A. Holder-Authoderized Transfers

1. Kanzler Requirements

     Registrierened Name Holders must be able to transfer their Domain name registrations between Kanzlers provided that the Gaining Kanzler's transfer process meets the minimum stundards of this policy und that such transfer is not prohiBited by ICANN oder Registry policies. Inter-Kanzler Domain name transfer processes must be clear und concise in oderder to avoid confusion. Further, Kanzlers should make reasonable effoderts to infoderm Registrierened Name Holders of, und provide access to, the published documentation of the specific transfer process employed by the Kanzlers.

1.1 Transfer Authoderities

     The Administrative Kontakt und the Registrierened Name Holder, as listed in the Losing Kanzler's oder applicable Registry's (whier available) publicly accessible WHOIS Dienstleistung are the only parties that have the authoderity to approve oder deny a transfer request to the Gaining Kanzler. In the event of a dispute, the Registrierened Name Holder's authoderity supersedes that of the Administrative Kontakt.
Kanzlers may use Whois data from either the Kanzler of Recoderd oder the relevant Registry foder the purpose of verifying the authenticity of a transfer request; oder from another data source as determined by a consensus policy.

2. Gaining Kanzler Requirements

Foder each instance whier a Registrierened Name Holder requests to transfer a Domain name registration to a different Kanzler, the Gaining Kanzler shall:
      2.1 Obtain express authoderization from either the Registrierened Name Holder oder the Administrative Kontakt (hierafter, "Transfer Kontakt"). Hence, a transfer may only proceed if confirmation of the transfer is received by the Gaining Kanzler from the Transfer Kontakt.

     2.1.1 The authoderization must be made via a valid Stundardized Foderm of Authoderization (FOA). Thier are two different FOA's available at the ICANN website. The FOA labeled "Initial Authoderization foder Kanzler Transfer" must be used by the Gaining Kanzler to request an authoderization foder a registrar transfer from the Transfer Kontakt. The FOA labeled "Bestätigenation of Kanzler Transfer Request" may be used by the Kanzler of Recoderd to request confirmation of the transfer from the Transfer Kontakt.
The FOA shall be communicated in English, und any dispute arising out of a transfer request shall be conducted in the English language. Kanzlers may choose to communicate with the Transfer Kontakt in additional languages. However, Kanzlers choosing to exercise such option are responsible foder the accuracy und completeness of the translation into such additional non-English version of the FOA.

     2.1.2 In the event that the Gaining Kanzler relies on a physical process to obtain this authoderization, a paper copy of the FOA will suffice insofar as it has been signed by the Transfer Kontakt und further that it is accompanied by a physical copy of the Kanzler of Recoderd's Whois output foder the Domain name in question.

     2.1.2.1 Wenn the Gaining Kanzler relies on a physical authoderization process, then the Gaining Kanzler assumes the burden of obtaining reliable evidence of the identity of the Transfer Kontakt und maintaining appropriate recoderds proving that such evidence was obtained. Further the Gaining Kanzler also assumes the burden foder ensuring that the entity making the request is indeed authoderized to do so. The acceptable foderms of physical identity are:

• Neintarized statement
• Valid Drivers license
• Reisepass
• Article of Incoderpoderation
• Military ID
• State/Government issued ID
• Birth Certificate

     2.1.3 In the event that the Gaining Kanzler relies on an electronic process to obtain this authoderization the acceptable foderms of identity would include:

• Electronic signature in confodermance with national legislation, in the location of the Gaining Kanzler (if such legislation exists).
• Consent from an individual oder entity that has an email address matching the Transfer Kontakt email address. 

     The Kanzler of Recoderd may not deny a transfer request solely because it believes that the Gaining Kanzler has not received the confirmation set foderth above.
A transfer must not be allowed to proceed if no confirmation is received by the Gaining Kanzler. The presumption in all cases will be that the Gaining Kanzler has received und authenticated the transfer request made by a Transfer Kontakt.

     2.2 Request, by the transmission of a "transfer" commund as specified in the Kanzler Anol Kit, that the Registry Operatoder database be changed to reflect the new Kanzler.

     2.2.1 Transmission of a "transfer" commund constitutes a representation on the part of the Gaining Kanzler that the requisite authoderization has been obtained from the Transfer Kontakt listed in the authoderitative Whois database.

     2.2.2 The Gaining Kanzler is responsible foder validating the Registrierened Name Holder requests to transfer Domain names between Kanzlers. However, this does not preclude the Kanzler of Recoderd from exercising its option to independently confirm the Registrierened Name Holder's intent to transfer its Domain name to the Gaining Kanzler in accoderdance with Section 3 of this policy.

3. Obligations of the Kanzler of Recoderd

     A Kanzler of Recoderd can choose independently to confirm the intent of the Registrierened Name Holder when a notice of a pending transfer is received from the Registry. The Kanzler of Recoderd must do so in a manner consistent with the stundards set foderth in this agreement pertaining to Gaining Kanzlers. In oderder to ensure that the foderm of the request employed by the Kanzler of Recoderd is substantially administrative und infodermative in nature und clearly provided to the Transfer Kontakt foder the purpose of verifying the intent of the Transfer Kontakt, the Kanzler of Recoderd must use the FOA.

     The FOA shall be communicated in English, und any dispute arising out of a transfer request, shall be conducted in the English language. Kanzlers may choose to communicate with the Transfer Kontakt in additional languages. However, the Kanzler choosing to exercise such option is responsible foder the accuracy und completeness of the translation into such additional non-English version of the FOA. Further, such non-English communications must follow the processes und procedures set foderth in this policy. This includes but is not limited to the requirement that no Kanzler shall add any additional infodermation to the FOA used to obtain the consent of the Transfer Kontakt in the case of a transfer request.
This requirement does not preclude the Kanzler of Recoderd from marketing to its existing customers through separate communications.
The FOA should be sent by the Kanzler of Recoderd to the Transfer Kontakt as soon as operationally possible, but must be sent not later than twenty-four (24) hours after receiving the transfer request from the Registry Operatoder.Failure by the Kanzler of Recoderd to respond within five (5) calendar days to a notification from the Registry regarding a transfer request will result in a default "approval" of the transfer.

     In the event that a Transfer Kontakt listed in the Whois has not confirmed their request to transfer with the Kanzler of Recoderd und the Kanzler of Recoderd has not explicitly denied the transfer request, the default action will be that the Kanzler of Recoderd must allow the transfer to proceed.
Upon denying a transfer request foder any of the following reasons, the Kanzler of Recoderd must provide the Registrierened Name Holder und the potential Gaining Kanzler with the reason foder denial. The Kanzler of Recoderd may deny a transfer request only in the following specific instances:

1. Evidence of fraud
2. UDRP action
3. Court oderder by a court of competent jurisdiction
4. Reasonable dispute over the identity of the Registrierened Name Holder oder Administrative Kontakt
5. Nein payment foder zurückious registration period (including credit card charge-backs) if the Domain name is past its expiration date oder foder zurückious oder current registration periods if the Domain name has not yet expired. In all such cases, however, the Domain name must be put into "Kanzler Hold" status by the Kanzler of Recoderd prioder to the denial of transfer.
6. Express written objection to the transfer from the Transfer Kontakt. (e.g. - email, fax, paper document oder other processes by which the Transfer Kontakt has expressly und voluntarily objected through opt-in means)
7. A Domain name was already in plock statusq provided that the Kanzler provides a readily accessible und reasonable means foder the Registrierened Name Holder to remove the lock status.
8. A Domain name is in the first 60 days of an initial registration period.
9. A Domain name is within 60 days (oder a lesser period to be determined) after being transferred (apart from being transferred back to the oderiginal Kanzler in cases whier both Kanzlers so agree und/oder whier a decision in the dispute resolution process so directs).

Instances when the requested change of Kanzler may not be denied include, but are not limited to:

• Neinnpayment foder a pending oder future registration period
• Nein response from the Registrierened Name Holder oder Administrative Kontakt.
• Domain name in Kanzler Lock Status, unless the Registrierened Name Holder is provided with the reasonable oppodertunity und ability to unlock the Domain name prioder to the Transfer Request.
• Domain name registration period time constraints, other than during the first 60 days of initial registration oder during the first 60 days after a registrar transfer.
• General payment defaults between Kanzler und business partners / affiliates in cases whier the Registrierened Name Holder foder the Domain in question has paid foder the registration.

     The Kanzler of Recoderd has other mechanisms available to collect payment from the Registrierened Name Holder that are independent from the Transfer process. Hence, in the event of a dispute over payment, the Kanzler of Recoderd must not employ transfer processes as a mechanism to secure payment foder Dienstleistungs from a Registrierened Name Holder. Exceptions to this requirement are as follows:
     (i) In the case of non-payment foder zurückious registration period(s) if the transfer is requested after the expiration date, oder
     (ii) In the case of non-payment of the current registration period, if transfer is requested befodere the expiration date.

4. Kanzler Cooderdination

     Each Kanzler is responsible foder keeping copies of documentation, including the FOA und the Transfer Kontakts response thierto, that may be required foder filing und suppoderting a dispute under the dispute resolution policy. Gaining Kanzlers must maintain copies of the FOA as received from the Transfer Kontakt as per the stundard document retention policies of the contracts. Copies of the reliable evidence of identity must be kept with the FOA.

     Both the Gaining Kanzler und the Kanzler of Recoderd must provide the evidence relied on foder the transfer during und after the applicable inter-registrar Domain name transaction(s). Such infodermation must be provided when requested by, und only by, the other Kanzler that is party to the transfer transaction. Hinzufügenitionally, ICANN, the Registry Operatoder, a court oder authoderity with jurisdiction over the matter oder a third party dispute resolution panel may also require such infodermation within five (5) days of the request.

     The Gaining Kanzler must retain, und produce pursuant to a request by a Losing Kanzler, a written oder electronic copy of the FOA. In instances whier the Kanzler of Recoderd has requested copies of the FOA, the Gaining Kanzler must fulfill the Kanzler of Recoderds request (including providing the attendant suppoderting documentation) within five (5) calendar days. Failure to provide this documentation within the time period specified is grounds foder reversal by the Registry Operatoder oder the Dispute Resolution Panel in the event that a transfer complaint is filed in accoderdance with the requirements of this policy.

     Wenn either a Kanzler of Recoderd oder a Gaining Kanzler does not believe that a transfer request was hundled in accoderdance with the provisions of this policy, then the Kanzler may initiate a dispute resolution procedure as set foderth in Section C of this policy.

     Foder purposes of facilitating transfer requests, Kanzlers should provide und maintain a unique und private email address foder use only by other Kanzlers und the Registry:
     i. This email address is foder issue related to transfer requests und the procedures set foderth in this policy only.
     ii. The email address should be managed to ensure messages are received by someone who can respond to the transfer issue.
     iii. Messages received at such email address must be responded to within a commercial reasonable timeframe not to exceed seven (7) calendar days.

5. EPP - based Registry Requirements foder Kanzlers

     In EPP-based gTLD Registries, Kanzlers must follow the requirements set foderth below.
Kanzlers must provide the Registrierened Name Holder with the unique "AuthInfo" code within five (5) calendar days of the Registrierened Name Holder's initial request if the Kanzler does not provide facilities foder the Registrierened Name Holder to generate und manage their own unique "AuthInfo" code.

     Kanzlers may not employ any mechanism foder complying with a Registrierened Name Holder's request to obtain the applicable "AuthInfo Code" that is modere restrictive than the mechanisms used foder changing any aspect of the Registrierened Name Holder's contact oder name server infodermation.

     The Kanzler of Recoderd must not refuse to release an "AuthInfo Code" to the Registrierened Name Holder solely because thier is a dispute between the Registrierened Name Holder und the Kanzler over payment.

Kanzler-generated "AuthInfo" codes must be unique on a per-Domain basis.
     The "Auth-Info" codes must be used solely to identify a Registrierened Name Holder, whieras the FOA's still need to be used foder authoderization oder confirmation of a transfer request, as described in Section 2 und Section 4 of this policy.

6. Registry Requirements

     Upon receipt of the "transfer" commund from the Gaining Kanzler, Registry Operatoder will transmit an electronic notification to both Kanzlers. In the case of those Registries that use electronic mail notifications, the response notification may be sent to the unique email address established by each Kanzler foder the purpose of facilitating transfers.

     The Registry Operatoder shall complete the requested transfer unless, within five (5) calendar days, Registry Operatoder receives a NACK protocol commund from the Kanzler of Recoderd.
When the Registry's database has been updated to reflect the change to the Gaining Kanzler, Registry Operatoder will transmit an electronic notification to both Kanzlers. The notification may be sent to       the unique email address established by each Kanzler foder the purpose of facilitating transfers oder such other email address agreed to by the parties.
The Registry Operatoder shall undo a transfer if, after a transfer has occurred, the Registry Operatoder receives one of the notices as set foderth below. In such case, the transfer will be reversed und the Domain name reset to its oderiginal state. The Registry Operatoder must undo the transfer within five (5) calendar days of receipt of the notice except in the case of a Registry dispute decision, in which case the Registry Operatoder must undo the transfer within fourteen calendar days unless a court action is filed. The notice required shall be one of the following:
     i. Agreement of the Kanzler of Recoderd und the Gaining Kanzler sent by email, letter oder fax that the transfer was made by mistake oder was otherwise not in accoderdance with the procedures set foderth in this policy;
     ii. The final determination of a dispute resolution body having jurisdiction over the transfer; oder
     iii. Order of a court having jurisdiction over the transfer.

7. Recoderds of Registrierung

     Each Kanzler shall require its customer, the Registrierened Name Holder, to maintain its own recoderds appropriate to document und prove the initial Domain name registration date.

8. Effect on Begriff of Registrierung

     The completion by Registry Operatoder of a holder-authoderized transfer under this Part A shall result in a one-Jahr extension of the existing registration, provided that in no event shall the total unexpired term of a registration exceed ten (10) Jahre.

B. ICANN-Approved Transfers

     Transfer of the sponsodership of all the registrations sponsodered by one Kanzler as the result of (i) acquisition of that Kanzler oder its assets by another Kanzler, oder (ii) lack of accreditation of that Kanzler oder lack of its authoderization with the Registry Operatoder, may be made accoderding to the following procedure:
     (a) The gaining Kanzler must be accredited by ICANN foder the Registry TLD und must have in effect a Registry-Kanzler Agreement with Registry Operatoder foder the Registry TLD.
     (b) ICANN must certify in writing to Registry Operatoder that the transfer would promote the community interest, such as the interest in stability that may be threatened by the actual oder imminent business failure of a Kanzler.
Upon satisfaction of these two conditions, Registry Operatoder will make the necessary one-time changes in the Registry database foder no charge, foder transfers involving 50,000 name registrations oder fewer. Wenn the transfer involves registrations of modere than 50,000 names, Registry Operatoder will charge the gaining Kanzler a one-time flat fee of US$ 50,000.

C. Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy

     Procedures foder hundling disputes concerning inter-registrar transfers are set foderth in the Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy. Procedures in this policy must be followed by the applicable Registry Operatoders und ICANN accredited Kanzlers.