[council] ICANN announces Notice of Intent to Issue Advisory Regarding the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy

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http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19sep07.htm

Notice of Intent to Issue Advisory Regarding the Inter-Registrar 
Transfer Policy

19 September 2007

ICANN has observed that there is confusion within the registrar 
community concerning the circumstances under which registrars may 
validly deny transfer requests pursuant to the Inter-Registrar Transfer 
Policy (“Transfer Policy”). The purpose of this Notice of Intent to 
Issue an Advisory regarding the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy is to 
allow interested parties 30 days to comment on the proposed advisory. 
ICANN will consider all comments received at the close of the 30-day 
comment period. Interested parties have until 19 October 2007 to submit 
comments at retransfers-comments at icann.org. Posted comments can be 
viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/retransfers-comments/.

  The purpose of the proposed advisory is to assist ICANN-accredited 
registrars in understanding that under the Transfer Policy:

    1. Registrars are prohibited from denying a domain name transfer 
request based on non-payment of fees for pending or future registration 
periods during the Auto-Renew Grace Period; and
    2. A registrant change to Whois information is not a valid basis for 
denying a transfer request.

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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
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