<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; "><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">The proposed 2013 RAA (currently open for <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/proposed-raa-22apr13-en.htm" style="color: purple; "><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">public comment</span></a>) includes a refinement of ICANN’s powers to suspend and terminate Registrars agreements.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span><font face="Calibri">In light of our IRTP </font><font face="Calibri">Pa</font><font face="Calibri">rt D Charter question e), this might be of relevance to the Group’s work: “Whether existing penalties for policy violations are sufficient or if additional provisions/penalties for specific violations should be added into the policy”</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3">It may be worth noting that the Charter question was drafted at the time of the 2001 RAA which – see also attachment – did not have any other sanctioning options than for ICANN to terminate the agreement with an offending Registrar. The 2009 RAA provided additional remedies (suspension) and this is now further refined in 2013.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; "><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Though the suspension and termination powers have not been significantly altered I have copied the relevant section into a table and bold-ed the changes from the 2009 to 2013 Agreement – see attachment.</font></font><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">The complete documents are of course available online: </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/raa-17may01-en.htm" style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">2001 RAA</a><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">; </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/ra-agreement-21may09-en.htm" style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">2009 RAA</a><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; "> ; </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-22apr13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">proposed 2013 RAA</a><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; ">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; "><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; "><b><u>Please note</u> </b>that some of the language may appear different but the underlying intent seems to remain the same (in Marika and my non-lawyer eyes). Only the language in bold is either new or mark an expansion of existing provisions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3">If you have any further questions we are of course happy to relay them to the ICANN legal team or else you just might want to add this material to your discussion of the relevant Charter question e).<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3">Many thanks and best wishes,<br>Lars</font></span></p></div></body></html>