basis of an open, transparent and non-discriminatory selection procedure allowing a fair and competitive selection process. To this end, and in order to reach the highest possible number of suitable candidates, the call for selection should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.\n(3)\nThe selection procedure should be organised by the Commission in two phases, in order to ensure the transparency of the process and an efficient use of the resources.\n(4)\nDuring the first phase of the procedure, the Commission should verify the eligibility of the applicants, in order to ensure that they comply with the minimum characteristics of the Registry as set in Regulation (EU) 2019/517.\n(5)\nDuring the second phase of the procedure, the Commission should establish the ranking of the eligible applicants based on criteria that ensure that the organisation, administration and management of the.eu top-level domain complies with the objectives of supporting the digital single market, building an online European identity and encouraging cross-border on line activities. In order to ensure that these objectives are met, the Commission should give appropriate weighting in the selection procedure to the quality of service, human and technical resources allocated and financial standing of the applicants.\n(6)\nIn order to ensure appropriate and timely supervision of the core registry functions, the infrastructure needed to perform such functions should be located in the Union. This infrastructure should include, among others, the necessary software, hardware and other facilities that are necessary for the administration, functioning and management of the.eu top-level domain, such as the database for.eu TLD registration data, the database for.eu TLD accredited registrars, the primary authoritative server for the.eu TLD, the third party data escrow for the.eu TLD zone file and domain name registration information, the public query services system, and the website with up-to-date policy and registration information for the.eu TLD.\n(7)\nIn order to ensure an adequate level of the management of the.eu top-level domain, the call for selection published by the Commission should establish a minimum threshold to be met by the applicants on the basis of the selection criteria, in order to be able to be designated as Registry.\n(8)\nIn order to ensure the transparency of the procedure, the Commission should provide reasons for its decisions which should be communicated to the applicants.\n(9)\nThe applicant with the highest ranking based on the evaluation score should be designated as the Registry. In case the contract with the designated Registry is not concluded, the Commission should be able to designate as Registry the next ranking applicant.\n(10)\nIn order to allow a fair and competitive selection procedure for the Registry, which has to be concluded at the latest by 12 October 2021 with the signature of the contract, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 91, 29.3.2019, p. 25."
    }
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