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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14jun11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14jun11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=title><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New Measures Proposed to Enhance Post-Expiration and Renewal Related Policies and Practices<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=subtitle><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Presents Final Report<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=docdate><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>14 June 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Working Group has submitted its </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Final Report</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang=EN-US>[PDF, 998 KB] to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council today, 14 June 2011. The PEDNR WG was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent registrants should be able to renew their domain names after they expire. Following </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/9405459/PEDNR+Public+comment+review+tool+-+Final+-+8+June+2011.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1307530348000"><span lang=EN-US>review of the comments</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> received on its proposed Final Report, the Working Group now presents its Final Report, which contains 18 recommendations including the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Provide a minimum of 8 days after expiration for renewal by registrant (Recommendation #2)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An expired website must explicitly say that registration has expired and instructions on how to recover the registration (Recommendation #3)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The registration agreement must include information on the fees charged for the post-expiration renewal of a domain name (Recommendation #5)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Clear indication of methods used to deliver pre- and post-expiration notifications must be provided (Recommendation #6)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At least two notices prior to expiration need to be sent at set times and one after expiration (Recommendation #7 & #8)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Notifications must not solely be done by methods which require explicit action by the Registrant (Recommendation #9)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All gTLDs and registrars must offer Redemption Grace Period (RGP), with the exception of sponsored gTLDs (Recommendation #13 & 14)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The transfer of a domain name during the RGP should not be allowed (Rec#15)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN should develop educational materials on how to properly steward a domain name and prevent unintended loss (Recommendation #16)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best practice recommendations: Post-expiration notifications should be sent to some other contact point than to the email address associated with the expired registration (Recommendation #10), provide notice of where notification emails will be sent from (Recommendation #11), encourage registrants to provide a secondary email point of contact (Recommendation #12)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Further details and background on each of these and the other recommendations can be found in the </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PEDNR Final Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 998 KB]. The GNSO Council will now consider these recommendations for adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Background</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At the ICANN Meeting in Cairo in November 2008, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), voted to request an Issues Report on the subject of registrants being able to recover domain names after their formal expiration date. The ALAC request was submitted to ICANN policy staff and the GNSO Council on 20 November 2008. The </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/post-expiration-recovery/report-05dec08.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 422 KB] was submitted to the GNSO Council on 5 December 2008. The GNSO Council </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200905"><span lang=EN-US>initiated a PDP</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> on 7 May 2009 and tasked a Working Group to answer the following charter questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whether additional measures need to be implemented to indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site with a link to information on how to renew, or other options to be determined);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the RGP.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) PDP Working Group started its deliberations in July 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Further Information:</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PEDNR Final Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 998 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/9405459/PEDNR+Public+comment+review+tool+-+Final+-+8+June+2011.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1307530348000">PEDNR Public Comment Review Tool</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-proposed-final-report-21feb11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PEDNR PDP Proposed Final Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 972 KB] <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-initial-report-31may10-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PEDNR PDP Initial Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 1.02 MB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://st.icann.org/post-expiration-dn-recovery-wg/">PEDNR WG workspace</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Staff responsible</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Marika Konings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span 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