[council] FYI - Update on Registry Agreement Specification 13

[Marika Konings <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx>]

Update on Registry Agreement Specification 13
 
    
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By Cyrus Namazi
Vice President, Domain Name Services
ICANN Global Domains Division

As reported earlier, Specification 13 to the Registry Agreement was approved
by the NGPC on 26 March 2014. Specification 13 provides limited
accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as ³.Brand TLDs²
and reflects months of discussions on many key issues raised by the
community during the public comment forum and other community outreach.

One provision of this specification was the ability of a .Brand registry
operator to designate up to three ICANN accredited registrars to serve as
the exclusive registrars for their TLD. Implementation of this provision was
delayed for 45 days in respect of the GNSO policy Recommendation 19 on the
Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains. After considering the matter,
the GNSO Council found that the proposed provision was inconsistent with
Recommendation 19. However, given the unique and specific circumstances the
GNSO Council accepted the variation from the original policy recommendation
and did not object to the adoption of Specification 13 in its entirety.

As a result, all new gTLD applicants who have applied, or will apply, for
Specification 13 and are qualified by ICANN as a .Brand TLD will be entitled
to all the provisions of Specification 13.

Additionally, in the event that a .Brand applicant who qualifies for
Specification 13 may require additional time for contracting, and satisfies
the Applicant Guidebook requirements for an extension of their contracting
window, ICANN will consider a request to approve an extension until 12
February 2015 (9 months from when Specification 13 was finalized in its
entirety).

I thank the participating members of the community for their involvements
and inputs and in particular the GNSO Council for its timely and
constructive response in reaching this major milestone.

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