GENERAL CONDITIONS OF NIC-SE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF
.SE DOMAIN NAMES
I. REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN NAMES
1. Application requirements
a) Application for registration under the top domain ..se is open to all natural and legal persons that
wish to register a domain name.
b) Foreign legal persons without a permanent place of business in Sweden and natural persons who
are not permanently resident in Sweden must state the name of a Contact Person who is permanently
resident in Sweden and who may on behalf of the Holder accept delivery of notices, invoices, advices
and be made liable to effect payment of fees in accordance with these conditions. If NIC-SE has
despatched notice to the Contact Person, NIC-SE shall be deemed to have fulfilled its obligations to
notify under these General Conditions.
c) NIC-SE applies a "first come, first served" principle when allocating domain names, i.e. registration
of domain names will be effected in the order in which applications are received by NIC-SE. Priority
will not be given and domain names cannot be reserved.
2. Formulation of domain names
a) Domain names under the top domain .se must only consist of the letters a - z, the digits 0 - 9 and
hyphens. They must start and conclude with a letter or a digit, and must not consist exclusively of
digits.
b) Domain names must contain at least two characters, and must not contain more than 63 characters
c)Domain names cannot be registered if they are identical with previously registered domain names
under the same domain.
d) Domain names cannot be registered if they relate to sub-domains of already registered domain
names. Sub-domains of already registered domain names will be managed by whoever has been
allocated the domain in question and not by NIC-SE. NIC-SE does however manage certain main
domains, see Appendix 1.
e) Certain domain names are reserved by NIC-SE and can therefore not be registered. These domain
names are listed on NIC-SE's web site, www.nic-se.se/domaner/barred_domains.shtml
3. Registration
a)If the requirements stipulated in Section I above are fulfilled, registration shall be effected in
accordance with the application.
b) The Holder shall through the Registrar through whom the application was made as soon as possible
and not later than within 10 business days from NIC-SE's receipt of the application receive notification
that registration has been effected or that there are obstacles to registration under these General
Conditions
c) The Holder will by registration acquire exclusivity during the agreement period as regards the
registered domain name under the top domain ..se Registered domain names may however be
deregistered on the conditions stipulated in Section IV.
II. NIC-SE'S OBLIGATIONS
4. Registration and maintenance
NIC-SE undertakes after approval of an application to register the domain name under the top domain
.se and to maintain the register of domain names, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set
out in these General Conditions.
5. Assignment and deregistration
NIC-SE undertakes at the Holder's request to arrange assignment and deregistration of the Holder's
domain name
6. Redelegation
NIC-SE undertakes to carry out Redelegation of domain names in accordance with the applicable
redelegation routines, which are available on NIC-SE's web site, www.nicse.
se/english/dnschange.shtml.
III. HOLDER'S OBLIGATIONS
7. Responsibility for information
The Holder is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information provided in connection
with the application. The Holder is obliged continuously and promptly to notify NIC-SE of changes in
the information provided in connection with the application and of change of e-mail address as
referred to in Clause 10.
8. Consent of contacts
Where the Holder in the application for registration of a domain name lists a Contact Person or other
contacts that are natural persons, the Holder shall be obliged first to ensure that the person/persons
have received information about and given consent pursuant to the Personal Data Act
(personuppgiftslagen (1998:204)) to NIC-SE's processing of his or her personal data.
9. Checking selected domain names
NIC-SE will not check whether the domain name applied for constitutes infringement of trademark or
trade name rights or other rights, or is otherwise in breach of laws, public regulations, public order or
likely to cause offence. The Holder is consequently obliged to ensure that the selected domain name
does not constitute infringement of the rights of others, or is otherwise in breach of laws, public
regulations, public order or designed to cause offence.
10. Obligation to state e-mail address
The Holder shall state and maintain an e-mail address to which NIC-SE at any time may give notices
directly to the Holder. This obligation applies also in instances where the Holder has named a Contact
Person.
IV. CESSATION OF REGISTRATION ETC..
11. Deregistration because of breach of obligation
NIC-SE shall be entitled to deregister a domain name in the following circumstances:
1.If the Holder does not perform the obligations stipulated in Clauses 7 or 8.
2. If it is impossible to reach the Holder at the stated address or through the stated Contact Person, or
if the Holder does not have a functioning e-mail address as referred to in Clause 10.
3. If the domain name is in manifest breach of Swedish law or other public regulations.
NIC-SE shall in case of breach as referred to in the first paragraph 1 or 2 first send the Holder a notice
requesting that the breach be remedied. The notice to the Holder shall contain information about the
breach that is to be remedied. If the breach has not been remedied within 14 days of despatch of the
notice, NIC-SE shall be entitled to deactivate the domain name.
If a domain name is deactivated in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Holder shall have an
opportunity to reactivate the domain name by within 30 days of deactivation remedying the notified
breach and paying a fee of SEK 625 inc. VAT (SEK 500 exc. VAT). NIC-SE shall, if this is not done, be
entitled to deregister the domain name. Notice that deregistration may be effected shall be sent to the
Holder in connection with the deactivation.
NIC-SE shall be entitled immediately to deactivate or deregister any domain name that is in manifest
breach of Swedish law orother public regulation.
12. Deregistration on account of judgment
Deregistration or transfer of a domain name may be effected at the request of aperson who submits a
judgment where the time for appeal has expired or a decision with legal effect in Sweden, that states
that deregistration or transfer shall take place. NIC-SE shall in such cases immediately effect
deregistration or transfer.
13. Deregistration or transfer after alternative dispute resolution procedure
a) NIC-SE shall also be entitled to deregister or transfer a domain name after a decision to that effect
in an alternative dispute resolution procedure. The procedural rules for "alternative dispute resolution
procedures concerning domain names under the top domain .se" are available on a) www.iis.se A
decisions after an alternative dispute resolution procedure shall be put into effect by NIC-SE after 14
days of NIC-SE being notified of the dispute resolution decision, unless the Holder shows that he or
she has within this period initiated proceedings in a court of law concerning his or her right to the
expression that constitutes the domain name.
b) In any alternative dispute resolution procedure, the adjudicator shall decide whether a domain
name shall be deregistered or transferred to the party requesting the dispute resolution procedure.
If an alternative dispute resolution procedure has been instituted, the domain name shall not be
assigned or transferred to another party in the period that the dispute resolution procedure is in
progress or before the decision following the dispute resolution procedure becomes effective. If
proceedings have been instituted in a court of law concerning the right to a trademark or trade name
mark that constitutes a domain name, the domain name shall not be assigned or transferred to
another party in the period that the court proceedings are in progress or before the time for appeal
against a subsequent judgment has expired, provided that NIC-SE has been notified that such
proceedings are pending.
c) Domain names may be deregistered or transferred to the party requesting the dispute resolution
procedure if the domain name is identical with or may be mistaken for a trademark, trade name, family
name, artist name (unless the name relates to someone who died a long time ago), or the title of
another party's protected literary or artistic work, which has legal basis in Sweden and to which the
party requesting dispute resolution can show a right, and
- the Holder does not have any right to or justified interest in the domain name and
- the domain name has been registered or used in bad faith.
d) A Holder shall be deemed to have a right to or justified interest in a domain name in particular if it is
shown that
- use - or preparations for use - of the domain name has taken place in connection with the marketing
of goods or services before dispute resolution was instituted,
- it is public knowledge that the domain relates to the Holder even if he has not acquired any exclusive
right to the expression that constitutes the name or
- the domain name is not used for commercial purposes in order to mislead consumers or to harm the
reputation of a distinctive mark or right.
e) A domain name shall be deemed registered or used in bad faith in particular if it is shown that
- the registration or use arose for the purpose of selling or assigning the domain name to the party
requesting dispute resolution or to a competitor of the party requesting dispute resolution,
- the domain name was registered for the purpose of preventing the party requesting dispute
resolution from using his or her distinctive mark or rights in a domain name or
- the domain name was registered for the purpose of preventing the party requesting dispute
resolution from using his or her distinctive mark or rights in a domain name or
14. Deregistration at the Holder's own request and assignment of domain names
a) The Holder may in writing request deregistration of domain names on a form provided by NIC-SE.
b) When notice of assignment of a domain name to another party is given, the registered Holder's
consent in writing must be submitted, whereupon NIC-SE will transfer the domain name to the new
Holder. Consent and notice of assignment shall be given in writing on a form provided by NIC-SE. If
assignment cannot be effected in accordance with the application, the original Holder shall remain.
V. LIABILITY, AGREEMENT PERIOD ETC
15. NIC-SE's liability in damages
NIC-SE's liability in damages shall, unless there is intent or gross negligence, be limited to direct loss
up to a total amount of one Price Base Amount. Price Base Amount shall mean price base amount
pursuant to the National Insurance Act ([lagen (1962:381) om allmän försäkring).
NIC-SE shall in no case be obliged to pay compensation for loss of profit, reduced turnover, other loss
of production or other indirect loss.
The Holder may claim in accordance with the above only if the Holder has notified NIC-SE thereof not
later than 90 days after the Holder noticed or ought to have noticed the ground for the claim.
16. The Holder's liability
The Holder shall be liable without limitation as to time or amount to indemnify NIC-SE in respect of all
claims raised against NIC-SE on account of Holder's breach of obligations under these General
Conditions.
17. Force Majeure etc..
If a party is prevented from performing his obligations under these General Conditions because of a
circumstance outside the party's control, such as lightning, industrial dispute, fire, seizure, regulations
of authorities and faults or delays in services of sub-contractors because of such circumstance as
referred to herein, this shall constitute ground for excuse that causes release from damages and any
other sanctions. If a party's obligations are fundamentally prevented for a period exceeding one month
because of such circumstance as referred to above, either party may without obligation to pay
compensation withdraw from his/her obligations under these General Conditions.
If technical circumstances so require, NIC-SE shall be entitled to move all domain names under the
top domain ..se to a new main domain. Such technical circumstances shall be deemed to arise if the
operational stability of the DNS system is threatened by the number of domain names. Such
circumstance shall be deemed to constitute force majeure as referred to above and thus ground for
release from damages and any other sanctions.
18. Agreement period
These General Conditions shall remain in force until further notice
These General Conditions shall terminate with immediate effect upon deregistration as referred to in
Section IV.
19. Amendment of General Conditions
NIC-SE shall be entitled to amend the applicable terms and conditions. Amendments of terms and
conditions shall come into force one month after publication of the amendment on NIC-SE's web site,
www.nic-se.se. Amendments of conditions shall always be notified to the Holder by e-mail in
connection with publication. If the Holder has not stated a functioning e-mail address, the Holder shall
be responsible for keeping informed of amendments of terms and conditions.
20. Notices between the parties
Notices under these General Conditions shall be given by post, telefax or e-mail to such e-mail
address(es) stated by the parties.
23. Disputes
Proceedings shall be instituted in the Stockholm District Court in respect of any disputes arising from
these General Conditions..