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Name: .FR — TLD Knowledge Base
Creator: AFNIC

France

AFNIC · ccTLD · Updated 2026-09-10

ConditionalIDNDNSSEC

Specifications

Zone: .fr
Registration: Real-time
Registration period: 1-10 years
Character length: 1-63
IDN: Yes
DNSSEC: Yes
IPv6: Yes
Nameservers: 2-8 nameservers
Renewal on transfer: Yes
Transfer time: Real-time
Auth code format: Standard EPP
Redemption period: 30 d
Handle updates: Yes
WHOIS update: Real-time
WHOIS server: whois.nic.fr
Connection: Direct
Data set: ccTLD
IDN character sets: ISO_8859_1
Auth code: Yes

Eligibility & Restrictions

Registrant must be from EU/EEA (European Economic Area): EU member states + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland. No residency beyond EU/EEA required. No local address requirement within France.

Registration

1-10 years. 4-day money-back grace period after registration.

Transfer Procedure

Auth code required. Transfer completes with auth code only. No additional approval email. Registrant name, email, or company change triggers COR process: both previous and new registrant must authorise.

COR process can trigger 60-day transfer lock after registrant field change. Sequence: transfer first, then change registrant to avoid lock before transfer.

Registrant Change

COR required if registrant Name, Email, or Company field modified. Both prior and new registrant must explicitly authorise. Failure to authorise: change cancelled and WHOIS reverts.

Renewal & Deletion

Standard renewal. 4-day money-back grace period.

Restore / Redemption Grace Period

Standard RGP applies.

WHOIS / Privacy

Individuals: contact info automatically hidden in WHOIS (GDPR masking by contact type). Organisations: full data public. GDPR masking NOT supported at registry level for organisations. Registrant country must be EU/EEA; admin contact country unrestricted.

NIS2 Compliance

AFNIC operates under French NIS2 transposition. Standard obligations apply.

Known Error Codes & Notes

Non-EU/EEA registrant: Registration rejected if registrant country is not EU/EEA.
COR lock: Changing registrant name/org/email triggers 60-day transfer lock. Transfer first, then change registrant.
No SIRET required: SIRET/birth date no longer mandatory since AFNIC policy change.

Data controllers

Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.) (org) 7, avenue du 8 mai 1945, Guyancourt 78280, France
Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.) — TLD Admin Contact (admin) 7, avenue du 8 mai 1945, Guyancourt 78280, France

Error codes

EF0072003
EF00803
EF01017
EF00512
EF03008
EF01008
EF01009
EF03005
EF01002
EF03007
EF03006
EF03017
EF01075
EF03011
EF01055
EF01022
EF03010
EF01095
EF03031
EF01074
EF0103118

Required fields

techc/email
ownerc/email
adminc/email

Restrictions

Office/residence of the registrant in the EU required.
Nameserver must be set up in advance and provide an authoritative response.

Root nameservers

D.NIC.FR
E.EXT.NIC.FR
F.EXT.NIC.FR
G.EXT.NIC.FR

Tasks (API)

renew · available · chargeable · automatic
delete · available · automatic
restoreNE · available · automatic
update · available · automatic
create · available · chargeable · automatic
restore · available · chargeable · manual
transfer · available · chargeable · automatic · AuthInfo required
restoreARGP · available · automatic
updateStatus · available · automatic
preack · available · automatic

API

Domain Create

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain

{
  "name": "example.fr",
  "ownerc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "adminc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "techc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "nameServers": [
    {
      "name": "ns1.example.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "ns2.example.com"
    }
  ],
  "confirmOrder": false
}

⚠ EU/EEA registrant required. 4-day money-back grace period.

Domain Transfer

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/_transfer

{
  "name": "example.fr",
  "auth": "(AUTH_CODE)"
}

⚠ COR triggered by name/email/company change. Transfer first, then change registrant to avoid 60-day lock.

Create AuthInfo1

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/example.fr/_authinfo1

Standard EPP auth code.

Domain Restore

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/example.fr/_restore

⚠ Standard RGP.