RE: [ga] ICANN Issues Advisory Regarding the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy

["Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx>]

Agree. A good advisory.

Dominik


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ICANN
Issues Advisory Regarding the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy

Advisory available at
http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03apr08.htm

Due to perceived confusion within the registrar community concerning the 
circumstances under which registrars may validly deny transfer requests 
pursuant to the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, on 19 September 2007, ICANN 
issued a Notice of Intent to Issue Advisory Regarding the Inter-Registrar 
Transfer
(Notice) http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19sep07.htm.

As part of this Notice, ICANN published a Proposed Advisory Regarding the 
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (Proposed Advisory). The purpose of the 
Proposed Advisory was to solicit comments regarding whether it was necessary to 
publish an advisory to assist ICANN-accredited registrars in understanding 
their obligations under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy.

The community was informed that comments would be accepted for 30 days 
regarding the Proposed Advisory. ICANN received 16 comments, of which 14 were 
supportive of ICANN issuing the Proposed Advisory, one comment opposed the 
issuance of the Proposed Advisory and one comment was deemed neutral as it did 
not indicate support or opposition. After considering the comments received and 
other information provided by registrars regarding the Proposed Advisory, ICANN 
determined that sufficient confusion exists to warrant the issuance of an 
advisory to assist registrars in understanding that under the Transfer Policy:

1. Registrars are prohibited from denying a domain name transfer request based 
on non-payment of fees for pending or future registration periods during the 
Auto-Renew Grace Period; and

2. A registrant change to Whois information is not a valid basis for denying a 
transfer request.

The Advisory is identical to the Proposed Advisory issued on 19 September 2007, 
except the term "registration period after expiration"
was replaced with "Auto-Renew Grace Period" wherever it appeared in the 
Proposed Advisory.

Developed through ICANN?s consensus policy process, the Transfer Policy was 
approved unanimously by ICANN?s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) 
and its Board of Directors. After consultation with several interested parties, 
the Transfer Policy was adopted in 2004. The Transfer Policy provides domain 
name holders with a standardized process for transferring their domain names 
from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another upon request. All 
ICANN-accredited registrars and unsponsored gTLD registry operators are 
required to comply with the Transfer Policy pursuant to their agreements with 
ICANN. The purpose of the Advisory is to provide clarity and promote consistent 
handling of transfer requests.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org