Names within the .ro domain and its sub domains:
- ro.for: any organisations or individuals
- com.ro: for bussines, firms, products and services of a commercial nature
- org.ro: for not for profit organizations, social organizations, civil groups
- tm.ro: for trademarks only. To register under the tm.ro sub domain, proof of a Romanian trademark (OSIM, or another trademark organisation) must be submitted.
- store.ro: for shops, stores or other bussines offering goods to purchase
- info.ro: for information providers
- nom.ro: for those individuals wishing their own domain name
- nt.ro: for entities emphasizing data networking activities, especially with respect to the Internet
- firm.ro: for firms
- www.ro: for entities emphasizing activities related to the World Wide Web
- arts.ro: for entities emphasizing cultural activities
- rec.ro: for entities emphasizing recreation and entertainment activities
Applications for new domain name registration and name server and contact data modifications for existing domain names are sent only by email.
Email notifications are sent to inform the applicant whether its application has been accepted or rejected. It is very important that you specify an operational e mail address at the requester’s e mail in the application form.
Names within the .ro domain and its sub domains may be registered for active usage (domain delegation) or for inactive usage (reserved domain names).
For registered active domain names there must be an operational primary and an operational secondary Domain Name System (DNS) name server. Both name servers need permanent IP connectivity to the Internet (for queries and zone transfers) in order that they can be easily checked for operational status and database accuracy at any time by Registry.
At the end of each month a periodic zone check is done for all the domains to collect errors, hostcount and other domain statistics. You are very kindly asked to allow zone transfer for the machines from 192.162.16.0/24 IP address class. These machines run software for the validation of the nameservers delegated to the .ro domains.
Any entity (organization or individual) may register domain names, independent of the location of the entity. The administrative contact (admin c) in the application form is responsible for a domain and is therefore required to be an employee of the organization which will be the owner of the domain name.
The language for communication with the registrants and registrars is Romanian or English.
In order to develop the competitiveness of the .RO domain name registration services, the applications can be sent both directly to the Registry and to the accredited partners.
The payment is due in five days from the receipt of the invoice.
Applications for new domain names are processed in chronological order of receipt by the Registry (first come, first served).
More specific: Emails are being processed in chronological order of arrival as they appear in the in box of the Registry. The entity seeking registration is fully responsible for its entries in the application form and is therefore required to supervise any records in the repository belonging to said entity. Applications for modifications (and deletions) of domain names are processed in a manner similar to that described above but exceptions to chronological order may be possible under certain circumstances and upon special request by registrants.
The registration of a domain name is made only after the payment has been received in full. An application can be canceled for lack of payment any time after payment is due, without prior notice.
Termination of registration
Active or inactive registration of domain names may be erased from the repository due to three reasons:
- when the registrant requests deletion of his entry.
- when no or insufficient payment for registration/reservation is received.
- upon order by a court or governmental or administrative body.
Domain names which have been deleted will immediately become available for reuse by any party.
During the on hold period active domain names will be set to inactive.
Responsibilities for domain
Entities registering domain names are fully responsible for their right to said name. Submission of a domain registration constitutes warranty to the Registry that entity has rights to use the submitted name, i.e. entities statements in the application form are required to be true and entity is required to have the right to use the Domain Name as requested in the application.
Entity shall indemnify the Registry from any litigation costs or damages resulting from entity’s use of said name. The Registry is hereby expressly exempted from any and all responsibility for the verification of rights to a name. Acceptance of an application and registration of a domain name constitutes no endorsement by the Registry that registrant has a right to use the domain name in question under the laws of any state which might be applicable, e.g. with regard to names of natural or legal persons, trade names or trademarks.
Registering a domain name does not confer any legal rights to that name and any disputes between parties over the rights to use a particular name are to be settled between the contending parties using normal legal methods.
Domain Names are allocated to the Holder (domain owner). If the application was filed by another party on behalf of the Holder, the person who holds the Domain Name is the third party beneficiary of the contract between the Applicant and the Registry. Holding the Domain Name is conditioned upon the Holder’s acceptance of the Rules for name registration within the .ro domain and its sub domains and the Registration Agreement.
Transfer of domain names
the holder of a name submits a written and signed document to the registry authorizing another entity to apply for a modification of the entries in the repository of a specific domain name.
Solving conflicts
When a domain name has been registered by another entity or is in progress of registering, it is the responsibility of the entity seeking the registration to research the existing repository and pursue any litigation which may be necessary against the existing registrant, should said entity believe that existing registrant has no right to said domain.
Entities and registrants acknowledge and agree that the Registry cannot act as arbiter of disputes arising out of the registration of and use of domain names.
Registration of a pending application for a domain name will be suspended by the Registry in case of a conflict with another pending application or an already registered active or inactive domain name until the conflicting registrants present a written and duly signed settlement of the conflict or a court decision resolving the dispute in favor of one of the conflicting parties.
Liability of the Registry
As far as permitted by law, the registry will not be liable for any loss of use, interruption of business, or any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits) regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if the registry has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
The Registry assumes no liability for trademark disputes other than to provide the contact information to both parties.
When an entity submits grossly erroneous and/or misleading application forms, the registry may cancel the registration process for such an entity. In this situation the Registry reserves the rights to ask for additional information and/or documents.
Domain name policy shall be governed by and construed according to Romanian law. The courts of Bucharest shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes that may arise out of or in connection with this domain name policy.
Reasons for rejecting domain name applications are:
- incomplete entries in the application form
- the data provided in the application form is false, it is not accurate, or it is misleading
- domain names containing more than 24 characters
- domain names containing special characters except the hyphen ( )
- domain names containing hyphen as first or last character
- domain names which are identical with an already registered domain name
- domain names which are identical with a previously applied valid name
- administrative contact is not a member of the entity stated as the organization which is the domain owner (not applicable to natural persons)
- domain names of bad taste
- names incorporating foul languages
- names that are injurious to public order or to public sensibilities
- misleading or deceptive domain names
- domain names with offending character
- domain names with obscene or pornographic words
- names of famous individuals
- outstanding payments
The Registry may cancel a registration or suspend delegation of a name:
- if the name is administered in a way likely to endanger operation of the DNS.
- if the basis on which the name was registered has changed, e.g. the organization making the application no longer exists, or the contact data was modified to inaccurate or false data.
- it is drawn to the Registry attention that the name is being used in a manner likely to cause confusion to Internet users.
- where the Registry has been informed that legal action has been commenced regarding use of the name.
- where attempts exists to register names in order to resell them.
- in cases of conflicts of a domain name between parties, until the dispute is resolved.
- the use of the domain name is misleading other Internet users.
- where the Registry is of the opinion that one of the above events is likely to occur.
