Schedule on priority registration period- Chinese and Portuguese domain “.mo” & Second-Level domain

  1. In accordance with the provision of “Regulation on Internet Domain Name Registration of the Macao Special Administrative Region” (hereinafter Regulation) effective from 21st January, 2014, Article 15 Transitional Provision stipulates and applicable to the 3 stated point mentioning the domain names registration thereinafter within the priority registration. (.gov.mo and .政府.mo are excluded):
    • Domain name consists of Chinese character
    • Domain name consists of Portuguese special characters
    • Second-level domain “.mo”

  2. For the other domain name registration will continuously manage under the basis of the current general regulation, for more information please refer to :
    https://www.monic.mo/monic/faces/regulation

  3. Priority registration period is divided into three stages, please refer to the chart below for details. Applicant shall follow the chart below, submit the corresponding domain name application, otherwise the application would be rejected. The application must fulfill the Regulation Article 3, paragraph 2 stipulate.
    4. Stage
    Duration
    		 Second-level and third-level domain name “.mo”− Chinese character and Portuguese special characters included. Second-level domain name “.mo” – Chinese character and Portuguese special characters excluded.

    1.    		 January 21 -March 1, 2014
    		 Public entity registered within the Macao SAR may apply for domain name with the suffix “.mo”, including either Chinese character or Portuguese special characters. And could propose domain name reserved name list. Public entity registered within the Macao SAR may apply for domain name with the suffix “.mo”, excluding Chinese characterand Portuguese special characters of a second-level domain. And could propose domain name reserved name list.

    2.    		 March 2 –April 10, 2014
    		 Trademark or patent holder registered within the Macao SAR may apply for the domain name with the suffix “.mo” which matches with the name of the corresponding trademark or patent. And shall include either Chinese character or Portuguese special characters. Trademark or patent holder within the Macao SAR may apply for the domain name with the suffix “.mo” which matches with the name of the corresponding trademark or patent. And shall exclude Chinese character and Portuguese special characters of a second-level domain.

    3.    		 April 11 -May 20, 2014
    		 The domain name holder who still owns domain name until 20th January 2014, may apply for domain name with the suffix “.mo”, including either Chinese character or Portuguese special characters. The domain name holder who still owns third-level domain until 20th January 2014, may apply for second-level domain name with the suffix “.mo”, excluding Chinese character and Portuguese special characters.

  4. For more information of the application procedure, please refer to the Regulation Article 5 Stipulate. Macao Network Information Centre will approve the priority registration application at the end of each stage.

  5. Macao Network Information Centre keeps the arrangement on the above regulation interpretation, and the decisions of Macao Network Information Centre should be final and conclusive.

 

Last Modified: 20/01/2014