APPENDIX 1 to Contract on Registration and Technical Support of Second Level domains in .RU zone valid from 10 April 2002 REGULATIONS AND TARIFFS for services on registration of second level domains in .RU zone. TERMS USED IN THE CONTRACT DOMAIN - zone of Internet hierarchical names, which is serviced by the set of domain name servers (DNS) and is centrally administrated. Domain is identified by the domain name. DOMAIN REGISTRATION - domain data receiving and registering in RIPN database. Service in registration of the domain is rendered from the moment of the entering of information about the domain to the database. Registration of the domain operates within one year, beginning from date of registration of the domain. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION - excluding of information from Ripn database. DELEGATION OF A DOMAIN - registration of domain data in .RU zone and transfer of its administering rights to domain administrator. DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR - legal entity or individual person to whom a domain is registered. The data on domain administrator is specified in "admin-o" field of the form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]#. Domain administrator establishes: - procedures for use of domain; - organization responsible for technical support of the domain; - organization responsible for payment for domain registration and re-registration (bill-o). Domain administrator is responsible for choice of domain name, possible breach of trademark rights, as well as for the conflict situations caused by using other organizations' names. ACCOUNT PERIOD - one year during which an operation of corresponding DNS is ensured. The first account period starts on the first day of the next month after delegation of a domain. In case of re-registration of a domain the following account period starts on the same date of the next year. ADMINISTERING A DOMAIN - determining domain's procedures of use, providing domain's technical support, organizing payments for ensuring domain's operation. RE-REGISTRATION OF A DOMAIN - revision of information on a domain after an account period termination. Re-registration of a domain ensures prolonging the domain's delegation for a next account period. RE-DELEGATION OF A DOMAIN - organizational and technical actions on transfer of domain administering rights to another domain administrator. TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF A DOMAIN - technical actions on ensuring domain operation (DNS capacity, timely providing information required for ensuring domain's normal operation). CLIENT ORGANIZATION - legal entity for which the contracted services are provided. The data on CLIENT ORGANIZATION is specified in the "bill-o" field (domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]#). Before CONTRACT is concluded, Client CLIENT ORGANIZATION must be registered in RIPN data base (form of organization data #[ORGANIZATION TEMPLATE]# is included into Recommendations on how to fill in the application form). APPLICANT - CLIENT ORGANIZATION, or individual person, or legal entity specified by the Client, from which application are obtained for registration or re-registration of a domain in .RU zone. APPLICATION - a letter with information to be registered in RIPN database. Forms of application are described in Recommendations on how to fill in the application form for registration and re-registration of second level domain in .RU zone. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON ADMINISTERING .RU ZONE 1.1 In accordance with the Agreement "On the procedures for administering .RU zone" from 04.12.1993 The Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN) accepts obligations on .RU zone administering. .RU zone administering right is delegated to RIPN by International network information center (InterNIC). This is officially confirmed in appropriate databases of InterNIC and RIPE. 1.2 Guided by present REGULATIONS RIPN administers .RU zone with its own facilities. 1.3 Domains are registered on the basis of Application. All applications are equal regardless of the APPLICANT's name. 1.4 Coordination Group (CG) is created to coordinate the administering of .RU zone. Coordination Group approves "Regulations and tariffs for services on second level domains registration in .RU zone" and controls the observance of the REGULATIONS. 1.5 Coordination Group consists of representatives of organizations that have signed the Agreement "On the procedures of administering .RU zone" from 04.12.1993, as well as organizations who signed it later. The list of Coordination Group members is publicized on RIPN WWW-server: http://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/ 1.6 When registering a domain name RIPN is not responsible for APPLICANT's possible breach of trademark rights, as well as for the conflict situations caused by using other organizations' names. 1.7 All contact persons specified in the form with the organization data should be accessible via e-mail . In cases when contact persons are not accessible via e-mail, RIPN is not responsible for non-delivery of bulletins. 1.8 A domain and domain administering rights are not to be purchased and sold. 1.9 Cost estimate project and .RU zone administering expenses report are regularly publicized by RIPN on WWW-server: http://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/ 2. PROCEDURES FOR DOMAIN REGISTRATION IN .RU ZONE 2.1 Application for domain registration and re-registration in .RU zone should be sent to the address ru-dns@ripn.net. 2.2 In case of compliance with the provisions of section 4 (terms of domain registration and delegation) of REGULATIONS RIPN delegates the domain. 2.3 CLIENT ORGANIZATION, specified in the "bill-o" field (domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]# ) concludes the CONTRACT on second level domains registration and technical support in .RU zone with RIPN. CLIENT ORGANIZATION makes payments in accordance with the CONTRACT and section 7 of REGULATIONS. One Contract can be the format for registration payment and technical support of several domains. 2.4 After domain delegation CLIENT is liable to pay for the first services rendered within the term set by section 7 of REGULATIONS. Domain registration payment ensures the operation of the domain for the account period. 2.5 After the termination of the account period the domain information is updated and the domain is re-registered. Domain re-registration ensures prolonging its delegation for the next account period. 3. THE PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR DOMAIN DELEGATION 3.1 Domains are registered on authority of the Application. 3.2 Application form for registration and re-registration of domains in .RU zone can be obtained from RIPN WWW-server: http://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/ The application form can be sent to APPLICANT upon his request via e-mail within one working day from receipt of request. The request must be sent to RIPN maintenance service to address: ru-ncc@ripn.net. 3.3 The filled-in application must be sent to RIPN address via e-mail: E-mail: ru-dns@ripn.net (automatic processing of applications) The e-mail letter must contain the application for registration or re-registration of just one domain. 3.4 The filled-in application receiving confirmation is sent to APPLICANT within one working day from the moment of its receiving by RIPN. 3.5 The answer to the domain registration application must be sent to APPLICANT after two working days from the moment of putting correctly filled-in application on the registration waiting list. In case of doubt about possibility to delegate a domain RIPN reserves the right to postpone the processing of the application for the domain till the CG meeting. 3.6 If one domain delegation is applied for by several APPLICANTS, the decision on it is made in accordance with the procedures of putting the applications on the registration waiting list. 4. TERMS OF DOMAIN REGISTRATION AND DELEGATION 4.1. Delegation of the domain can be made only if there are at least two DNS-servers (primary and secondary DNS) to maintain the delegated domain. Besides at least two of them are to be placed in different IP-networks (in different networks of C class in common terminology) and have a reliable connection to the Internet. "Reliable connection" means such connection where the total time of disconnection with the server does not exceed two hours a day (the day is established as equal to 24 hours). 4.2 Primary and secondary DNS maintenance are required to meet the requirements set forth in the International charts RFC - 1032, 1033, 1034, 1591. 4.3 DNS information should be in agreement with the current condition of the net. 4.4 It is recommended to follow geographical principle or use the name of the applying organization or organizations group when assigning names to second level domains. In case of individual application it is recommended to use surname, or first, or middle name of the Applicant. In case the domain is registered in a framework of a project involving two organizations or more, it is recommended the "admin-o" field contains the name of the only one organization that gave name to the domain. 4.5 Domain name shall consist of more than one character, begin and end with a Latin letter or with a figure. Letters, figures or hyphen can be intermediate characters. 4.6 In case of failure of payment the domain name is considered vacant. Its subsequent registering and delegation is conditional upon the payment in advance. 4.7 If registering and delegation is conditional upon the payment in advance, the payment for the domain must be during two monthes after the account period starts. In case of failure of payment the domain name is considered vacant. 4.8 The application for domain registration is refused by all means or postponed in the following cases: 4.9.1 The applied domain name already exists and it is registered in the name of another organization; 4.9.2 It is a result of a decision made by the qualified majority on CG meeting; 4.9 .RU zone administrator can refuse the application for domain registration in the following cases: 4.9.1 If the obscene language or expressions violating Russian Laws are used when giving name to the domain; 4.9.2 If the application for domain registration does not meet the requirements of Recommendations on how to fill in the application form: http://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/ for more than one month from the last time they have been changed. 4.10 .RU zone administrator can terminate immediately the delegation of domain - on the basis of the official letter of the domain Administrator specified in "admin-o" field (the domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]#). - on the basis of the maintainer demand in case of nameservers change and failure to fulfill articles 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 of REGULATIONS. 4.11 In case of failure to fulfill articles 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 of REGULATIONS for more than one month .RU zone administrator can terminate the domain delegation till the elimination of the drawbacks in server maintenance. In this case payment for registration or re-registration is not refunded, the beginning date of the account period is not changed. During the period of terminaton the right to the domain administering belongs to the domain administrator, whose data is specified in the field admin-o (the domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]# ). 4.12 In case the information ceases to correspond to reality (because it is out of date) CLIENT ORGANIZATION must provide RIPN with new data within no more than a month from the moment of its change. 4.13 If .RU zone administrator will know that the information ceased to correspond to reality: - registered address of the organization is incorrect (the field "address-r" in the form #[ORGANIZATION TEMPLATE]# ) - postal address of the organization is incorrect (the field "p-addr" in the form #[ORGANIZATION TEMPLATE]# ) - codes are incorrect (the field "code" in the form #[ORGANIZATION TEMPLATE]# ) - name of the organization is incorrect (the fields "org", "org-r" in the form #[ORGANIZATION TEMPLATE]# ) - first name, second name and last name are incorrect (the fields "person", "person-r" in the form #[PERSON TEMPLATE]# ) - the list of passport data is incorrect (the field "passport" in the form #[PERSON TEMPLATE]# ) - postal address of the person being registered is incorrect (the field "p-addr" in the form #[PERSON TEMPLATE]# ) - date of birth is incorrect (the field "birth-date" in the form #[PERSON TEMPLATE]# ), .RU zone administrator demands new data. .RU zone administrator inquiries are sent weekly during a month via e-mail to contact addresses specified in the application. Information for .RU zone administrator must be provided not later than a month from the moment the first inquiry was sent. 4.14 .RU zone administrator reserves the right to demand the documentary confirmation of database information. Information for .RU zone administrator must be provided not later than a month from the moment the first inquiry was sent. Inquiries are sent weekly during a month via e-mail to contact addresses specified in the application. 4.15 In case of failure to fulfill articles 4.13 and 4.14 of REGULATIONS RU zone administrator reserves the right to terminate the domain/domains delegation. Domain/domains delegation must be recovered within no more than three working days after CLIENT ORGANIZATION provides new information or confirms the old one. In case Organization Client doesn't provide new information or confirm the old one within a month from the moment of termination of domain delegation the domain name/names is/are considered vacant. 4.16. Domain name registration can be cancelled before the expiry of the registration period in the following cases: (1) upon written request of Domain Administrator; (2) upon valid court judgment, which: - declared administration of the domain by Domain Administrator to constitute infringement of rights of the claimant; and/or - banned use in a domain name of a symbol, rights to which belong to the claimant. The person whose rights the court declared infringed has a pre-emptive right to register the cancelled domain. To utilize such pre-emptive right such person should send to RIPN a written application for registration of the domain name within 30 (thirty) calendar days from the date of cancellation of registration. 5. THE PROCEDURES OF DOMAIN RE-REGISTRATION. 5.1 To renew domain name registration Account Holder should order domain name renewal and should have enough means on its Personal Account to pay for this renewal. To order domain name renewal you can use WWW-interface for registered users: https://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/en/form/ 5.2 Re-registration is provided by means of specifying the domain data in response to the inquiry from RIPN. The data specification is not required and the re-registration is considered as provided if no answer is given to the inquiry within three workdays. 5.3 Providing re-registration ensures domain delegation prolonging for a next account period. 5.4 The domain re-registration is paid in accordance with the CONTRACT between RIPN and CLIENT specified in the "bill-o" field (domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]# ). CLIENT effects payment in accordance with the CONTRACT and section 7 of REGULATIONS. 6. DOMAIN RE-DELEGATION PROCEDURES 6.1 The domain re-delegation to another legal entity or individual person (changing the "admin-o" field in the domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]# ) can be provided only on the grounds of official letter from organization specified in the "admin-o" field. 6.2 The letter should be mailed to the address: The Russian Institute for Public Networks, 1, Kurchatov Sq., 123182, Moscow, Russia 6.3 Legal entity or individual person to which domain is re-delegated should carry out actions specified in section 2 of REGULATIONS. 6.4 In case the application for the domain re-delegation is received the .RU zone administrator informs the representatives of the organization or individual person to which the right for the domain administering is delegated and representatives of organization in charge of domain payments for registration and re-registration as well as the representatives of technical support service. 7. RATES AND PAYMENT 7.1 RATES 7.1.1 The price for one primary domain registration in .RU top level domain is 20 conventional money units (not including taxes). 7.1.2. The price for one annual domain renewal in .RU top level domain is 15 conventional money units (not including taxes). 7.2 FEES 7.2.1 Cost of services for Residents It is settled in roubles and is determined by multiplying the price by the conventional money unit rouble equivalent. The rouble equivalent of the conventional money unit corresponds to the rouble equivalent of 1 (one) USD set by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for the day of the payment making by Customer's Bank and it will not be changed up to the moment of service receiving. 7.2.2 Cost of services for Non-Residents It is settled in USD and is determined by service price. The USD equivalent of the conventional money unit corresponds to 1 (one) USD. 7.3 The payment for domain registration and domain renewal shall be made by the person (company or individual) specified in the "bill-o" field (domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]#) according to this CONTRACT. 7.4 The CONTRACTOR reflects the information of the services consumed by the CLIENT (according to the current rates) and the client's payments on the client's Personal account. The CONTRACTOR provides access to the client's Personal account for the CLIENT. 7.5 Any service can be rendered to the CLIENT provided that there is enough means on the client's Personal account to pay for the service. 7.6 An invoice for rendered services is made by the CONTRACTOR at the client's request. To request an invoice the CLIENT should use www-interface of the CONTRACTOR. The original of the invoice will be sent to the CLIENT by post within 3 (three) working days after receiving the request. The CLIENT can print the copy using www-interface of the CONTRACTOR. 7.7 The payment receipt is the receipt of means to the contractor's account provided that the CONTRACTOR receives the payment documents from the bank which confirm and identify the payment. Before such receipt of the confirming payment documents from the bank, the confirmation can be made by a copy of the payment document submitted by the CLIENT. Payment documents must have the reference to the number of the CONTRACT (field "Purpose of the payment"). 7.8 If renewal payment is not transferred to the contractor's account before expiration of the registration period then the domain delegation is frozen. If the domain renewal will not be made within 30 days after the end of the registration period, the domain registration will be cancelled (domain name will become available for registration).. In case of payment receipt before domain cancellation, the domain delegation can be resumed within three working days. 7.9 The "common use" domain registration is free of charge. 7.10 The refund of client's unused means is made by transfer to the client's account in any bank-resident of the Russian Federation. The refund will be made within seven working days at availability of a written application from the part of the CLIENT with indication of complete essential details of the recipient. The balance of refunded means is excluded the sum due for services the CLIENT has used from the moment of the CONTRACT conclusion. 8. REPLACING THE PAYER FOR THE DOMAIN 8.1 Re-registration payments obligation is transferred to another payer (the "bill-o" field data in domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]# is changed) by the service of technical support for the form specified in the "mnt-by" field of the form #[DOMAIN EMPLATE]#. This transfer can be also provided on the grounds of the official letter from the organization specified in the "admin-o" field (domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]#). The letter must be sent by fax or mailed to the address specified in article 6.2. 8.2 In the event of receiving the application or the letter on payments obligation transfer the .RU zone administrator must inform every contact person specified in the old application for domain delegation as well as the new one and receive confirmation from the new organization's contact person bill-c. 9. TYPES OF DOMAINS. 9.1 COMMON USE DOMAINS (geographical and generic ones). 9.1.1 The common use domain are all geographical domains, as well as second level domains (generic ones): AC, COM, EDU, NET, ORG, INT and PP. Decision on assigning the "common use" status to other domains is made by Coordination Group. 9.1.2 The second level geographical domain is delegated in accordance with Russian Federation entities list. Any exceptions must be approved by special decision of .RU zone Coordination Group. The Russian Federation entities list is available on RIPN WWW-server: http://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/ Only a legal entity may be the common use domain administrator. 9.1.3 The common use domain administrator ensures domain administering in accordance with "Regulations on geographical domains administering" (which are the same for GENERIC domains as well). In case any limitations of subdomains registration procedures are introduced the administrator must receive the Coordination Group approval of rules. The rules for the common use domains administrator are publicized on RIPN WWW-server: http://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/ The common use domains registration in .RU zone is free of charge. The common use subdomains registration in .RU zone is free of charge. All applications for subdomains registration are considered on equal basis irrespective of the APPLICANT's name. 9.1.4 In case the common use domain administrator fail to follow the administering rules each Coordination Group member or .RU zone domain administrator can propose the delegation of his organization domain be canceled at the Coordination Group meeting. In case the domain delegation is canceled the duties on its administering are temporarily placed on RIPN or another Coordination Group member. Re-delegation of such a domain is possible not earlier than three months from the date when the duties on its administering were replaced. When necessary the .RU zone domain administrator can cancel the domain delegation and temporarily transfer the right for its administration to another organization till the next Coordination Group meeting by himself. 9.1.5 The secondary DNS can be located on the .RU zone administrator servers in case the common use domains require it (providing the Internet connection independence is followed). 9.2 PUBLIC DOMAINS. 9.2.1 Public domains are geographical domains whose names are derived from geographical names (but not listed in geographical). The domains whose names consist of common words may be classified as public. The public status can be assigned to domain according to the application. Decision on assigning the "public use" status to the restricted domains is made by Coordination Group. 9.2.2 The public domain administrator must follow the principles of the .RU zone domains administering specified in REGULATIONS. In case any limitations of domain registration procedures are introduced the administrator must receive the Coordination Group approval of regulations. The REGULATIONS for the public domains administrator are publicized on RIPN WWW-server: http://www.ripn.net/nic/dns/ Considering applications, the domains registration and delegation in public domains must be carried out on equal basis. Registering the public domains in .RU zone is paid in accordance with section 7 of REGULATIONS. The public domain administrator determines value and procedures of payment for domain registration in his zone by himself. 9.2.3 In case the public domain administrator fails to follow REGULATIONS the procedures of settlement of disputable issues is the same as the one described in article 9.1.4. 9.3 THE RESTRICTED/LIMITED USE/CORPORATE DOMAINS. 9.3.1 Corporate domains are all domains not listed in Geographical, Generic and Public. 9.3.2 The corporate domain administrator determines the administration principles of the zone delegated to him as well as value and procedures of payment for domain registration in his zone by himself. Registering the corporate domains in the .RU zone is paid accordingly to section 7 of REGULATIONS.