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AM / ՀԱՅ TLD Policy


  1. General conditions

    1. Basic concepts
      ISOC AM Internet Society NGO, manager of .am and .հայ TLD
      ITC Internet Technologies Center LLC, the Registry of .am and .հայ TLD
      AMNIC Armenia Network Information Center functioning within the ITC
      Registrar A legal entity having a contract with the ITC that performs registration of domain names in .am and .հայ TLD with an established domain name registration service fee
      Registrant A person or a legal entity registering a domain name in .am and .հայ TLD
      Applicant A person or a legal entity submitting an application for acquiring a domain name in .am and .հայ TLD
      Improper Content Response Group
      		A group of experts responding to messages about .am and .հայ TLDs' policy violation
    2. ISOC AM reserves certain domain names to implement programs envisaged by the ISOC AM. .հայ domain names reserved in the list include Armenian alphabet letters and numbers 0-9. ISOC AM decided to reserve one-character .am domain names after expiration and removal.
    3. ISOC AM reserves the right to have a list of domain names forbidden for registration.
    4. .am and .հայ TLD management is performed by the AMNIC, official website www.amnic.net .

  2. Registration of Geographical names

    1. ISOC AM, based on the "Geographical indications" Law of the RA, provides domain names named after regions, provinces, cities, municipalities to the corresponding regional administrations, city municipalities and community municipalities.

  3. Rules of domain name registration

    1. Registration of domain names is done by general rules stated in the contract between a Registrar and the ITC.

  4. Restrictions

    1. Widely known acronyms and abbreviations, names having national value, famous brand names, names or nicknames of widely known persons may not be registered as a domain name without corresponding documentation.
    2. .am domain name might contain only Latin 0-9 numbers, '-' (dash) and ASCII English letters.
      .հայ domain name might contain only Latin 0-9 numbers, '-' (dash) and Unicode Armenian letters except the letter 'և' (0587).
    3. The responsibility for utilization of allowed letters in the second and higher level domain names is carried by Registrant of the second level domain name excepting the cases when the second level domain name is registered by the Registrar.
    4. In case of utilization of disallowed letters in any level the ITC reserves the right to suspend the domain name.
    5. If an online registration application is filled for a domain name twice but was not paid for, the third time online application is blocked for that domain name. In this case the registrant can pay for that domain name only by visiting the Registrar's office and signing a hardcopy contract with the Registrar.

  5. Other provisions

    1. By registration of a domain name on the Internet the ITC is accepting in good faith that the Registrant has the right to use such name within the framework of positions and timeline of the contract between the Registrant and the Registrar.
    2. Registering a domain name does not confer any legal rights to that name and any disputes between parties over the rights to use a particular name are to be settled between the contending parties using normal legal methods.
    3. The party requesting registration of a domain name certifies that to his/her knowledge, the use of the domain name does not violate trademark or other statutes and bears the responsibility for all implications that might arouse because of the registration.
    4. Within the framework of services provided by the ITC to Registrar the registration of a domain name in .am and .հայ TLD is made according to the contract signed between the Registrar and the Registrant and in any disputable situations, challenged in court, and in any other dispute, the litigants are the Registrar and the Registrant.
    5. The party requesting registration of the domain name certifies that such registered domain name will not be used for any illegal or unethical purpose under any circumstances in any country.
    6. If a Registrant is using a domain name for spreading spam and/or any illegal or inappropriate purposes (to stir up an international, ethnic, religious discord, to abet in international terrorism, to promote violence, to boost up pornography, to support trafficking) the domain name can be suspended by the .am/.հայ TLD Improper Content Response Group that investigates the case and adopts a decision.
    7. The right to use a domain name by a Registrant can be revoked if it is proved that the provided information/documents are not true, truthful, and/or complete.
    8. Applications for domain names containing immoral, curse and abusive words may be refused.
    9. The content(s) of any Web site(s) or page(s), or any other system used for distribution of information, including but not limited to the textual, audio, video, still images, computer programs, etc. should not violate the Laws of the RA or applicable international treaties or conventions.
    10. The exclusive place of jurisdiction of these rules is the territory of the RA.
    11. The service of Domain name registration is subject to the RA jurisdiction.


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