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European domains: Yugoslavia (being phased out) (.yu)

Notes: We don't regularly register these domain names however you can request a quotation by filling out the form at Quotation Request or your can email us at info@bb-online.co.uk or even give us a call on +44 1582 572148.

Once the domain is registered

All Yugoslavia (being phased out) domain names registered with us are stored on our international server. Domains registered with us are automatically provided with their own under-construction page - this notifies potential registrants that the name has been acquired and is now registered. The under-construction page is offered free of charge and may be used indefinitely.

It is possible for Web and/or Mail forwarding to be provided for Yugoslavia (being phased out) domains.

Domain transfer/release fees are charged are by a majority of registrars, but BB Online make no charge to transfer a domain to another Yugoslavia (being phased out) domain name registrar.

Background

.yu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Yugoslavia.

The .yu domain is administered by the YUNET Association, an organization based in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Belgrade. ICANN has resolved that .yu will operate temporarily under the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names, operators of the new .rs domain registry, during transition until its eventual abolition on or before 30 September 2009.

This allows a two-year transition period for existing .yu names to be transferred either to .me (which is to be delegated to the Government of Montenegro) or to .rs (for Serbian domains). It is one of the few ccTLDs that does not correspond to a curent ISO 3166-1 two-letter code. The code YU was replaced by CS in July 2003 following the official name change from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003. The ccTLD .cs was reserved for Serbia and Montenegro after the name change of February 2003, but was never actually used.

In September 2006, ISO proposed .rs for Serbia and .me for Montenegro. On September 26, 2006 the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency agreed on the change of ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code CS to RS.


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