Commentaries: Art. 25

A domain name shall be allocated when:
1. ¹ the required designation, or the corresponding ACE string, consists of 3 to 63 authorised characters; OFCOM shall determine the authorised characters and may provide for exceptions concerning the minimum number of characters when an overriding public interest justifies this; the abbreviations consisting of two characters which designate the cantons and the names of political communes and places that consist of two characters are reserved in accordance with Article 26 paragraph 1 letter b and may be allocated to the public bodies concerned;
2. the requested designation is not the subject of a reservation under this Ordinance, unless the reservation was made by the person making the application;
3. the particular conditions of allocation for the domain concerned are met.
a. is providing false identification information or unlawfully using the identity of a third party; and b. the requested domain name will be used for an unlawful purpose or in an unlawful manner.²
The Registry shall allocate a domain name and prevent any configuration of the name servers associated with it in the zone file that enables the domain name to be activated if an authority intervening within the scope of its responsibilities notifies the Registry that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant will use the requested domain name for an unlawful purpose or in an unlawful manner.³
The Registry may allocate a domain name and prevent any configuration of the name servers associated with it in the zone file that enables the domain name to be activated if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant:
If the holder in the cases in paragraphs 1^bisand^1terfails to disclose their correct identity within 30 days, the Registry shall revoke the allocation of the domain name.⁴
The Registry shall refuse to allocate a domain name when:
1. the chosen designation is contrary to public order, morality or the law in force;
2. technical reasons so require;
3. ⁵ a Swiss authority intervening within its scope of its responsibilities notifies it that there is reason to believe that the applicant will use the requested domain name unlawfully or for an unlawful purpose;
4. ⁶ an applicant whose domain name has been revoked under Article 15c paragraph 2 or Article 16 paragraph 3 requests to be allocated the same domain name again without indicating a valid correspondence address in Switzerland.
It may refuse to allocate a domain name when the applicant is in a state of bankruptcy, liquidation or in administration proceedings.

Amended by No I of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 1 Jan. 2021 (AS 2020 6251). ↩
Inserted by No I of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 1 Jan. 2021 (AS 2020 6251). ↩
Inserted by No I of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 1 Jan. 2021 (AS 2020 6251). ↩
Inserted by No I of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 1 Jan. 2021 (AS 2020 6251). ↩
Inserted by No I of the O of 15 Sept. 2017, in force since 1 Nov. 2017 (AS 2017 5225). ↩
Inserted by No I of the O of 15 Sept. 2017, in force since 1 Nov. 2017 (AS 2017 5225). ↩

Art. 25

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