Commentaries: Art. 27

The processing of a registration application by the Registry concludes with the allocation or the refusal of allocation of the requested domain name.
The Registry allocates the right to use a domain name. The allocation takes effect on its confirmation in electronic form via the Registry system to the registrar operating on behalf of the applicant concerned.
The Registry shall notify the registrar acting on behalf of the applicant concerned of the refusal to allocate a domain name via the registration system in electronic form or if necessary by other means. It shall directly notify the applicant of the refusal to allocate a domain name that must be allocated by means of a naming mandate under Article 56 using an appropriate means of communication.¹
OFCOM shall make a decision on the refusal to allocate a domain name if, within 40 days of receiving notification of a refusal under paragraph 3, the applicant:²
1. requests such a decision; and
2. provides a valid correspondence address in Switzerland if they are registered or domiciled abroad.

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

Art. 27