The Government has released advice for UK businesses holding a .eu website if there’s a “no deal” exit from the European Union.
The European Commission has advised that if the UK leaves the Union without a deal, then UK-based companies and citizens may no longer be eligible to hold a .eu top level domain.
According to the article, which can be read here, this would come into effect on 29th March this year.
This includes those wishing to register a new .eu website and also those renewing .eu domain names before the withdrawal date.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport says that should your .eu domain expire before 29th March, then you should consider transferring your registration to another top level domain (.com, .co.uk etc).
It added:
“The Commission’s notice states that where a holder of a domain name no longer fulfils the general eligibility criteria, the Registry for .eu will be entitled to revoke such a domain name on its own initiative. This means you may not be able to access your .eu website or email.”
The guidance does add that “delivering the deal negotiated with the EU remains the government’s top priority” but that it was issuing the advice because it “must prepare for every eventuality, including a no deal scenario.”
