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Authorised by the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) in 1991, the Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNet (further in the text CARNet) as administrator of the top-level “hr” domain, and in accordance with the provisions of the Decree issued by the Government of the Republic of Croatia on the founding of the Croatian Academic and Research Network, CARNet (“Official Gazette” No. 16/95) and the Statute of the Croatian Academic and Research Network CARNet, the CARNet Board of Governors issued on 20 December 2000, 20 March 2001, 30 October 2001 and 19 December 2001 the following R E G U L A T I O N S REGARDING ORGANISATION OF THE TOP-LEVEL"hr" INTERNET DOMAIN AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGING THE TOP-LEVEL "hr" DOMAIN CONTENTS I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS - THE INTERNET DOMAINS AND THE TOP-LEVEL "HR" DOMAIN........................................................................................................2 II TYPES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN..................................................................3 III NAMES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN................................................................5 IV QUALIFIED REGISTRATION APPLICANTS– DOMAIN USERS..................................6 V BODIES AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO HR DOMAIN MANAGEMENT..............9 VI DOMAIN REGISTRATION...............................................................................................11 VII RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DOMAIN USERS AND THIRD INTERESTED PARTIES REGARDING DOMAIN USE...........................................................................15 VIII HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS AND SETTLING DISPUTES......................................20 IX COSTS AND FEES RELATED TO HR DOMAIN MANAGEMENT..............................21 X TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS.................................................................22 Appendix 1.: BASIC TERMINOLOGY.......................................................................................26 Appendix 2.: TYPES AND FEATURES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN....................29 Article 1 These Regulations deal with the issues of organising the top-level “hr” Internet domain (further in the text HR domain), interrelations between CARNet, as administrator of the HR domain, subdomain user in the HR domain and possible third interested parties, rights and responsibilities of CARNet and the subdomain users in the HR domain, as well as the principles of managing HR domain.
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I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS – THE INTERNET DOMAINS AND THE TOP-LEVEL “HR” DOMAIN Article 2 Individual parts of the global information space, individual computers or individual persons are identified in the Internet by their names (e.g. URL – Uniform Resource Locator) or electronic address (e.g. e-mail address), and the most important part of every such name or address is always the Internet domain. All countries, networks and individuals linked to the Internet, including CARNet by means of these Regulations, start from the principles and authorities related to the organisation of the Internet domain system (DNS - Domain Name System), which are based primarily on the following international (Internet) documents: RFC 1591: Domain Name System Structure and Delegation (URL: ftp://ftp.carnet.hr/pub/Internet/rfc/rfc1591.txt ); Bylaws for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (URL: http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm ); IANA / ICANN TLD Delegation Practices Document - ICP-1 (URL: http://www.iana.org/cctld/icp1.htm or http://www.icann.org/icp/icp-1.htm ). Article 3 The Internet domains are organised hierarchically. Within a certain domain, subdomains are registered and activated, i.e. lower level domains. The domains of the top (first) level are called top-level domains (TLD). Top-level domains can be divided into three basic groups. The majority of top-level domains are the so-called national domains (ccTLD - country code domains, e.g. "us", "si", "de", "hr"), assigned to be managed by concrete institutions within a given country, with the aim of making these institutions responsible for the organisation and management of the national domain Internet space. On the day these Regulations are issued, there is only a minor number of the so-called generic top-level domains (gTLD - generic domains), i.e. domains of international (geographically global) type, e.g. “com” or “org” or top-level domains, historically related to big national systems in the United States of America, e.g. “edu” or “gov”. Article 4 HR domain is the national domain of the Republic of Croatia and it is the basic element of the national wealth and sovereignty of the Republic of Croatia: it is the basis of her identity in the virtual world and the starting point of structuring, organising and presentating information in the information space of the Republic of Croatia (RH) on the Internet. Article 5 The basic right and need of every legal and natural person is the presence and subsistence in the virtual world (cyberworld). This rights, needs and responsibilities cannot be accomplished without the Internet domain. The right to use one’s own domain is one of the fundamental rights of legal and natural persons.
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Article 6 Managing HR domain, as an element of national wealth, as well as its use, represent high level of responsibility and respect of interests of all the interested parties. Here, the interest of a community, if clearly defined and accepted, has the advantage over the individual interests of legal or natural persons. In this sense, these Regulations determine the special rights of the government or local authorities in the Republic of Croatia, related first of all to the registration of the so-called generic domains, e.g. domains with names denoting fields of human activities or geographic facilities in Croatia. II TYPES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN This section defines the six types of subdomains of the HR domain (further in the text domain), registered according to the provisions of these Regulations. HR-P domains - domains for virtual identity of legal persons; HR-F domains - domains for virtual identity of natural persons; HR-D domains - domains for virtual identity of private businesses of natural persons; HR-T domains - domains for market demands and other additional demands of legal and natural persons; HR-V domains - domains important for RH and the RH information space; HR-I domains - domains for improvement of RH information space. Article 7 The aim of HR-P domain is to create the virtual identity of a legal person (defined in more detail in Article 21 of these Regulations), registered in the Republic of Croatia. Virtual identity of a legal person, which is realised through HR-P domain, has to be unambiguously related to the actual (physical) identity and registered activity of the given legal person. HR-P domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. domain at the level immediately below the HR domain level. Legal person has the right to register one HR-P domain. Article 8 The aim of HR-F domain is to create the virtual identity of a natural person (defined in more detail in Article 22 of these Regulations). Virtual identity of a natural person, accomplished through HR-F domain, must be unambiguously related to the actual (physical) identity of the natural person, and the domain is used to fulfil personal needs of the natural person. HR-F domain is opened as a subdomain within the iz.hr domain. The domain of the same name is automatically opened also within the secondary domains from.hr and name.hr. The natural person, citizen of RH, has the right to register one HR-F domain. Article 9 The aim of HR-D domain is to create the virtual identity of a private activity (defined in more detail in Article 23 of these Regulations), registered in RH, performed by a natural person.
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Virtual identity of the private activity, realised through HR-D domain, must be unambiguously related to the actual (natural) identity and the registered private activity. HR-D domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. the domain at the level immediately below the HR domain level. Natural person performing the private activity from Item 1 of this Article, has the right to register one HR-D domain. Article 10 The aim of HR-T domain is to create and enable virtual space for market demands, i.e. meeting the market and other additional demands of legal and natural persons. HR-T domain is opened as a subdomain within the com.hr domain. Every legal or natural person, having physical address (residence) in RH (according to Article 24 of these Regulations) can register a limitless number of HR-T domains. Article 11 HR-V domains are domains of special significance for RH and the RH information space, i.e. domains which have or may have special place in the organisation of the RH information space. The aim of HR-V domain is to provide high-quality organisation and presentation of information in the respective field of domain registration. In principle, these are the domains whose names equal or contain a name or an abbreviated name: of geographical facilities on the RH territory, such as the names of counties, regions, areas and cities (e.g. Croatia, Slavonia, Hvar, Varaždin etc.); of certain fields of human activities, which have their respective authorised managerial, professional or expert bodies at the government level (e.g. culture, sport, economy, soccer, theatres, museums, etc.); of natural, historical, cultural, scientific or other intellectual heritage, resources, advances, products or services, which characterise Croatia internationally, and which have their respective authorised bodies or organisations at the government level (e.g. glagoljica, mestrovic, tesla, plitvice, kravata); of long-term projects and programs of government and national significance, initiated and led by government bodies (e.g. CROSNET, NISKA, PROTIV-DROGE, etc.); of national and international events and happenings of special significance for RH (e.g. sport competitions such as world or regional sports games or championships, world exhibitions, symposia, congresses, etc.). HR-V domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. domain at the level immediately below the HR domain level. Registration rules for HR-V domain, as well as the rights and responsibilities related to the registration and use of the HR-V domain are defined in Articles 42 – 44 and 56 of these Regulations. The list of HR-V domains is published at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-V-domene/ according to the provisions of Article 44 of these Regulations.
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Article 12 The aim of HR-I domain is to improve the RH information space by allowing legal and natural persons to create virtual identity for high-quality information services in the respective field stated in the domain registration application. The respective fields should be related to natural, economic, historical, cultural, scientific or other intellectual or material wealth, resources, or advances, and related to, of interest or significant for the Republic of Croatia (RH). HR-I domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. domain at the level immediately below the HR domain level. Registration rules for HR-I domain, as well as the rights and responsibilities related to the registration and use of the HR-I domain are defined in Articles 45-47, and 57-60 of these Regulations. HR-I domains are subject to obligatory re-registration according to the provisions of these Regulations every 2 years. Individual legal person (according to Article 21 of these Regulations) or natural person (according to Article 22 of these Regulations) – a citizen of the Republic of Croatia, can register two HR-I domains. The list of HR-I domains is published at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-I-domene/ according to the provisions of Article 47 of these Regulations. III NAMES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN This section defines the common and specific rules related to the names of the six types of domains, registered according to these Regulations. Article 13 The full name of the domain (e.g. "ivan-horvat-zg.from.hr" or “pliva.hr”), registered according to these Regulations, consists of a specific part of the name (further in the text domain name), selected by the domain registration applicant (e.g. "ivan-horvat-zg" or “pliva”) and the standard (fixed) part of the name (e.g. ".from.hr" or “.hr”). The domain name, regardless of its type, represents a string of characters that have to fulfil the following technical conditions: it consists only of characters contained in the set of: 26 letters of the English alphabet (not distinguishing between small and capital letters), digits "0"-"9" and character "-"; it consists of minimum 3, and maximum 65 characters; the first and the last character in the string cannot be "-"; it cannot contain only digits. As an exception, the HR-T domain name must fulfil the following (simplified) conditions: it consists only of characters contained in the set of: 26 letters of the English alphabet (not distinguishing between small and capital letters), digits "0"-"9" and character "-"; it consists of minimum 2, and maximum 65 characters; the first and the last character in the string cannot be "-". Page 5 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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Article 14 The domain name must be in accordance with the existing positive legal regulations, as well as with the general ethics rulings and moral principles, i.e. it must not be offensive to the third parties. The domain name must not provide the domain user with the possibility of falsely acquiring the identity of a third party. The domain name should not equal the trademark, especially the protected verbal sign, unless the applicant – the domain user is the trademark owner. In case of objection by the third party, or a dispute between the third party and the domain user, caused by the domain misuses, described in Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, CARNet, as HR domain administrator, is not responsible towards the disputant parties, but rather instructs them to settle the dispute according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations. Article 15 The HR-P domain name can be any string of characters that satisfies the conditions contained in these Regulations. Considering the aim of HR-P domain and the fact that legal person can obtain only one such domain, the recommendation is to select the name that equals the company, i.e. the name, part of the company, i.e. the name or abbreviated company, i.e. abbreviated name of the legal person registering the domain. If the domain name does not equal the company, i.e. the name or abbreviated name given in the document on the registration of the legal person in the respective register, when requesting the domain registration, the applicant has to explain the reasons because of which the specific domain name is requested. The statement of reasons is an element of the public part of the documentation related to the domain registration. Article 16 The HR-F domain name can consists of three elements: (a) the surname of the natural person requesting registration (provided the letters "c", "c", "d", "š" and "ž" contained in the surname are replaced by letters "c", "c", "dj" or "d", "s" and "z" respectively, in the domain name); (b) the names of the natural person requesting registration (provided the letters "c", "c", "d", "š" and "ž" in the surname are replaced by the letters "c", "c", "dj" or "d", "s" and "z" respectively, in the domain name); (c) any string of characters allowed for use in the domain name. The name has to consist of the elements from paragraph 1 item a) and b) of this article. In case the natural person has more than one name or surname, they can request the domain name not consisting of all names and surnames, in which case the name will consist of at least one natural person’s name and one surname. The elements contained in the HR-F domain name can appear in random order, and can, but not necessarily, be separated by the character “-“.
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Article 17 The HR-D domain name is equal to the independent activity registrated name. Pursuant to the explained request, a name different from the independent activity registrated name can be approved. Article 18 The HR-T domain name can be any string of characters that fulfils the conditions contained in these Regulations. Article 19 The HR-V domain name can be any string of characters that fulfils the conditions contained in these Regulations. Considering the purpose of HR-V domain, the HR-V domain name, as a rule, consists of one or more words in the Croatian language or one of the world languages. Article20 The HR-I domain name can be any string of characters that fulfil the conditions contained in these Regulations. Considering the purpose of HR-I domain, the HR-I domain name, as a rule, consists of one or more words in the Croatian language or one of the world languages. IV QUALIFIED REGISTRATION APPLICANTS – DOMAIN USERS This section defines the criteria which need to be fulfilled by the users of certain types of domains. Article 21 The HR-P domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be submitted by) legal person registered in the Republic of Croatia for performing legally allowed activity, as well as other legal entities that according to the law or international contracts have the status of a legal person in RH. Legal person from Item 1 of this Article must be registered for activities performed on the RH territory, and proves the right to a HR-P domain by entry into one of the unique (at government level) original registers of the authorised government bodies (further in the text: JD-registers), as well as international contracts signed between RH and the legal person, on the basis of which the status of legal person in RH has been achieved, and the right acquired to perform certain activities on the territory of RH. The list of JD-registers in RH, the entry into which will be considered as necessary and sufficient prerequisite for the right to use the HR-P domain, and the procedure of proving to the HR-DNS registration service the entry into the JD-register, is published at the address http://www.dns.hr/JD-registri/.
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Article 22 The HR-F domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be submitted by) any citizen of the Republic of Croatia, unambiguously identified by his/her citizen identification number (jedinstveni maticni broj - JMBG), as well as a foreign person with approved prolonged stay or approved permanent residence in the Republic of Croatia, provided they are assigned the alien identification number (maticni broj stranca – MBS). Article 23 The HR-D domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be submitted by) a natural person, performing private activity, provided that this activity of the natural person is registered in one of the original registers by the authorised bodies of local management or self-government, that is, that a permit has been issued for performing these activities by the authorised professional body (e.g. chamber) at the government level, which issues work permits according to the valid legal regulations in RH. The list of registers and professional bodies from Item 1 of this Article (further in the text LS-registers) in the Republic of Croatia, the entry into which will be considered as necessary and sufficient prerequisite for the right to use the HR-D domain, and the procedure of proving to the HR-DNS registration service the entry into the LS-register, is published at the address http://www.dns.hr/LS-registri/. Article 24 The HR-T domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be submitted by) any legal or natural person, who has a physical address (i.e. address of residence where official postal / mail items can be received) in the Republic of Croatia. Article 25 The HR-V domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be submitted by): government body or local authorities responsible at the government level for the respective field for which the domain has been registered; society, professional association, if this concerns the society or association for a concrete given field at the government level, which is proven by the entry of the legal person in the respective JD-register (according to Article 21 of these Regulations) as the Croatian society or association, i.e. a society or association in Croatia. A society or association from Item 1 Point 2 of this Article can register a HR-V domain only if recommended by the authorised government body. By special decision, the Croatian Government can additionally regulate the rules of domain registration by government bodies or local authorities or self-government. Article 26 The HR-I domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be submitted by) a legal person (according to Article 21 of these Regulations) registered in RH or a natural person (according to Article 22 of these Regulations) – a citizen of the Republic of Croatia. Page 8 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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V BODIES AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO HR DOMAIN MANAGEMENT Article 27 The CARNet Board of Governors appoints, at the proposal made by the CARNet Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a Commission for “hr” domain (further in the text Commission). The Commission is nominated for a period of 2 years. The Commission consists of at least five members. The Commission members appoint among themselves the Commission President for a period of one year. The list of Commission members is published on the Internet address for official information related to HR domain management. Article 28 The basic tasks of the Commission include: monitoring the activities of HR-DNS service and supervising the enforcement of these Regulations; giving prior consent to the decisions made by the HR-DNS service on the registration applications for domains of special significance for the Croatian information space (HR-V domain); handling objections to the decisions made by the HR-DNS service refusing domain registration; handling complaints about the work of the HR-DNS service; starting arbitration procedures requested by legal and natural persons; giving prior consent to the decisions made by HR-DNS service about adding to and deleting from the lists of JD and LS registers, according to Articles 21 and 23; producing documents according to Article 34 of these Regulations; granting consent to documents listed in Article 34 of these Regulations, issued by the HR-DNS service; submitting to the CARNet Board of Governors the proposals regarding modifications of these Regulations. Article 29 The Commission issues Rules of Procedures about its activities. The Commission works primarily using the tools for communication and co-operation via computer network. The Commission President calls the Commission meetings, as circumstances require. Article 30 The CARNet Chief Executive Officer appoints a Co-ordinator for a HR domain. The Co-ordinator for the HR domain co-ordinates mutual work of all bodies for managing HR domain. On behalf of CARNet he/she also ensures the functioning and he plans, co-ordinates and controls the work of the whole system for managing the HR domain. In case the Co-ordinator for the HR domain is not the Commission member, he participates in the Commission work without a voting right.
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Article 31 For operative conducting of business connected with a managing of the HR domain, the HR-DNS service is established by CARNet. The basic tasks of the HR-DNS service include: technical activities (e.g. maintenance of domain servers) related to the functioning of HR domain and special subdomains from Article 8 and 10 of these Regulations; processing of the domain registration according to these Regulations; keeping the domains Register in the HR domain; updating the list of JD and LS registers, according to Articles 21 and 23, as well as the list of HR-V and HR-I domains, according to Articles 44 and 47 of these Regulations; reporting on the work of the HR-DNS service and the status of the HR domain to the Commission and the CARNet CEO at least once a year; reporting on the work of the HR-DNS service to the Co-ordinator for the HR domain at least once a month; producing documents according to Article 34 of these Regulations; maintaining public information service (WWW server) of the HR-DNS service with all the valid and updated regulations and data related to the use and status of the HR domain, according to Article 85 of these Regulations; proposing to the Commission modifications of these Regulations. The CARNet Chief Executive Officer appoints the HR-DNS service manager. The HR-DNS service manager manages the activities of the HR-DNS service. The CARNet Chief Executive Officer can make the decision to subcontract the HR-DNS service activities or certain parts of its work to external partners. In case the whole HR-DNS service activities are subcontracted to external partners, in contract have to be stipulated that CARNet will be entitled to give its consent on appointments of the HR-DNS service manager. Article 32 All the users of the domains registered according to these Regulations form a Board of HR domain users (further in the text Board of Users). The members of the Board of Users are kept informed about all the important news related to the organisation and management of the HR domain using the mailing list vijece-korisnika@dns.hr. This list is also used for communication among the members of the Board of Users themselves. The Board of Users can elect its own presidency. The Presidency of the Board of Users has a minimum of 5, and a maximum of 11 members. The Board of Users Presidency acts as an advisory body to the Commission and the CARNet Board of Governors. Article 33 HR-DNS service keeps a public Register of domains in the HR domain (further in the text Register). The Register contains current data on the domains within the HR domain, registered by the HR-DNS service according to the provisions of these Regulations. The Register entry for every registered domain must include: full domain name; type of domain; title or name of the domain user;
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e-mail address of the domain user; domain registration date; statement of reasons, that the applicant – the domain user should have produced during the registration procedure if agreed thus by these Regulations. Keeping of the Register is determined in more detail by the document Procedures regarding Registration and Deleting of Subdomains within the HR Domain. The Register contents are open to public. The HR-DNS service provides continuous availability of the Register contents on the Internet at the address: http://www.dns.hr/hr-registar/. Article 34 Based on these Regulation, and with the aim of explaining the HR domain organisation to all the interested parties, and with the aim of explaining and developing of procedures related to HR domain management, the following documents are to be issued as well: Basic Principles of Organisation and Management of the Top-level "hr" Domain, issued by the Commission; Guide through the Top-level "hr" Domain, issued by the HR-DNS service, with prior consent by the Commission; Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain, issued by the HR-DNS service, with prior consent by the Commission; Procedure of Activating and Deactivating of Registered Subdomains within HR Domain, issued by the HR-DNS service, with prior consent by the Commission; Rules on arbitration for solving disputes regarding subdomains within .hr domain, issued by the CARNet’s Board of Governors. Decision on Charging the HR-DNS Services, issued by the CARNet CEO, with prior consent by the Commission. All the documents have to be in compliance with the provisions of these Regulations. VI DOMAIN REGISTRATION This section describes the principles and main procedures related to domains registration. Article 35 The right to use a certain domain is acquired by the procedure of domain registration (further in the text registration), and becomes effective on the day of official Decision from Article 37 of these Regulations. Domain Registration Procedure Article 36 The registration procedure starts by submitting an application for domain registration (further in the text application). The application is submitted on a form, with the necessary obligatory and additional data and attachments, and in a way determined separately for every type of domain by the HR-DNS service in the document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within the HR Domain.
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Application cannot be submitted for an already registered domain, for a domain being registered, nor for a domain which is contained in the list of HR-V domains. Article 37 The HR-DNS service analyses and makes decisions about the applications in the order in which these had been received by the service. From the moment an application has been received to the end of the registration procedure, the domain, requested in the application, is reserved for the applicant. The decision about the application is issued by the HR-DNS service. The HR-DNS service discusses and makes decisions only when the applications are complete (according to Item 1, Article 36 of these Regulations). For every received complete application, the HR-DNS service will, within the shortest possible period of time, and 10 working days at the latest, counting from the day the complete application has been received, issue the Decision on the Registration of the Domain within the Top-level “hr” Domain (further in the text Decision) or Decision on Refusing Domain Registration (further in the text Decision of Refusal). The Decision must contain: type of domain; name of domain; data about the domain user; data about the domain duration, in case the application mentions a limited duration. The Decision of Refusal must contain: type of domain; name of the requested domain; data about the applicant; statement of reasons of the decision; legal recourse. Article 38 The Decision is the only document that confirms the domain user the status of a domain user, and his/her right to use the domain, registered in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. Based on the Decision, the HR-DNS service immediately enters the registered domain into the Register. On the day the Decision is issued, the registration procedure is completed, and the rights and responsibilities of the domain user come into force according to the provisions of these Regulations. Article 39 Domains are registered for an indefinite period of time. HR-I domains are subjected to an obligatory periodical re-registration according to the Article 59 of these Regulations.
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Appeals to the Decision on Refusing Domain Registration Article 40 The applicant may appeal to the Commission against the Decision of Refusal made by the HR-DNS service. The appeal is submitted in the written form and sent to the CARNet CEO specifying “Attn.”hr” Domain Commission”, either through the CARNet registration office, or by registered post. The appeal has to be submitted within 8 days from the day the Decision has been delivered to the applicant. The Commission must issue a written decision with statement of reasons within 30 days from the day the appeal has been filed. The decision of the Commission is sent to the HR-DNS service and the appellant, by registered post. The decisions issued by the Commission are final and executory. After the expiration of the appeal from Item 3 of this Article, i.e. on the day of issuing the Decision from Item 4 of this Article, the domain registration procedure is completed. Article 41 The applicant is responsible for the correctness of the data stated in the application and the authenticity of the additional documentation delivered attached to the request. If, at any later moment the data in the application are found to be incorrect or that documentation, enclosed to the application is not authentic, the HR-DNS service can revoke the Decision, and, if the domain had been activated, deactivate it as a matter of urgency. Special Provisions regarding HR-V Domain Registration Procedure Article 42 When requesting a HR-V domain, the applicant has to specially explain (prove) his/her qualifications for submitting such an application, i.e. present reasons and objectives of the domain registration, provide a management plan (organisational, informational, and scheduling) of the requested domain space and prove his/her competence for the respective field for which the domain is registered. The application for HR-V domain registration cannot be submitted, if the secondary domain of HR domain of the same name is already registered. The applicant can proceed according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations. Article 43 CARNet, as HR domain administrator authorised by IANA, and as public institution founded by the Decree of the Croatian Government, can register HR-V domains according to the provisions of these Regulations. CARNet applies for HR-V domain registration according to the regular procedure defined by the provisions of these Regulations: (a) for general service provided by CARNet, as public, academic and non-commercial institution to all the interested subjects in the Republic of Croatia (e.g. cix.hr for Croatian Internet eXcahnge or dns.hr for administration of the top-level “hr” domain), (b) for permanent or temporary exclusion of some domains from the registration process, based on the international practice of administering the national top-level domain or Page 13 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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internationally accepted minimal technical requirements and standards of the Internet operation in a country. Article 44 For the decisions related to the HR-V domain, the HR-DNS service has to request prior consent by the Commission. Domains registered as HR-V domains must be entered into the HR-V domains register, published at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-V-domene/. Each domain entered in the HR-V domains register contains the domain name, the domain user, the application date, and the statement of reasons or a summary of the statement of reasons submitted by the domain user when applying for registration. Special Provisions regarding HR-I Domain Registration Procedure Article 45 When requesting a HR-I domain, the applicant needs to issue a special statement of reasons, i.e. proof of his/her qualifications for submitting such a request, i.e. state the reasons and objectives for registering the domain, provide a management plan (organisational, informational, and scheduling) for the requested domain space and prove his/her competence for the field of domain registration. Enclosed with the application, the applicant should also submit the following: (a) a recommendation issued by the authorised government body stating that the applicant should be granted the request for the registration of the requested domain; or (b) proof that the applicant had submitted a written request to the authorised government body asking for a recommendation and a statement that no answer has been received from the respective body within 15 days from the day that request was sent.. Article 46 On receipt of the complete application from the previous Article, the HR-DNS service will make the data contained in the application public, immediately or no later than 10 days from the day the application was received, at the address: http://www.dns.hr/HR-I-zahtjevi/. If the HR-DNS service does not receive any other application requesting the domain of the same name within 15 days from the day the data have been made public, the HR-DNS service will make the decision regarding the application in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. In case another application is submitted, as mentioned in the previous Item, the HR-DNS service will: (a) refuse the request stated in Item 1, in case this other application is a valid one for HR-P or HR-V domain; (b) advise the applicants to settle their dispute by mutual agreement or by arbitration, according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations, in other cases.
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Article 47 Domains registered as HR-I domains must be entered into the HR-I domains register, published at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-I-domene/. Each domain entered in the HR-I domains register contains the domain name, the domain user, the application date, and the statement of reasons or summary of the statement of reasons submitted by the domain user when applying for registration. Special Provisions for the Internet Services Providers Article 48 A qualified applicant, proved undoubtedly by the document of registration issued by the appropriate government register to be an Internet service provider, i.e. that on the basis of his/her activities and by means of resources owned by him/her a great number of other legal subjects realise their activities through the Internet, will be granted registration of one additional domain (HR-P domain, i.e. HR-D domain). The domain user can use the additional domain exclusively for the needs of other legal subjects – the users s/he provides with the Internet services, and with the aim of separating his/her virtual identity from the virtual identity of his/her users. VII RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DOMAIN USERS AND THIRD INTERESTED PARTIES REGARDING DOMAIN USE General Rights and Responsibilities of the Domain Users Article 49 As soon as the decision on the domain registration is issued, the domain user has the right to use it, including both the right and the responsibility to organise and manage the domain space “below” the granted domain. The domain user must use the domain only for the purpose stated in the domain registration. The domain user is to use the domain in the usual way, which means as usual within the world Internet community. Article 50 The domain user must inform the HR-DNS service about any change of data about him/herself, and the use of the domain, within the time and in such a way as determined by the HR-DNS service. Article 51 The relation between the domain user and the HR-DNS service, as HR domain administrator service, should be bona fide and constructive, which means in accordance with the relation between the domain user and administrator of the hierarchically superior domain which is usual for the Internet community. The domain user must comply with and implement the technical recommendations made by the HR-DNS service.
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The domain user, as well as the trustee, must co-operate with the CARNet DNS service, i.e. persons authorised by the HR-DNS service, regarding questions in relation to topics and activities that are based on the computers in the user’s domain space. This co-operation means also taking measures to restricting or preventing activities that are considered domain misuse and cause damage to the domain users, i.e. all the users of the HR-domain. Article 52 Official contacts between the domain users and the HR-DNS service, especially regarding administrative issues and questions of rights and responsibilities for using the domain are handled through the addresses defined by the domain user in the administrative data stated in the domain registration or in a subsequent change of these data, and the HR-DNS service will prefer electronic communication. The HR-DNS service will automatically send information in electronic form to the trustee, if nominated, and if his/her e-mail address is known. Article 53 In his/her counselling activities towards the domain user, as well as in the practical activities related to the functioning of the domain, the user’s trustee, if nominated, must comply with the provisions stated in these Regulations, implement them in a way most suitable to the domain user, and act as if s/he alone would be responsible for all the consequences resulting from these activities. Article 54 The domain user is responsible for any domain misuse. Domain misuse includes any registration and use of the domain which is not in compliance with the purpose of the domain and the provisions of these Regulations. The domain user (or domain registration applicant) is fully responsible for any violation of intellectual property (i.e. copyright and industrial property, particularly trademarks, i.e. protected verbal signs, according to the Trademark Act (Official Gazette NN 78/99) and the Trademark Regulations (Official Gazette 146/99)), as well as for any damage caused by such violation, which results from starting the domain registration procedure, registration or use of the domain. CARNet, as HR domain administrator, does not and cannot accept any responsibility for the above mentioned. In the case of dispute between the domain user (or the applicant) and a third party, caused by domain misuse described in Items 1 and 2 of this Article, CARNet, as HR domain administrator, is not responsible towards the parties in dispute, but rather instructs them to settle the dispute according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations Article 55 The domain user must not let other subjects use his/her domain (except under the conditions from Article 48 of these Regulations), renounce his/her domain in favour of other subjects, or undertake any activities related to the domain status, if the goal is to gain financial, material or other benefits from the other subject, interested in using the domain. The domain user must not register the domain and use it so as to inflict financial, material, market, intellectual or any other damage on the third parties. The domain user must not found other legal entities with exclusive aim of gaining rights to use additional domains contrary to the provisions of these Regulations.
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If the HR-DNS service determines that the domain user has handled contrary to the provisions of the Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, the service can make the decision by which that user is not permitted to register new domains over a subsequent period of 3 years, and the registration of the given domains is revoked. The decision-making procedure mentioned in the previous Item is defined in more detail by the document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within the HR Domain. Special Responsibilities of the HR-V and HR-I Domain Users Article 56 The HR-V domain user can use the domain exclusively for special purposes, for which the domain has been registered. The presentation or the users’ activities, i.e. virtual identity of the user, its officials, employees or co-workers cannot be implemented through the HR-V domain, but through the basic (HR-P) domain, which the user can register for the mentioned purposes. Article 57 The HR-I domain user can use the domain exclusively for special purposes, for which the domain has been registered. The presentation or the users’ activities, i.e. virtual identity of the user, its officials, employees or co-workers, or virtual identity or market demand for its products cannot be realised through the HR-I domain, but through the basic (HR-P or HR-F) domain or HR-T domain, which the user can register for the mentioned purposes. Article 58 The HR-I domain user must activate the domain within 30 days from the registration day and must start to publish information in the respective field stated in the domain registration. The HR-I domain user must permanently maintain the quality and update information published by means of the domain. Article 59 The HR-I domain user must request domain re-registration no later than 60 days before the two year period from the day of the previous domain registration day. The domain re-registration proceeds according to the special provisions on the HR-I domain registration procedure from Articles 45 and 46 of these Regulations. The domain re-registration, lacking the recommendation by the authorised government body from Article 45, Item 2, can be carried out maximally twice. In case of receiving a second application in the re-registration procedure, as opposed to Article 46, Item 3, the HR-DNS service will, regardless of the type of the second application, instruct the applicants to settle their dispute by agreement or by arbitration, according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations. Until agreement has been reached or decision by the arbitrator made, the HR-I domain user will be allowed to continue to use the domain. Article 60 In case of HR-I domain the type of domain can be changed into HR-P or HR-V domain, if the HR-DNS service receives an agreement between the actual user of that HR-I domain and the qualified applicant for HR-P, i.e. HR-V domain.
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Revocation of the Domain Registration Article 61 Registration of the domain may be revoked, and the domain deleted from the Register, provided one of the following conditions is met: (a) the domain user has requested in writing that the domain registration be revoked and the domain deleted from the Register; (b) the domain user has not within 60 days from the day the decision was sent to the official address of the user, met the requirements set by the HR-DNS service, listed in the decision on urgent deactivating of the domain; (c) the HR-DNS service determined on the basis of valid documentation that more than three years have passed since the legal entity, who was the domain user, has ceased to exist, or the natural person, who was the domain user, has died, during which no valid request has been submitted claiming rights on the domain or right to inherit the domain; (d) the domain user has not responded to the repeated written request by the HR-DNS service within a period longer than 60 days from the day the inquiry has been sent to the official user’s address; (e) the domain user has openly violated the Regulations, from Article 55. The domains for which the registration has been revoked are automatically deactivated using emergency procedure, if the domain had not been deactivated before the registration was revoked. Regardless of domain revocation, the Register holds permanently the entry about the owner and the time period of domain registration. The registration revocation and the domain deleting procedure is defined in more detail by the document Procedure on Registering and Deleting Subdomains within the HR Domain. Activating and Deactivating Domains Article 62 The domain user or his/her trustee have the right to request activation of the registered domain, thus making the domain accessible on the Internet. The request for activating the domain means that the domain user is ready to meet the minimum technical conditions set by the HR-DNS service and to take over the responsibilities and co-operation with the CARNet DNS service regarding issues related to the activities that are based on computers using the names of the domain user’s domain space. The domain activating procedure is defined in more detail by the document Procedure of Activating and Deactivating of Registered Subdomains within HR Domain. Article 63 A domain may be deactivated using a regular or an emergency procedure. Article 64 The domain may be deactivated using a regular procedure provided one of the following conditions is met:
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(a) the date has come, for which the domain user has requested the DNS service in the written form of a Statement to deactivate the domain; (b) the domain user is using the domain for purposes different from those defined by these Regulations for certain types of domains. The decision on deactivation using a regular procedure in case of (b) of the previous Item is to be delivered to the domain user at least 10 working days in advance. Article 65 A domain may be deactivated using emergency procedure provided one of the following conditions is met: (a) the user provided incorrect or non-credible data and documentation during registration procedure; (b) the user did not provide information about the change of obligatory data about him/herself or the domain use; (c) the domain user does not carry out his/her duties and responsibilities, defined by these Regulations; (d) the domain user cannot satisfy the minimum technical requirements related to the functioning of the domain, leading to the problem of DNS system functioning of the HR domain; (e) the domain user does not accept responsibility or does not co-operate with the CARNet DNS service, i.e. persons or services delegated by the HR-DNS service, regarding issues related to the activities based on the computers, which use the names from the domain user’s domain space; (f) the domain user is misusing the domain, using it contrary to the purpose for which it was registered; (g) the domain user is misusing the domain, by (not)using it, and thus violating the intellectual property, especially the copyright, and trademarks, i.e. protected verbal signs registered or acknowledged by the State Bureau for Intellectual Property; (h) the domain user fails to settle the accounts according to these Regulations and the Decision on Charging the HR-DNS Services. The Decision on deactivating the domain using emergency procedure is to be delivered to the domain user at least 24 hours in advance. Article 66 The domain deactivating procedure is defined in more detail by the document Procedure of Activating and Deactivating of Registered Subdomains within HR Domain. Change of Name, Acquiring Rights for a Domain, Inheritance, and Transfer of Domain Article 67 The domain user may request the change of domain name. The procedure for delegating a domain of a new name is the same as the procedure for domain registration. The procedure regarding domain name change is defined in more detail by the document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain. Page 19 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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Article 68 If the legal entity – the domain user has ceased to exist, the legal successors of the legal entity may claim the rights to the domain, as well as domain inheritance, i.e. re-registration of the existing domain in their favour and their entry in the Register as the domain user. A valid document stating the legal inheritance of the legal entity has to be enclosed with the Request. The mentioned document must unambiguously state the right to inherit the rights on the domain and to inherit the domain as a non-dividable resource. If the natural person – the domain user has died, the person’s inheritors may request to inherit the domain, i.e. re-registration of the existing domain in their favour and their entry into the Register as the domain owner. A valid and executory document about the inheritance of the natural person has to be enclosed with the Request. The mentioned document must unambiguously state the right to inherit the domain as a non-dividable resource. The procedure of claiming the rights to the domain and domain inheritance are defined in more detail by the document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain. Article 69 The domain user may renounce his/her rights to use the domain in favour of another applicant, if this other applicant meets the conditions required for registration of that domain according to the provisions of these Regulations and according to the regular procedure of domain registration, which will be carried out for him/her. Renouncing the rights to use the domain in favour of another subject is done by submitting a Request to change the domain user, co-signed by the actual and the future domain user. Renouncing of rights to use the domain is final and irrevocable. The procedure regarding domain user change is defined in more detail by the document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain. VIII HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS AND SETTLING DISPUTES Complaints and Objections to the Decisions and Operation of the HR-DNS Service Article 70 Handling of complaints regarding decisions made by the HR-DNS service related to handling Applications for Domain Registration is defined by Article 40 of these Regulations. Article 71 The applicant and the domain users may submit to the Commission objections regarding work and activities of the HR-DNS service, i.e. to the decisions made by the HR-DNS service which have been made following the domain registration procedure. The objection has to be submitted in the written form and delivered to the CARNet CEO specifying “Attn. “hr” domain Commission”, either through the CARNet registry office or by registered post.
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Objections may be submitted within 30 days from the day when the activity or the procedure which are subject of the objection occurred, i.e. 30 days from the day when the decision was delivered. The Commission has to issue a written Declaration on the Objection within 30 days from the day of submitting the objection. The Declaration issued by the Commission is sent to the HR-DNS service and the objection submitter by registered post. The Commission’s standpoints stated in the Declaration are final and executory for the HR-DNS service. Settlement of Disputes Article 72 A third party, not satisfied by the (status) of registration of a certain domain may undertake the following actions (in the order of priority) in the dispute over the registered domain. (a) reach agreement with the actual domain user, e.g. according to Articles 67 or 69 of these Regulations; (b) initiation of the arbitral proceeding, according to the Rules on arbitration for solving disputes regarding subdomains within .hr domain, (c) file charges to the court of jurisdiction in the Republic of Croatia against the actual domain user, regarding the use of the domain in dispute by the user. The disputant parties are instructed to settle the disputes primarily by agreement. Upon request of a disputant party, the HR-DNS service will try to organise a meeting with the aim of reaching agreement. In case agreement has been reached, the domain user may handle according to Articles 67 or 69, or submit the text of the agreement to the HR-DNS service, clearly stating the agreed upon changes related to the domain. The agreement has to be signed and verified by both parties, and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. In resolving disputes, the priority is also given to the arbitration procedure over litigation. In case of litigation, the party interested in effecting a change, has to submit to the HR-DNS service final decision issued by the court of jurisdiction (or a notarised copy of the court decision) which has to state explicit provisions related to the given domain and changes that need to be effected. Arbitration Procedure Article 73 The arbitral proceeding is regulated by “The Rules on arbitration for solving disputes regarding subdomains within .hr domain”, issued by the CARNet’s Board of Governors. IX COSTS AND FEES RELATED TO HR DOMAIN MANAGEMENT Article 74 In determining costs and fees, the fact should be taken into consideration that the activities related to managing HR domain are partly, first of all in providing the basic rights of the legal
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and natural persons from Article 5 of these Regulations, funded from the Budget of the Republic of Croatia (concretely, from the budget of the Croatian Academic and Research Network CARNet), and should be partly self-financed according to a “not-for-profit” principle. Article 75 Costs related to the management of HR domain refer to: establishing and maintaining the technical systems (computers and software), necessary for the functioning of the HR domain; membership fees in international societies related to the Internet domains management; postage and other forms of communication, apart from communicating over the Internet; operating costs of the HR-DNS service, Commission for "hr" domain and arbitrator. Article 76 Fees are charged for: (a) registration of HR-T and HR-I domains; (b) annual maintenance of HR-T and HR-I domains; (c) repeated identical changes (e.g. of name or technical data) related to a registered domain, within a period of 6 months; (d) arbitration procedure; (e) procedures related to the administration of the HR domain, in a way different from the standard one, (e.g. issuing of decisions in a written rather than electronic form). Depending on the number of requests and the volume of work, fees can be also charged for registration and/or annual maintenance of other types of domains. Article 77 Actual list of services that are charged, the amount of fee and the charging procedures related to the HR domain management are defined in more detail in the document Decision on Charging the HR-DNS services. X TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS Article 78 In exchanging documents and data, and communicating with the users, the HR-DNS service, when possible depending on the legal and technical assumptions, gives priority to communication via computer network, and electronic forms of documents and data. Article 79 All the official information related to the management of HR domain are made public at the address: URL: http://www.dns.hr/ The domain dns.hr is also used as a directory for other forms of electronic communication with the domain users, registered according to the provisions of these Regulations, as well as for communication with the third parties regarding issues about the HR domain.
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For reasons of international compatibility and identity of the HR domain management system, as the Croatian national domain, identical official information is available at addresses www.nic.hr and www.domainregistry.hr. Article 80 The Board and the HR-DNS service have to follow the situation and tendencies in the world related to the organisation and management of the domain space, especially regarding the activities and decisions made by ICANN, and considering this knowledge as well as the situation and the needs in the Republic of Croatia, has to propose necessary modifications and permanently provide professional and efficient management of the HR domain. Article 81 These Regulations become effective on 1 February 2001. Article 82 On the day these Regulations become effective, the Regulations on the registration of secondary domains within the top-level “hr” domain of 15 July 1998 cease to be valid. All the Decisions on granting secondary domains within the top-level “hr” domain, issued before the date when these Regulations become effective, continue to be valid and have the same force as decisions issued in compliance with these Regulations. All the domains registered by the HR-DNS service before these Regulations become effective, remain registered, regardless of the possible non-compliance with the provisions of these Regulations. The users of such domains have to submit to the HR-DNS service within a year from the day these Regulations become effective, the documentation that the HR-DNS service may request in order to update the documentation with the provisions of these Regulations. The users of domains registered before the day these Regulations become effective can, if they want to, request in a written form, and no later than one year from the day these Regulations become effective, the change of name of their domain for compliance with these Regulations. The registration of domains with new names will be made within 6 months from the date of request for changing the domain name. Possible disputes related to domains registered before the day these Regulations become effective, are settled in accordance with the Article 72 of these Regulations. Article 83 The Board and the HR-DNS service manager will be appointed according to the provisions in Articles 27 and 30 of these Regulations on the day these Regulations become effective. The documents from Article 34 of these Regulations have to be produced within 30 days from the day these Regulations become effective. If due to the non-existence of documents from Article 34 of these Regulations it is not possible to carry out the procedures in compliance with these Regulations, these procedures will be postponed until the day the necessary documents are produced. Article 84 The Board will, within a period of 6 months from the day these Regulations become effective, provide and initially publish the list of HR-V domains from Article 44 of these Regulations.
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During the mentioned period, the board will inform through various activities the government and local authorities about the concepts and principles of managing HR domain, as well as with the intentions and provisions of these Regulations, and invite them to realise their rights related to HR-V domains resulting from these Regulations. Until the expiration of the period mentioned in Item 1 of this Article, the HR-DNS service and the Board may refuse registration of certain HR-P domains and HR-D domains, stating that these are the domains that can be registered in the list from Article 44 of these Regulations. Article 85 Registration of HR-T domains according to the provisions of these Regulations will start 2 months from the day these Regulations become effective. Due to protection of HR-P domain users’ rights, HR-T domains which bears the same name as HR-P domain, which were registrated on the day of the beginning of HR-T domains registration, will be reserved for HR-P domain users for a period of 3 months from the day of the beginning of HR-T domains registration. The provision of this paragraph refers to only those HR-P (HR-T) domains the name of which is equal to full or abbreviated legal person’s name being the domain user. Registration of HR-I domains according to the provisions of these Regulations will start 6 months from the day these Regulations become effective. Article 86 The Board will, within a period of 6 months from the day these Regulations become effective, provide and initially publish the list of arbitrators pursuant to the Rules on arbitration for solving disputes regarding subdomains within .hr domain. Until the list of arbitrators is published it is not possible to submit arbitration requests nor start arbitration procedure. Article 87 The HR-DNS service will within a period of 12 months from the day these Regulations become effective propose technical mechanism for management distribution of certain types of domains, thus allowing transfer of certain rights from these Regulations, especially registration procedures and changed related to the registered domains to other legal entities. The Board will within a period of 12 months from the day these Regulations become effective propose the procedure and criteria for including other legal subjects in the distributed management of certain types of domains. Legal subjects from Item 2 of this Article will be allowed to join the distributed system of managing domains as follows: (a) for HR-T domains, no later than 15 months from the day these Regulations become effective; (b) for HR-F domains, no later than 24 months from the day these Regulations become effective; (c) for HR-P domains, HR-D and HR-I domains, no later than 36 months from the day these Regulations become effective. Page 24 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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Article 88 In the case of dispute between the domain users, applicants and the third parties and CARNet, as HR domain administrator, the parties will try to settle the dispute by agreement, and if this proves impossible, then the Court in Zagreb is competent. Article 89 The Regulations regarding Organisation of the Top-Level "hr" Internet Domain and the Management of the Top-Level "hr" Domain are issued by the CARNet Board of Governors appointed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, performing the rights pertaining to the Republic of Croatia, as the founder of the Croatian Academic and Research Network, CARNet. Article 90 Any changes and modifications of the Regulations regarding Organisation of the Top-level "hr" Internet Domain and the Principles of Managing the Top-level "hr" Domain are issued by the CARNet Board of Governors in a written form. Class: 104-000/00-11/1 Reg.No.: 650-01-00-1 President of the CARNet Board of Governors Prof. Slavko Krajcar PhD Page 25 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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Appendix 1: BASIC TERMINOLOGY "hr" domain  HR domain activating the domain procedure resulting in the entry of the data on the registered domain into  domain server of the HR domain, thus making the domain "visible" (available) on the Internet arbitrator independent expert, especially in the field of information technology, law and protection of intellectual property, who conduct an arbitral proceeding regarding concrete arbitral request. arbitration specific procedure of settling disputes between the actual domain user and the third parties, carried out according to the provisions of these Regulations deleting the domain procedure of revoking the domain registration and deleting the domain from the Register, by which the former domain user loses the right to use the domain, and the name is released for submitting new requests for registration com.hr domain  HR-T domain deactivating of domain procedure resulting in deleting the data about the registered domain from the domain server of the HR domain, which makes the domain “invisible” (not available) on the Internet DNS (Domain Name System) (1) a system of Internet domains, regulated by the document RFC 1591; (2) (spoken) name for  domain server DNS service  HR-DNS service additional domain  HR-T domain domain part of the computer name, information service or e-mail address of the person on the Internet, usually denoting organisation and /or geographic affiliation; examples: de, hr, si, us, carnet.hr, whitehouse.gov, math.colostate.edu domain of special significance for the RH information space  HR-V domain domain for additional needs  HR-T domain domain for natural persons  HR-F domain domain for private activity of natural persons  HR-D domain domain for market (commercial) demands  HR-T domain domain server network server (computer and adequate software support - domain name server), configured according to the documents RFC-1034 and RFC-1035, and containing all the technical information about the domain and answering the inquiries via network, for each domain the basic (primary) and one or more auxiliary (secondary) domain servers need to be defined. government body body of legislative, executive or judicial authorities in the Republic of Croatia natural person (in these Regulations) citizens of the Republic of Croatia and foreign persons with approved prolonged stay or permanent residence in the Republic of Croatia from.hr domain  HR-F domain HR domain top-level (ccTLD) domain entitled "hr", national domain of the Republic of Croatia, delegated to CARNet for administration as Croatian national domain. Page 26 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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HR-D domain domain for virtual identity of private activities by natural persons  Annex 2. HR-F domain domain for virtual identity of natural persons  Annex 2 HR-I domain domain for improvement of information space  Annex 2 HR-P domain domain for virtual identity of legal entities  Annex 2 HR-T domain domain for market and other additional demands  Annex 2 HR-V domain domain important for the Republic of Croatia and her information space  Annex 2 HR-DNS service service within CARNet, which performs technical activities related to the functioning of HR domain and tasks related to reservation, registration, activation, deactivation of the domain within the HR domain iz.hr domain  HR-F domain JD-register unique (at government level) original register kept by the authorised government body domain user legal or natural person, on whose request the HR domain is registered and entered in the domain register maintained by the HR-DNS service, as the domain user, thus having all the rights and responsibilities defined in these Regulations LS-register original register at the authorised body of local authority or self-government, i.e. professional body (chamber) at the government level, issuing work permits, in compliance with the laws of the Republic of Croatia name.hr domain  HR-F domain inheriting the domain procedure by which a legal or natural person, legal inheritor, i.e. inheritor of a legal entity, who has ceased to exist, or natural person, who has died, re-registers the existing domain to his/her favour renouncing of domain in favour of another procedure by which a legal or natural person renounces the rights of using a domain, registered at his/her request, in favour of another legal or natural person, who meets the conditions of these Regulations legal person (in these Regulations) subjects, who are recognised on the basis of valid legal regulations in the Republic of Croatia as having the status of legal entities (e.g. subjects entered in the Court Register of Companies or subjects entered into the Register of Societies). legal subject (in these Regulations) legal person or natural person re-registration of domain only HR-I trustee a person, appointed by the applicant for the domain registration – the domain user, to handle the registration activities, management and maintenance of the domain; the trustee does not hold the rights or responsibilities of the domain user subdomain domain, registered within another domain at a lower hierarchical level,; e.g. math.colostate.edu is a subdomain of the domain colostate.edu commission  commission for the "hr" domain commission for "hr" domain commission, appointed by the CARNet Board of Governors, supervising the implementation of these Regulations and the work of DNS service, and making decisions on complaints and objections primary domain server  domain server register (of domains) public register maintained by the HR-DNS service, listing all the domains registered in compliance with these Regulations registration of domain procedure resulting in entering the domain in the Register, awarding the applicant the right to use the domain and to become its user
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reservation of domain status of the domain from applying for registration to completion of the registration procedure decision on the registration of the domain within the top-level “hr” domain official document, signed by the CARNet Chief Executive Officer and the HR-DNS service manager, and verified by a CARNet embossed stamp, awarding the domain user the right to use the concrete domain within the top-level “hr” domain secondary domain within the HR domain domain, registered at the level immediately below the HR domain, e.g.: carnet.hr, trgotrade.hr secondary domain server  domain server technical data on the domain data needed to activate and make the domain available on the Internet, usually the data on primary and secondary domain server government body (in these Regulations) the body of legislative or executive authorities in the Republic of Croatia duration (of registration) of the domain a period of time, after the expiration of which the registration of the domain automatically ceases; as a rule, the duration of domain registration is indefinite market/commercial domain  HR-T domain trademark  stamp top-level domain domain of the highest (top) hierarchical level, e.g. de, hr, si, us, gov, edu top-level "hr" domain  HR domain application for registration of the domain within HR domain filled in and certified form, as well as the necessary additional documentation, used by the applicant to start the process of domain registration stamp stamp (according to the Act on Stamps NN 78/99) protects the sign, especially: words, letters, digits, abbreviations, graphical presentations, combinations of colours and their hues, three-dimensional parts, product shapes or their packaging, provided that they are distinctive as well as combinations of all the previously mentioned characters. In domain registration verbal signs are very important, which means words, letters, digits, and similar characters. Page 28 / 29 ver.2.2/19.01.2002.
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Appendix 2: TYPES AND FEATURES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN
HR-P domain HR-F domain HR-D domain HR-T domain HR-V domain HR-I domain aim of the domain to create virtual identity of the legal person, unambiguously related to the natural identity and registered activity of the legal person to create virtual identity of the natural person, unambiguously related to the natural identity, in order to meet personal needs of the natural personto create virtual identity of the registered private activity, performed by a natural person to realise market demands of legal and natural persons, virtual identity for trademarks, specially protected verbal signs, registered or acknowledged in Croatia high-quality organisation of information space in Croatia: domains with names of geographic facilities, natural, historic and cultural resources, fields of human activities (generic domains) high-quality organisation of information space in Croatia: domains with names of natural, historic and cultural resources, specialised fields of human activities qualified users legal person registered in the unique (at government level) original register at the authorised government body citizens of the Republic of Croatia and foreigners with approved permanent residence in the Republic of Croatia natural person performing private activity registered by an original register at the authorised body of local authority or approved by the professional association (chamber) all legal and natural persons having physical address (residence where they can receive postal / mail items) in Croatia body of government or local authority or self-government society, professional association at government level (recommended by the authorised government body); legal persons registered in RH and natural persons – citizens of the Republic of Croatia max. per user oneoneoneno limitno limittwo + re-registrationevery 2 years typical users trade companies, enterprises government bodies public institutions societies, parties citizens of the Republic of Croatia foreigners with approved permanent residence craftsmen lawyers and notaries physicians, dentists freelance artists trade companies craftsmen citizens public institutions ministries counties cities and districts sport associations trade companies craftsmen citizens public institutions typical examples of
domains pliva.hr; pbz.hr vlada.hr; mvp.hr nsk.hr; srce.hr; efzg.hr hns-cff.hr; hsls.hr ivan-horvat-zg.from.hr obitelj-ivan-horvat.iz.hr ivan-horvat-njofra.iz.hr ivanhorvat63.from.hr 2001ivanhorvat.iz.hr zlatar-peric-opatija.hr sesirihorvatzg.hr istra-oglasi-agencija.hr riva-caffe-zg.hr odvjetnik-hlapic-os.hr bajadera.com.hr sumamed.com.hr hoteli.com.hr horvat.com.hr star2000.com.hr znanost.hr; kultura.hr zagreb.hr; istra.hr velebit.hr; hvar.hr glagoljica.hr; knjiga.hr kosarka.hr; eps2001.hr vrapci.hr kolaci.hr moderni-odgoj.hr bonton.hr zuto-cvijece.hr