Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 54 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Internet Domain Names RIGHTS THAT CAN BE INVOKED IN PROCEDURES FOR THE REVOCATION OF SPECULATIVE AND ABUSIVE REGISTRATIONS: As of the withdrawal date, rights recognised or established by the United Kingdom, but not by EU 27 Member States or by the Union, can no longer be invoked in procedures. By contrast, rights recognised by the Member States or by the Union, arising from international instruments, are not affected. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON .EU DOMAIN NAMES Internet Domain Names RIGHTS THAT CAN BE INVOKED IN PROCEDURES FOR THE REVOCATION OF SPECULATIVE AND ABUSIVE REGISTRATIONS : A registered domain name shall be subject to revocation, using an appropriate extra-judicial or judicial procedure, where that name is identical or confusingly similar to a name in respect of which a right is recognised or established by national and/or Union law and where the registered domain name was the subject of speculative and abusive registration WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON .EU DOMAIN NAMES Internet Domain Names APPLICABLE LAW IN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ACCREDITED .EU REGISTRARS AND .EU REGISTRANTS: agreements between the Registrar and the registrant of a .eu domain name cannot designate, as applicable law, a law other than the law of a EU Member State, nor can they designate a dispute-resolution body, unless selected by the .eu Top Level Domain Registry, nor an arbitration court or a court located outside the EU. Only EU 27 jurisdictions can be used in.EU domain dispute procedures WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON .EU DOMAIN NAMES Internet Domain Names APPLICABLE LAW IN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ACCREDITED .EU REGISTRARS AND .EU REGISTRANTS: Should any such agreement designate as applicable law the law of the United Kingdom, the Registrar and registrant concerned are advised to amend the relevant agreement accordingly so that it complies with Article 5, first subparagraph, of Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 as of the withdrawal date. Any .EU domain holder in the EU 27 member states that has the UK as the applicable Jurisdiction will need to change the jurisdiction to comply to EU regulations before the withdrawal date. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON .EU DOMAIN NAMES