<html><div>To Whom It May Concern,</div><div><br></div><div>I’m writing to submit Taiwan government’s comments on the new TLDs numbered by ICANN from R000001 to R000374. </div><div><br></div><div>We object to the release of “.tw.xn--czr694b”,“.tw.law”,“.tw.school”,“tw.casino”,“tw.bingo”,“.tw.country”,“.tw.airforce”,“.tw.navy”,“.tw.army”,“.tw.town”,“.tw.tax”,“.tw.city” for their registration by the Registry operator of the twelve corresponding new gTLDs, reserving the right to change position in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Rationale of our objections:</div><div>“tw” is the country code for Taiwan and the twelve new gTLDs regarding the above-mentioned names are falling within the Category 1 Safeguard Advice in GAC Beijing Communique.</div><div><br></div><div>1. for “.tw.xn--czr694b”(R000369) : may be referred to Taiwan’s trademark</div><div>2. for “.tw.law”(R000348) : may be referred to Taiwan’s law</div><div>3. for “.tw.school”(R000313) : may be referred to Taiwan’s school, causing unnecessary ambiguity.</div><div>4. for “tw.casino” (R000304) : falling within the category 1 of GAC safeguards as agreed at the Beijing meeting in 2013. </div><div>5. for “tw.bingo” (R000303) : falling within the category 1 of GAC safeguards as agreed at the Beijing meeting in 2013. </div><div>6. for “.tw.country”(R000241) : county code is not suitable for placing on the second level of ".country ", and will probably derive political doubts</div><div>7. for “.tw.airforce” (R000207) : possible to make confusion with Air Force of Taiwan</div><div>8. for “.tw.navy”(R000206) : may be referred to Taiwan’s navy</div><div>9. for “.tw.army”(R000205) : may be referred to Taiwan’s army</div><div>10. for “.tw.town”(R000139) : county code is not suitable for placing on the second level of ".town ", and otherwise could derive national sovereignty dispute</div><div>11. for “.tw.tax”(R000133) : may be referred to Taiwan’s tax authority</div><div>12. for “.tw.city”(R000027) : county code is not suitable for placing on the second level of ".city ", and otherwise could derive national sovereignty dispute.</div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to being informed of the decisions taken as regards our comments.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Chen, Chung-Shu</div><div>Taiwan GAC Representative</div><div>Deputy Director</div><div>Department of Post and Telecommunications, </div><div>Ministry of Transportation and Communications</div><div>Email：dpt_02@motc.gov.tw</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></html><br><html><div>
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