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Internet country code top-level domain for Greece .el the file extension Emacs Lisp El (disambiguation)El and GR (disambiguation)GR .gr #CCF Dotgr.png 176px 19 February 1989 Country code top-level domain Active [FORTH-ICS] FORTH Entities connected with Greece Very popular in Greece second-level domains and .com.gr domain names may be registered without restrictions; some restrictions apply on some of the specific subdomains Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at the third level beneath various second-level subdomains Rules & regulations .gr Registry yes .ελ #CCF 2015http://www.fpress.gr/texnologia/story/30945/h-ellada-katoxyrose-tin-elliniki-katalixi-el-sto-internet Η Ελλάδα κατοχύρωσε την ελληνική κατάληξη .ελ στο ίντερνετ 20 April 2015 Internationalized country code top-level domain Active Entities connected with for content in the Greek alphabet Sometimes used in Greece Should be used with subdomains in the Greek alphabet .xn--qxam .gr is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Greece. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars and domain names in Greek characters may also be registered. Second level domains There are five official second level domains: DomainIntended users.com.grFor those engaging in commercial activities.org.grNon-commercial organizations.gov.grGovernment.edu.grEducational institutions.sch.gr.net.grInternet Service Providers (ISPs) and network providers.mil.grExclusively for military purposes.mod.grMinistry of Defence.co.grCommercial use (generally not as widely used as .com.gr).Inet Hellas http://www.inethellas.co.gr www.inethellas.co.gr Alternative top domain Greece applied for the internationalised country code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) .ελ (.ΕΛ in capital letters) for domain names composed of letters of the Greek alphabet. This was turned down by ICANN in April 2011 because it was too visually similar to .EA in Latin letters should ICANN ever implement such a TLD (EA is an exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code element for Ceuta & Melilla).Greek IDN blocked due to non-existent domain In 2014, ICANN decided to allow Greece to have the domain .ελ.https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/epsrp-reports-2014-10-14-en ccTLD applicants who have requested the second and final review 2015-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115551/https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/epsrp-reports-2014-10-14-en 2016-03-04 dead The right to this top-level domain was handed over to Greece in October 2015,Report on the Delegation of the .ελ ("el") domain representing Greece in Greek script to ICS-FORTH GR and it became operational on the Internet on 10 July 2018.Συχνές Ερωτήσεις για Καταχωρούμενους For the first three months, domains already held under .gr as they already were in Latin or Greek letters or transcribed into Greek characters could be obtained for .ελ only by the holder of that .gr domain.http://www.domainpulse.com/2018/07/06/gr-launches-idn-cctld-on-10-july/ .GR Launches .ελ on 10 July 2018-07-28 2018-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20180728221356/http://www.domainpulse.com/2018/07/06/gr-launches-idn-cctld-on-10-july/ dead Those restrictions ceased to exist in October 2018. References 2 External links IANA .gr whois information .gr registry website Whois for .gr domain names co.gr registration policies Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Internet in Greece Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Category:Internet properties established in 1989 sv:Toppdomän#G