Authorised by the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) in 1991, the Croatian Academic
and Research Network – CARNet (further in the text CARNet) as administrator of the top-level
“hr” domain, and in accordance with the provisions of the Decree issued by the Government of
the Republic of Croatia on the founding of the Croatian Academic and Research Network,
CARNet (“Official Gazette” No. 16/95) and the Statute of the Croatian Academic and Research
Network CARNet, the CARNet Board of Governors issued on 20 December 2000, 20 March
2001, 30 October 2001 and 19 December 2001 the following

R E G U L A T I O N S

REGARDING ORGANISATION OF THE TOP-LEVEL"hr"
INTERNET DOMAIN AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGING
THE TOP-LEVEL "hr" DOMAIN

Article 1

These Regulations deal with the issues of organising the top-level “hr” Internet domain (further
in the text HR domain), interrelations between CARNet, as administrator of the HR domain,
subdomain user in the HR domain and possible third interested parties, rights and responsibilities
of CARNet and the subdomain users in the HR domain, as well as the principles of managing
HR domain.

I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS – THE INTERNET DOMAINS AND THE TOP-
LEVEL “HR” DOMAIN

Article 2

Individual parts of the global information space, individual computers or individual persons are
identified in the Internet by their names (e.g. URL – Uniform Resource Locator) or electronic
address (e.g. e-mail address), and the most important part of every such name or address is
always the Internet domain.

All countries, networks and individuals linked to the Internet, including CARNet by means of
these Regulations, start from the principles and authorities related to the organisation of the
Internet domain system (DNS - Domain Name System), which are based primarily on the
following international (Internet) documents:

RFC 1591: Domain Name System Structure and Delegation
(URL: ftp://ftp.carnet.hr/pub/Internet/rfc/rfc1591.txt );

Bylaws for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
(URL: http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm );

IANA / ICANN TLD Delegation Practices Document - ICP-1
(URL: http://www.iana.org/cctld/icp1.htm or http://www.icann.org/icp/icp-1.htm ).

Article 3

The Internet domains are organised hierarchically. Within a certain domain, subdomains are
registered and activated, i.e. lower level domains. The domains of the top (first) level are called
top-level domains (TLD). Top-level domains can be divided into three basic groups.

The majority of top-level domains are the so-called national domains (ccTLD - country code
domains, e.g. "us", "si", "de", "hr"), assigned to be managed by concrete institutions within a
given country, with the aim of making these institutions responsible for the organisation and
management of the national domain Internet space. On the day these Regulations are issued,
there is only a minor number of the so-called generic top-level domains (gTLD - generic
domains), i.e. domains of international (geographically global) type, e.g. “com” or “org” or top-
level domains, historically related to big national systems in the United States of America, e.g.
“edu” or “gov”.

Article 4

HR domain is the national domain of the Republic of Croatia and it is the basic element of the
national wealth and sovereignty of the Republic of Croatia: it is the basis of her identity in the
virtual world and the starting point of structuring, organising and presentating information in the
information space of the Republic of Croatia (RH) on the Internet.

Article 5

The basic right and need of every legal and natural person is the presence and subsistence in the
virtual world (cyberworld). This rights, needs and responsibilities cannot be accomplished
without the Internet domain.

The right to use one’s own domain is one of the fundamental rights of legal and natural persons.

Article 6

Managing HR domain, as an element of national wealth, as well as its use, represent high level
of responsibility and respect of interests of all the interested parties.

Here, the interest of a community, if clearly defined and accepted, has the advantage over the
individual interests of legal or natural persons.

In this sense, these Regulations determine the special rights of the government or local
authorities in the Republic of Croatia, related first of all to the registration of the so-called
generic domains, e.g. domains with names denoting fields of human activities or geographic
facilities in Croatia.

II TYPES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN

This section defines the six types of subdomains of the HR domain (further in the text domain),
registered according to the provisions of these Regulations.

HR-P domains - domains for virtual identity of legal persons;

HR-F domains - domains for virtual identity of natural persons;

HR-D domains - domains for virtual identity of private businesses of natural persons;

HR-T domains - domains for market demands and other additional demands of legal and
natural persons;

HR-V domains - domains important for RH and the RH information space;

HR-I domains - domains for improvement of RH information space.

Article 7

The aim of HR-P domain is to create the virtual identity of a legal person (defined in more
detail in Article 21 of these Regulations), registered in the Republic of Croatia. Virtual identity
of a legal person, which is realised through HR-P domain, has to be unambiguously related to the
actual (physical) identity and registered activity of the given legal person.

HR-P domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. domain at the level immediately
below the HR domain level.

Legal person has the right to register one HR-P domain.

Article 8

The aim of HR-F domain is to create the virtual identity of a natural person (defined in more
detail in Article 22 of these Regulations). Virtual identity of a natural person, accomplished
through HR-F domain, must be unambiguously related to the actual (physical) identity of the
natural person, and the domain is used to fulfil personal needs of the natural person.

HR-F domain is opened as a subdomain within the iz.hr domain. The domain of the same name
is automatically opened also within the secondary domains from.hr and name.hr.

The natural person, citizen of RH, has the right to register one HR-F domain.

Article 9

The aim of HR-D domain is to create the virtual identity of a private activity (defined in more
detail in Article 23 of these Regulations), registered in RH, performed by a natural person.

Virtual identity of the private activity, realised through HR-D domain, must be unambiguously
related to the actual (natural) identity and the registered private activity.

HR-D domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. the domain at the level immediately
below the HR domain level.

Natural person performing the private activity from Item 1 of this Article, has the right to register
one HR-D domain.

Article 10

The aim of HR-T domain is to create and enable virtual space for market demands, i.e. meeting
the market and other additional demands of legal and natural persons.

HR-T domain is opened as a subdomain within the com.hr domain.

Every legal or natural person, having physical address (residence) in RH (according to Article 24
of these Regulations) can register a limitless number of HR-T domains.

Article 11

HR-V domains are domains of special significance for RH and the RH information space, i.e.
domains which have or may have special place in the organisation of the RH information space.
The aim of HR-V domain is to provide high-quality organisation and presentation of information
in the respective field of domain registration.

In principle, these are the domains whose names equal or contain a name or an abbreviated
name:

of geographical facilities on the RH territory, such as the names of counties, regions, areas
and cities (e.g. Croatia, Slavonia, Hvar, Varaždin etc.);

of certain fields of human activities, which have their respective authorised managerial,
professional or expert bodies at the government level (e.g. culture, sport, economy, soccer,
theatres, museums, etc.);

of natural, historical, cultural, scientific or other intellectual heritage, resources, advances,
products or services, which characterise Croatia internationally, and which have their
respective authorised bodies or organisations at the government level (e.g. glagoljica,
mestrovic, tesla, plitvice, kravata);

of long-term projects and programs of government and national significance, initiated and
led by government bodies (e.g. CROSNET, NISKA, PROTIV-DROGE, etc.);

of national and international events and happenings of special significance for RH (e.g.
sport competitions such as world or regional sports games or championships, world
exhibitions, symposia, congresses, etc.).

HR-V domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. domain at the level immediately
below the HR domain level.

Registration rules for HR-V domain, as well as the rights and responsibilities related to the
registration and use of the HR-V domain are defined in Articles 42 – 44 and 56 of these
Regulations.

The list of HR-V domains is published at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-V-domene/
according to the provisions of Article 44 of these Regulations.

Article 12

The aim of HR-I domain is to improve the RH information space by allowing legal and natural
persons to create virtual identity for high-quality information services in the respective field
stated in the domain registration application. The respective fields should be related to natural,
economic, historical, cultural, scientific or other intellectual or material wealth, resources, or
advances, and related to, of interest or significant for the Republic of Croatia (RH).

HR-I domain is a secondary domain within HR domain, i.e. domain at the level immediately
below the HR domain level.

Registration rules for HR-I domain, as well as the rights and responsibilities related to the
registration and use of the HR-I domain are defined in Articles 45-47, and 57-60 of these
Regulations.

HR-I domains are subject to obligatory re-registration according to the provisions of these
Regulations every 2 years.

Individual legal person (according to Article 21 of these Regulations) or natural person
(according to Article 22 of these Regulations) – a citizen of the Republic of Croatia, can register
two HR-I domains.

The list of HR-I domains is published at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-I-domene/ according
to the provisions of Article 47 of these Regulations.

III NAMES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN

This section defines the common and specific rules related to the names of the six types of
domains, registered according to these Regulations.

Article 13

The full name of the domain (e.g. "ivan-horvat-zg.from.hr" or “pliva.hr”), registered according to
these Regulations, consists of a specific part of the name (further in the text domain name),
selected by the domain registration applicant (e.g. "ivan-horvat-zg" or “pliva”) and the standard
(fixed) part of the name (e.g. ".from.hr" or “.hr”).

The domain name, regardless of its type, represents a string of characters that have to fulfil the
following technical conditions:

it consists only of characters contained in the set of: 26 letters of the English alphabet (not
distinguishing between small and capital letters), digits "0"-"9" and character "-";

it consists of minimum 3, and maximum 65 characters;

the first and the last character in the string cannot be "-";

it cannot contain only digits.

As an exception, the HR-T domain name must fulfil the following (simplified) conditions:

it consists only of characters contained in the set of: 26 letters of the English alphabet (not
distinguishing between small and capital letters), digits "0"-"9" and character "-";

it consists of minimum 2, and maximum 65 characters;

the first and the last character in the string cannot be "-".

Article 14

The domain name must be in accordance with the existing positive legal regulations, as well as
with the general ethics rulings and moral principles, i.e. it must not be offensive to the third
parties.

The domain name must not provide the domain user with the possibility of falsely acquiring the
identity of a third party.

The domain name should not equal the trademark, especially the protected verbal sign, unless the
applicant – the domain user is the trademark owner.

In case of objection by the third party, or a dispute between the third party and the domain user,
caused by the domain misuses, described in Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, CARNet, as HR
domain administrator, is not responsible towards the disputant parties, but rather instructs them
to settle the dispute according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations.

Article 15

The HR-P domain name can be any string of characters that satisfies the conditions contained in
these Regulations.

Considering the aim of HR-P domain and the fact that legal person can obtain only one such
domain, the recommendation is to select the name that equals the company, i.e. the name, part of
the company, i.e. the name or abbreviated company, i.e. abbreviated name of the legal person
registering the domain.

If the domain name does not equal the company, i.e. the name or abbreviated name given in the
document on the registration of the legal person in the respective register, when requesting the
domain registration, the applicant has to explain the reasons because of which the specific
domain name is requested. The statement of reasons is an element of the public part of the
documentation related to the domain registration.

Article 16

The HR-F domain name can consists of three elements:

(a) the surname of the natural person requesting registration (provided the letters "c", "c",
"d", "š" and "ž" contained in the surname are replaced by letters "c", "c", "dj" or "d", "s"
and "z" respectively, in the domain name);
(b) the names of the natural person requesting registration (provided the letters "c", "c", "d",
"š" and "ž" in the surname are replaced by the letters "c", "c", "dj" or "d", "s" and "z"
respectively, in the domain name);
(c) any string of characters allowed for use in the domain name.

The name has to consist of the elements from paragraph 1 item a) and b) of this article.

In case the natural person has more than one name or surname, they can request the domain
name not consisting of all names and surnames, in which case the name will consist of at least
one natural person’s name and one surname.

The elements contained in the HR-F domain name can appear in random order, and can, but not
necessarily, be separated by the character “-“.

Article 17

The HR-D domain name is equal to the independent activity registrated name.

Pursuant to the explained request, a name different from the independent activity registrated
name can be approved.

Article 18

The HR-T domain name can be any string of characters that fulfils the conditions contained in
these Regulations.

Article 19

The HR-V domain name can be any string of characters that fulfils the conditions contained in
these Regulations.

Considering the purpose of HR-V domain, the HR-V domain name, as a rule, consists of one or
more words in the Croatian language or one of the world languages.

Article20

The HR-I domain name can be any string of characters that fulfil the conditions contained in
these Regulations.

Considering the purpose of HR-I domain, the HR-I domain name, as a rule, consists of one or
more words in the Croatian language or one of the world languages.

IV QUALIFIED REGISTRATION APPLICANTS – DOMAIN USERS

This section defines the criteria which need to be fulfilled by the users of certain types of
domains.

Article 21

The HR-P domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be
submitted by) legal person registered in the Republic of Croatia for performing legally allowed
activity, as well as other legal entities that according to the law or international contracts have
the status of a legal person in RH.

Legal person from Item 1 of this Article must be registered for activities performed on the RH
territory, and proves the right to a HR-P domain by entry into one of the unique (at government
level) original registers of the authorised government bodies (further in the text: JD-registers),
as well as international contracts signed between RH and the legal person, on the basis of which
the status of legal person in RH has been achieved, and the right acquired to perform certain
activities on the territory of RH.

The list of JD-registers in RH, the entry into which will be considered as necessary and sufficient
prerequisite for the right to use the HR-P domain, and the procedure of proving to the HR-DNS
registration service the entry into the JD-register, is published at the address
http://www.dns.hr/JD-registri/.

Article 22

The HR-F domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be
submitted by) any citizen of the Republic of Croatia, unambiguously identified by his/her citizen
identification number (jedinstveni maticni broj - JMBG), as well as a foreign person with
approved prolonged stay or approved permanent residence in the Republic of Croatia, provided
they are assigned the alien identification number (maticni broj stranca – MBS).

Article 23

The HR-D domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be
submitted by) a natural person, performing private activity, provided that this activity of the
natural person is registered in one of the original registers by the authorised bodies of local
management or self-government, that is, that a permit has been issued for performing these
activities by the authorised professional body (e.g. chamber) at the government level, which
issues work permits according to the valid legal regulations in RH.

The list of registers and professional bodies from Item 1 of this Article (further in the text LS-
registers) in the Republic of Croatia, the entry into which will be considered as necessary and
sufficient prerequisite for the right to use the HR-D domain, and the procedure of proving to the
HR-DNS registration service the entry into the LS-register, is published at the address
http://www.dns.hr/LS-registri/.

Article 24

The HR-T domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be
submitted by) any legal or natural person, who has a physical address (i.e. address of residence
where official postal / mail items can be received) in the Republic of Croatia.

Article 25

The HR-V domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be
submitted by):

government body or local authorities responsible at the government level for the
respective field for which the domain has been registered;

society, professional association, if this concerns the society or association for a concrete
given field at the government level, which is proven by the entry of the legal person in
the respective JD-register (according to Article 21 of these Regulations) as the Croatian
society or association, i.e. a society or association in Croatia.

A society or association from Item 1 Point 2 of this Article can register a HR-V domain only if
recommended by the authorised government body.

By special decision, the Croatian Government can additionally regulate the rules of domain
registration by government bodies or local authorities or self-government.

Article 26

The HR-I domain user can be (that is, the application for registration of such a domain may be
submitted by) a legal person (according to Article 21 of these Regulations) registered in RH or a
natural person (according to Article 22 of these Regulations) – a citizen of the Republic of
Croatia.

V BODIES AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO HR DOMAIN MANAGEMENT

Article 27

The CARNet Board of Governors appoints, at the proposal made by the CARNet Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), a Commission for “hr” domain (further in the text Commission).

The Commission is nominated for a period of 2 years. The Commission consists of at least five
members.

The Commission members appoint among themselves the Commission President for a period of
one year.

The list of Commission members is published on the Internet address for official information
related to HR domain management.

Article 28

The basic tasks of the Commission include:

monitoring the activities of HR-DNS service and supervising the enforcement of these
Regulations;

giving prior consent to the decisions made by the HR-DNS service on the registration
applications for domains of special significance for the Croatian information space (HR-V
domain);

handling objections to the decisions made by the HR-DNS service refusing domain
registration;

handling complaints about the work of the HR-DNS service;

starting arbitration procedures requested by legal and natural persons;

giving prior consent to the decisions made by HR-DNS service about adding to and deleting
from the lists of JD and LS registers, according to Articles 21 and 23;

producing documents according to Article 34 of these Regulations;

granting consent to documents listed in Article 34 of these Regulations, issued by the HR-
DNS service;

submitting to the CARNet Board of Governors the proposals regarding modifications of
these Regulations.

Article 29

The Commission issues Rules of Procedures about its activities.

The Commission works primarily using the tools for communication and co-operation via
computer network. The Commission President calls the Commission meetings, as circumstances
require.

Article 30

The CARNet Chief Executive Officer appoints a Co-ordinator for a HR domain.

The Co-ordinator for the HR domain co-ordinates mutual work of all bodies for managing HR
domain. On behalf of CARNet he/she also ensures the functioning and he plans, co-ordinates and
controls the work of the whole system for managing the HR domain.

In case the Co-ordinator for the HR domain is not the Commission member, he participates in
the Commission work without a voting right.

Article 31

For operative conducting of business connected with a managing of the HR domain, the HR-
DNS service is established by CARNet.

The basic tasks of the HR-DNS service include:

technical activities (e.g. maintenance of domain servers) related to the functioning of HR
domain and special subdomains from Article 8 and 10 of these Regulations;

processing of the domain registration according to these Regulations;

keeping the domains Register in the HR domain;

updating the list of JD and LS registers, according to Articles 21 and 23, as well as the list of
HR-V and HR-I domains, according to Articles 44 and 47 of these Regulations;

reporting on the work of the HR-DNS service and the status of the HR domain to the
Commission and the CARNet CEO at least once a year;

reporting on the work of the HR-DNS service to the Co-ordinator for the HR domain at least
once a month;

producing documents according to Article 34 of these Regulations;

maintaining public information service (WWW server) of the HR-DNS service with all the
valid and updated regulations and data related to the use and status of the HR domain,
according to Article 85 of these Regulations;

proposing to the Commission modifications of these Regulations.

The CARNet Chief Executive Officer appoints the HR-DNS service manager.

The HR-DNS service manager manages the activities of the HR-DNS service.

The CARNet Chief Executive Officer can make the decision to subcontract the HR-DNS service
activities or certain parts of its work to external partners. In case the whole HR-DNS service
activities are subcontracted to external partners, in contract have to be stipulated that CARNet
will be entitled to give its consent on appointments of the HR-DNS service manager.

Article 32

All the users of the domains registered according to these Regulations form a Board of HR
domain users (further in the text Board of Users).

The members of the Board of Users are kept informed about all the important news related to the
organisation and management of the HR domain using the mailing list vijece-korisnika@dns.hr.
This list is also used for communication among the members of the Board of Users themselves.

The Board of Users can elect its own presidency. The Presidency of the Board of Users has a
minimum of 5, and a maximum of 11 members. The Board of Users Presidency acts as an
advisory body to the Commission and the CARNet Board of Governors.

Article 33

HR-DNS service keeps a public Register of domains in the HR domain (further in the text
Register).

The Register contains current data on the domains within the HR domain, registered by the HR-
DNS service according to the provisions of these Regulations. The Register entry for every
registered domain must include:

full domain name;

type of domain;

title or name of the domain user;

 
e-mail address of the domain user;

domain registration date;

statement of reasons, that the applicant – the domain user should have produced during
the registration procedure if agreed thus by these Regulations.

Keeping of the Register is determined in more detail by the document Procedures regarding
Registration and Deleting of Subdomains within the HR Domain.

The Register contents are open to public. The HR-DNS service provides continuous availability
of the Register contents on the Internet at the address: http://www.dns.hr/hr-registar/.

Article 34

Based on these Regulation, and with the aim of explaining the HR domain organisation to all the
interested parties, and with the aim of explaining and developing of procedures related to HR
domain management, the following documents are to be issued as well:

Basic Principles of Organisation and Management of the Top-level "hr" Domain,
issued by the Commission;

Guide through the Top-level "hr" Domain, issued by the HR-DNS service, with prior
consent by the Commission;

Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain, issued by the
HR-DNS service, with prior consent by the Commission;

Procedure of Activating and Deactivating of Registered Subdomains within HR
Domain, issued by the HR-DNS service, with prior consent by the Commission;

Rules on arbitration for solving disputes regarding subdomains within .hr domain, issued by
the CARNet’s Board of Governors.

Decision on Charging the HR-DNS Services, issued by the CARNet CEO, with prior
consent by the Commission.

All the documents have to be in compliance with the provisions of these Regulations.

VI DOMAIN REGISTRATION

This section describes the principles and main procedures related to domains registration.

Article 35

The right to use a certain domain is acquired by the procedure of domain registration (further in
the text registration), and becomes effective on the day of official Decision from Article 37 of
these Regulations.

Domain Registration Procedure

Article 36

The registration procedure starts by submitting an application for domain registration (further in
the text application). The application is submitted on a form, with the necessary obligatory and
additional data and attachments, and in a way determined separately for every type of domain by
the HR-DNS service in the document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within
the HR Domain.

Application cannot be submitted for an already registered domain, for a domain being registered,
nor for a domain which is contained in the list of HR-V domains.

Article 37

The HR-DNS service analyses and makes decisions about the applications in the order in
which these had been received by the service. From the moment an application has been
received to the end of the registration procedure, the domain, requested in the application, is
reserved for the applicant.

The decision about the application is issued by the HR-DNS service. The HR-DNS service
discusses and makes decisions only when the applications are complete (according to Item 1,
Article 36 of these Regulations).

For every received complete application, the HR-DNS service will, within the shortest possible
period of time, and 10 working days at the latest, counting from the day the complete application
has been received, issue the Decision on the Registration of the Domain within the Top-level
“hr” Domain (further in the text Decision) or Decision on Refusing Domain Registration
(further in the text Decision of Refusal).

The Decision must contain:

type of domain;

name of domain;

data about the domain user;

data about the domain duration, in case the application mentions a limited duration.

The Decision of Refusal must contain:

type of domain;

name of the requested domain;

data about the applicant;

statement of reasons of the decision;

legal recourse.

Article 38

The Decision is the only document that confirms the domain user the status of a domain user,
and his/her right to use the domain, registered in accordance with the provisions of these
Regulations.

Based on the Decision, the HR-DNS service immediately enters the registered domain into the
Register.

On the day the Decision is issued, the registration procedure is completed, and the rights and
responsibilities of the domain user come into force according to the provisions of these
Regulations.

Article 39

Domains are registered for an indefinite period of time.

HR-I domains are subjected to an obligatory periodical re-registration according to the Article 59
of these Regulations.

Appeals to the Decision on Refusing Domain Registration

Article 40

The applicant may appeal to the Commission against the Decision of Refusal made by the HR-
DNS service.

The appeal is submitted in the written form and sent to the CARNet CEO specifying “Attn.”hr”
Domain Commission”, either through the CARNet registration office, or by registered post.

The appeal has to be submitted within 8 days from the day the Decision has been delivered to the
applicant.

The Commission must issue a written decision with statement of reasons within 30 days from the
day the appeal has been filed. The decision of the Commission is sent to the HR-DNS service
and the appellant, by registered post.

The decisions issued by the Commission are final and executory.

After the expiration of the appeal from Item 3 of this Article, i.e. on the day of issuing the
Decision from Item 4 of this Article, the domain registration procedure is completed.

Article 41

The applicant is responsible for the correctness of the data stated in the application and the
authenticity of the additional documentation delivered attached to the request.

If, at any later moment the data in the application are found to be incorrect or that
documentation, enclosed to the application is not authentic, the HR-DNS service can revoke the
Decision, and, if the domain had been activated, deactivate it as a matter of urgency.

Special Provisions regarding HR-V Domain Registration Procedure

Article 42

When requesting a HR-V domain, the applicant has to specially explain (prove) his/her
qualifications for submitting such an application, i.e. present reasons and objectives of the
domain registration, provide a management plan (organisational, informational, and scheduling)
of the requested domain space and prove his/her competence for the respective field for which
the domain is registered.

The application for HR-V domain registration cannot be submitted, if the secondary domain of
HR domain of the same name is already registered. The applicant can proceed according to the
provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations.

Article 43

CARNet, as HR domain administrator authorised by IANA, and as public institution founded by
the Decree of the Croatian Government, can register HR-V domains according to the provisions
of these Regulations. CARNet applies for HR-V domain registration according to the regular
procedure defined by the provisions of these Regulations:

(a) for general service provided by CARNet, as public, academic and non-commercial
institution to all the interested subjects in the Republic of Croatia (e.g. cix.hr for Croatian
Internet eXcahnge or dns.hr for administration of the top-level “hr” domain),
(b) for permanent or temporary exclusion of some domains from the registration process, based
on the international practice of administering the national top-level domain or

internationally accepted minimal technical requirements and standards of the Internet
operation in a country.

Article 44

For the decisions related to the HR-V domain, the HR-DNS service has to request prior consent
by the Commission.

Domains registered as HR-V domains must be entered into the HR-V domains register,
published at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-V-domene/. Each domain entered in the HR-V
domains register contains the domain name, the domain user, the application date, and the
statement of reasons or a summary of the statement of reasons submitted by the domain user
when applying for registration.

Special Provisions regarding HR-I Domain Registration Procedure

Article 45

When requesting a HR-I domain, the applicant needs to issue a special statement of reasons, i.e.
proof of his/her qualifications for submitting such a request, i.e. state the reasons and objectives
for registering the domain, provide a management plan (organisational, informational, and
scheduling) for the requested domain space and prove his/her competence for the field of domain
registration.

Enclosed with the application, the applicant should also submit the following:

(a) a recommendation issued by the authorised government body stating that the applicant
should be granted the request for the registration of the requested domain;

or

(b) proof that the applicant had submitted a written request to the authorised government body
asking for a recommendation and a statement that no answer has been received from the
respective body within 15 days from the day that request was sent..

Article 46

On receipt of the complete application from the previous Article, the HR-DNS service will make
the data contained in the application public, immediately or no later than 10 days from the day
the application was received, at the address: http://www.dns.hr/HR-I-zahtjevi/.

If the HR-DNS service does not receive any other application requesting the domain of the same
name within 15 days from the day the data have been made public, the HR-DNS service will
make the decision regarding the application in accordance with the provisions of these
Regulations.

In case another application is submitted, as mentioned in the previous Item, the HR-DNS service
will:

(a) refuse the request stated in Item 1, in case this other application is a valid one for HR-P or
HR-V domain;
(b) advise the applicants to settle their dispute by mutual agreement or by arbitration,
according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations, in other cases.

Article 47

Domains registered as HR-I domains must be entered into the HR-I domains register, published
at the address http://www.dns.hr/HR-I-domene/. Each domain entered in the HR-I domains
register contains the domain name, the domain user, the application date, and the statement of
reasons or summary of the statement of reasons submitted by the domain user when applying for
registration.

Special Provisions for the Internet Services Providers

Article 48

A qualified applicant, proved undoubtedly by the document of registration issued by the
appropriate government register to be an Internet service provider, i.e. that on the basis of his/her
activities and by means of resources owned by him/her a great number of other legal subjects
realise their activities through the Internet, will be granted registration of one additional domain
(HR-P domain, i.e. HR-D domain).

The domain user can use the additional domain exclusively for the needs of other legal subjects –
the users s/he provides with the Internet services, and with the aim of separating his/her virtual
identity from the virtual identity of his/her users.

VII RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DOMAIN USERS AND THIRD
INTERESTED PARTIES REGARDING DOMAIN USE

General Rights and Responsibilities of the Domain Users

Article 49

As soon as the decision on the domain registration is issued, the domain user has the right to use
it, including both the right and the responsibility to organise and manage the domain space
“below” the granted domain.

The domain user must use the domain only for the purpose stated in the domain registration.

The domain user is to use the domain in the usual way, which means as usual within the world
Internet community.

Article 50

The domain user must inform the HR-DNS service about any change of data about him/herself,
and the use of the domain, within the time and in such a way as determined by the HR-DNS
service.

Article 51

The relation between the domain user and the HR-DNS service, as HR domain administrator
service, should be bona fide and constructive, which means in accordance with the relation
between the domain user and administrator of the hierarchically superior domain which is usual
for the Internet community.

The domain user must comply with and implement the technical recommendations made by the
HR-DNS service.

The domain user, as well as the trustee, must co-operate with the CARNet DNS service, i.e.
persons authorised by the HR-DNS service, regarding questions in relation to topics and
activities that are based on the computers in the user’s domain space. This co-operation means
also taking measures to restricting or preventing activities that are considered domain misuse and
cause damage to the domain users, i.e. all the users of the HR-domain.

Article 52

Official contacts between the domain users and the HR-DNS service, especially regarding
administrative issues and questions of rights and responsibilities for using the domain are
handled through the addresses defined by the domain user in the administrative data stated in the
domain registration or in a subsequent change of these data, and the HR-DNS service will prefer
electronic communication. The HR-DNS service will automatically send information in
electronic form to the trustee, if nominated, and if his/her e-mail address is known.

Article 53

In his/her counselling activities towards the domain user, as well as in the practical activities
related to the functioning of the domain, the user’s trustee, if nominated, must comply with the
provisions stated in these Regulations, implement them in a way most suitable to the domain
user, and act as if s/he alone would be responsible for all the consequences resulting from these
activities.

Article 54

The domain user is responsible for any domain misuse. Domain misuse includes any registration
and use of the domain which is not in compliance with the purpose of the domain and the
provisions of these Regulations.

The domain user (or domain registration applicant) is fully responsible for any violation of
intellectual property (i.e. copyright and industrial property, particularly trademarks, i.e. protected
verbal signs, according to the Trademark Act (Official Gazette NN 78/99) and the Trademark
Regulations (Official Gazette 146/99)), as well as for any damage caused by such violation,
which results from starting the domain registration procedure, registration or use of the domain.
CARNet, as HR domain administrator, does not and cannot accept any responsibility for the
above mentioned.

In the case of dispute between the domain user (or the applicant) and a third party, caused by
domain misuse described in Items 1 and 2 of this Article, CARNet, as HR domain administrator,
is not responsible towards the parties in dispute, but rather instructs them to settle the dispute
according to the provisions of Article 72 of these Regulations

Article 55

The domain user must not let other subjects use his/her domain (except under the conditions
from Article 48 of these Regulations), renounce his/her domain in favour of other subjects, or
undertake any activities related to the domain status, if the goal is to gain financial, material or
other benefits from the other subject, interested in using the domain.

The domain user must not register the domain and use it so as to inflict financial, material,
market, intellectual or any other damage on the third parties.

The domain user must not found other legal entities with exclusive aim of gaining rights to use
additional domains contrary to the provisions of these Regulations.

If the HR-DNS service determines that the domain user has handled contrary to the provisions of
the Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, the service can make the decision by which that user is not
permitted to register new domains over a subsequent period of 3 years, and the registration of the
given domains is revoked.

The decision-making procedure mentioned in the previous Item is defined in more detail by the
document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within the HR Domain.

Special Responsibilities of the HR-V and HR-I Domain Users

Article 56

The HR-V domain user can use the domain exclusively for special purposes, for which the
domain has been registered. The presentation or the users’ activities, i.e. virtual identity of the
user, its officials, employees or co-workers cannot be implemented through the HR-V domain,
but through the basic (HR-P) domain, which the user can register for the mentioned purposes.

Article 57

The HR-I domain user can use the domain exclusively for special purposes, for which the
domain has been registered. The presentation or the users’ activities, i.e. virtual identity of the
user, its officials, employees or co-workers, or virtual identity or market demand for its products
cannot be realised through the HR-I domain, but through the basic (HR-P or HR-F) domain or
HR-T domain, which the user can register for the mentioned purposes.

Article 58

The HR-I domain user must activate the domain within 30 days from the registration day and
must start to publish information in the respective field stated in the domain registration. The
HR-I domain user must permanently maintain the quality and update information published by
means of the domain.

Article 59

The HR-I domain user must request domain re-registration no later than 60 days before the two
year period from the day of the previous domain registration day.

The domain re-registration proceeds according to the special provisions on the HR-I domain
registration procedure from Articles 45 and 46 of these Regulations.

The domain re-registration, lacking the recommendation by the authorised government body
from Article 45, Item 2, can be carried out maximally twice.

In case of receiving a second application in the re-registration procedure, as opposed to Article
46, Item 3, the HR-DNS service will, regardless of the type of the second application, instruct
the applicants to settle their dispute by agreement or by arbitration, according to the provisions
of Article 72 of these Regulations. Until agreement has been reached or decision by the arbitrator
made, the HR-I domain user will be allowed to continue to use the domain.

Article 60

In case of HR-I domain the type of domain can be changed into HR-P or HR-V domain, if the
HR-DNS service receives an agreement between the actual user of that HR-I domain and the
qualified applicant for HR-P, i.e. HR-V domain.

Revocation of the Domain Registration

Article 61

Registration of the domain may be revoked, and the domain deleted from the Register, provided
one of the following conditions is met:

(a) the domain user has requested in writing that the domain registration be revoked and the
domain deleted from the Register;
(b) the domain user has not within 60 days from the day the decision was sent to the official
address of the user, met the requirements set by the HR-DNS service, listed in the decision
on urgent deactivating of the domain;
(c) the HR-DNS service determined on the basis of valid documentation that more than three
years have passed since the legal entity, who was the domain user, has ceased to exist, or
the natural person, who was the domain user, has died, during which no valid request has
been submitted claiming rights on the domain or right to inherit the domain;
(d) the domain user has not responded to the repeated written request by the HR-DNS service
within a period longer than 60 days from the day the inquiry has been sent to the official
user’s address;
(e) the domain user has openly violated the Regulations, from Article 55.

The domains for which the registration has been revoked are automatically deactivated using
emergency procedure, if the domain had not been deactivated before the registration was
revoked.

Regardless of domain revocation, the Register holds permanently the entry about the owner and
the time period of domain registration.

The registration revocation and the domain deleting procedure is defined in more detail by the
document Procedure on Registering and Deleting Subdomains within the HR Domain.

Activating and Deactivating Domains

Article 62

The domain user or his/her trustee have the right to request activation of the registered domain,
thus making the domain accessible on the Internet.

The request for activating the domain means that the domain user is ready to meet the minimum
technical conditions set by the HR-DNS service and to take over the responsibilities and co-
operation with the CARNet DNS service regarding issues related to the activities that are based
on computers using the names of the domain user’s domain space.

The domain activating procedure is defined in more detail by the document Procedure of
Activating and Deactivating of Registered Subdomains within HR Domain.

Article 63

A domain may be deactivated using a regular or an emergency procedure.

Article 64

The domain may be deactivated using a regular procedure provided one of the following
conditions is met:

(a) the date has come, for which the domain user has requested the DNS service in the written
form of a Statement to deactivate the domain;
(b) the domain user is using the domain for purposes different from those defined by these
Regulations for certain types of domains.

The decision on deactivation using a regular procedure in case of (b) of the previous Item is to be
delivered to the domain user at least 10 working days in advance.

Article 65

A domain may be deactivated using emergency procedure provided one of the following
conditions is met:

(a) the user provided incorrect or non-credible data and documentation during registration
procedure;
(b) the user did not provide information about the change of obligatory data about him/herself
or the domain use;
(c) the domain user does not carry out his/her duties and responsibilities, defined by these
Regulations;
(d) the domain user cannot satisfy the minimum technical requirements related to the
functioning of the domain, leading to the problem of DNS system functioning of the HR
domain;
(e) the domain user does not accept responsibility or does not co-operate with the CARNet
DNS service, i.e. persons or services delegated by the HR-DNS service, regarding issues
related to the activities based on the computers, which use the names from the domain
user’s domain space;
(f) the domain user is misusing the domain, using it contrary to the purpose for which it was
registered;
(g) the domain user is misusing the domain, by (not)using it, and thus violating the
intellectual property, especially the copyright, and trademarks, i.e. protected verbal signs
registered or acknowledged by the State Bureau for Intellectual Property;
(h) the domain user fails to settle the accounts according to these Regulations and the
Decision on Charging the HR-DNS Services.

The Decision on deactivating the domain using emergency procedure is to be delivered to the
domain user at least 24 hours in advance.

Article 66

The domain deactivating procedure is defined in more detail by the document Procedure of
Activating and Deactivating of Registered Subdomains within HR Domain.

Change of Name, Acquiring Rights for a Domain, Inheritance, and Transfer of Domain

Article 67

The domain user may request the change of domain name. The procedure for delegating a
domain of a new name is the same as the procedure for domain registration.

The procedure regarding domain name change is defined in more detail by the document
Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain.

Article 68

If the legal entity – the domain user has ceased to exist, the legal successors of the legal entity
may claim the rights to the domain, as well as domain inheritance, i.e. re-registration of the
existing domain in their favour and their entry in the Register as the domain user. A valid
document stating the legal inheritance of the legal entity has to be enclosed with the Request.
The mentioned document must unambiguously state the right to inherit the rights on the domain
and to inherit the domain as a non-dividable resource.

If the natural person – the domain user has died, the person’s inheritors may request to inherit the
domain, i.e. re-registration of the existing domain in their favour and their entry into the Register
as the domain owner. A valid and executory document about the inheritance of the natural
person has to be enclosed with the Request. The mentioned document must unambiguously state
the right to inherit the domain as a non-dividable resource.

The procedure of claiming the rights to the domain and domain inheritance are defined in more
detail by the document Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain.

Article 69

The domain user may renounce his/her rights to use the domain in favour of another
applicant, if this other applicant meets the conditions required for registration of that domain
according to the provisions of these Regulations and according to the regular procedure of
domain registration, which will be carried out for him/her.

Renouncing the rights to use the domain in favour of another subject is done by submitting a
Request to change the domain user, co-signed by the actual and the future domain user.

Renouncing of rights to use the domain is final and irrevocable.

The procedure regarding domain user change is defined in more detail by the document
Procedure of Registering and Deleting Subdomains within HR Domain.

VIII HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS AND SETTLING DISPUTES

Complaints and Objections to the Decisions and Operation of the HR-DNS Service

Article 70

Handling of complaints regarding decisions made by the HR-DNS service related to handling
Applications for Domain Registration is defined by Article 40 of these Regulations.

Article 71

The applicant and the domain users may submit to the Commission objections regarding work
and activities of the HR-DNS service, i.e. to the decisions made by the HR-DNS service which
have been made following the domain registration procedure.

The objection has to be submitted in the written form and delivered to the CARNet CEO
specifying “Attn. “hr” domain Commission”, either through the CARNet registry office or by
registered post.

Objections may be submitted within 30 days from the day when the activity or the procedure
which are subject of the objection occurred, i.e. 30 days from the day when the decision was
delivered.

The Commission has to issue a written Declaration on the Objection within 30 days from the day
of submitting the objection. The Declaration issued by the Commission is sent to the HR-DNS
service and the objection submitter by registered post.

The Commission’s standpoints stated in the Declaration are final and executory for the HR-DNS
service.

Settlement of Disputes

Article 72

A third party, not satisfied by the (status) of registration of a certain domain may undertake the
following actions (in the order of priority) in the dispute over the registered domain.

(a) reach agreement with the actual domain user, e.g. according to Articles 67 or 69 of these
Regulations;
(b) initiation of the arbitral proceeding, according to the Rules on arbitration for solving
disputes regarding subdomains within .hr domain,
(c) file charges to the court of jurisdiction in the Republic of Croatia against the actual domain
user, regarding the use of the domain in dispute by the user.

The disputant parties are instructed to settle the disputes primarily by agreement. Upon request
of a disputant party, the HR-DNS service will try to organise a meeting with the aim of reaching
agreement.

In case agreement has been reached, the domain user may handle according to Articles 67 or 69,
or submit the text of the agreement to the HR-DNS service, clearly stating the agreed upon
changes related to the domain. The agreement has to be signed and verified by both parties, and
in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

In resolving disputes, the priority is also given to the arbitration procedure over litigation.

In case of litigation, the party interested in effecting a change, has to submit to the HR-DNS
service final decision issued by the court of jurisdiction (or a notarised copy of the court
decision) which has to state explicit provisions related to the given domain and changes that need
to be effected.

Arbitration Procedure

Article 73

The arbitral proceeding is regulated by “The Rules on arbitration for solving disputes regarding
subdomains within .hr domain”, issued by the CARNet’s Board of Governors.

IX COSTS AND FEES RELATED TO HR DOMAIN MANAGEMENT

Article 74

In determining costs and fees, the fact should be taken into consideration that the activities
related to managing HR domain are partly, first of all in providing the basic rights of the legal

and natural persons from Article 5 of these Regulations, funded from the Budget of the Republic
of Croatia (concretely, from the budget of the Croatian Academic and Research Network
CARNet), and should be partly self-financed according to a “not-for-profit” principle.

Article 75

Costs related to the management of HR domain refer to:

establishing and maintaining the technical systems (computers and software), necessary for
the functioning of the HR domain;

membership fees in international societies related to the Internet domains management;

postage and other forms of communication, apart from communicating over the Internet;

operating costs of the HR-DNS service, Commission for "hr" domain and arbitrator.

Article 76

Fees are charged for:

(a) registration of HR-T and HR-I domains;
(b) annual maintenance of HR-T and HR-I domains;
(c) repeated identical changes (e.g. of name or technical data) related to a registered domain,
within a period of 6 months;
(d) arbitration procedure;
(e) procedures related to the administration of the HR domain, in a way different from the
standard one, (e.g. issuing of decisions in a written rather than electronic form).

Depending on the number of requests and the volume of work, fees can be also charged for
registration and/or annual maintenance of other types of domains.

Article 77

Actual list of services that are charged, the amount of fee and the charging procedures related to
the HR domain management are defined in more detail in the document Decision on Charging
the HR-DNS services.

X TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 78

In exchanging documents and data, and communicating with the users, the HR-DNS service,
when possible depending on the legal and technical assumptions, gives priority to
communication via computer network, and electronic forms of documents and data.

Article 79

All the official information related to the management of HR domain are made public at the
address:

URL: http://www.dns.hr/

The domain dns.hr is also used as a directory for other forms of electronic communication with
the domain users, registered according to the provisions of these Regulations, as well as for
communication with the third parties regarding issues about the HR domain.

For reasons of international compatibility and identity of the HR domain management system, as
the Croatian national domain, identical official information is available at addresses www.nic.hr
and www.domainregistry.hr.

Article 80

The Board and the HR-DNS service have to follow the situation and tendencies in the world
related to the organisation and management of the domain space, especially regarding the
activities and decisions made by ICANN, and considering this knowledge as well as the situation
and the needs in the Republic of Croatia, has to propose necessary modifications and
permanently provide professional and efficient management of the HR domain.

Article 81

These Regulations become effective on 1 February 2001.

Article 82

On the day these Regulations become effective, the Regulations on the registration of secondary
domains within the top-level “hr” domain of 15 July 1998 cease to be valid.

All the Decisions on granting secondary domains within the top-level “hr” domain, issued
before the date when these Regulations become effective, continue to be valid and have the same
force as decisions issued in compliance with these Regulations.

All the domains registered by the HR-DNS service before these Regulations become effective,
remain registered, regardless of the possible non-compliance with the provisions of these
Regulations. The users of such domains have to submit to the HR-DNS service within a year
from the day these Regulations become effective, the documentation that the HR-DNS service
may request in order to update the documentation with the provisions of these Regulations.

The users of domains registered before the day these Regulations become effective can, if they
want to, request in a written form, and no later than one year from the day these Regulations
become effective, the change of name of their domain for compliance with these Regulations.
The registration of domains with new names will be made within 6 months from the date of
request for changing the domain name.

Possible disputes related to domains registered before the day these Regulations become
effective, are settled in accordance with the Article 72 of these Regulations.

Article 83

The Board and the HR-DNS service manager will be appointed according to the provisions in
Articles 27 and 30 of these Regulations on the day these Regulations become effective.

The documents from Article 34 of these Regulations have to be produced within 30 days from
the day these Regulations become effective.

If due to the non-existence of documents from Article 34 of these Regulations it is not possible
to carry out the procedures in compliance with these Regulations, these procedures will be
postponed until the day the necessary documents are produced.

Article 84

The Board will, within a period of 6 months from the day these Regulations become effective,
provide and initially publish the list of HR-V domains from Article 44 of these Regulations.

During the mentioned period, the board will inform through various activities the government
and local authorities about the concepts and principles of managing HR domain, as well as with
the intentions and provisions of these Regulations, and invite them to realise their rights related
to HR-V domains resulting from these Regulations.

Until the expiration of the period mentioned in Item 1 of this Article, the HR-DNS service and
the Board may refuse registration of certain HR-P domains and HR-D domains, stating that these
are the domains that can be registered in the list from Article 44 of these Regulations.

Article 85

Registration of HR-T domains according to the provisions of these Regulations will start 2
months from the day these Regulations become effective.

Due to protection of HR-P domain users’ rights, HR-T domains which bears the same name as
HR-P domain, which were registrated on the day of the beginning of HR-T domains registration,
will be reserved for HR-P domain users for a period of 3 months from the day of the beginning
of HR-T domains registration. The provision of this paragraph refers to only those HR-P (HR-T)
domains the name of which is equal to full or abbreviated legal person’s name being the domain
user.

Registration of HR-I domains according to the provisions of these Regulations will start 6
months from the day these Regulations become effective.

Article 86

The Board will, within a period of 6 months from the day these Regulations become effective,
provide and initially publish the list of arbitrators pursuant to the Rules on arbitration for solving
disputes regarding subdomains within .hr domain.

Until the list of arbitrators is published it is not possible to submit arbitration requests nor start
arbitration procedure.

Article 87

The HR-DNS service will within a period of 12 months from the day these Regulations become
effective propose technical mechanism for management distribution of certain types of domains,
thus allowing transfer of certain rights from these Regulations, especially registration procedures
and changed related to the registered domains to other legal entities.

The Board will within a period of 12 months from the day these Regulations become effective
propose the procedure and criteria for including other legal subjects in the distributed
management of certain types of domains.

Legal subjects from Item 2 of this Article will be allowed to join the distributed system of
managing domains as follows:

(a) for HR-T domains, no later than 15 months from the day these Regulations become
effective;
(b) for HR-F domains, no later than 24 months from the day these Regulations become
effective;
(c) for HR-P domains, HR-D and HR-I domains, no later than 36 months from the day these
Regulations become effective.

Article 88

In the case of dispute between the domain users, applicants and the third parties and CARNet, as
HR domain administrator, the parties will try to settle the dispute by agreement, and if this
proves impossible, then the Court in Zagreb is competent.

Article 89

The Regulations regarding Organisation of the Top-Level "hr" Internet Domain and the
Management of the Top-Level "hr" Domain are issued by the CARNet Board of Governors
appointed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, performing the rights pertaining to the
Republic of Croatia, as the founder of the Croatian Academic and Research Network, CARNet.

Article 90

Any changes and modifications of the Regulations regarding Organisation of the Top-level "hr"
Internet Domain and the Principles of Managing the Top-level "hr" Domain are issued by the
CARNet Board of Governors in a written form.

Class: 104-000/00-11/1
Reg.No.: 650-01-00-1 President of the CARNet Board of Governors

 Prof. Slavko Krajcar PhD

Appendix 1: BASIC TERMINOLOGY

"hr" domain

 HR domain

activating the domain

procedure resulting in the entry of the data on the registered domain into
 domain server of the HR domain, thus making the domain "visible"
(available) on the Internet

arbitrator

independent expert, especially in the field of information technology,
law and protection of intellectual property, who conduct an arbitral
proceeding regarding concrete arbitral request.

arbitration

specific procedure of settling disputes between the actual domain user
and the third parties, carried out according to the provisions of these
Regulations

deleting the domain

procedure of revoking the domain registration and deleting the domain
from the Register, by which the former domain user loses the right to
use the domain, and the name is released for submitting new requests for
registration

com.hr domain

 HR-T domain

deactivating of domain

procedure resulting in deleting the data about the registered domain from
the domain server of the HR domain, which makes the domain
“invisible” (not available) on the Internet

DNS (Domain Name System)

(1) a system of Internet domains, regulated by the document RFC 1591;
(2) (spoken) name for  domain server

DNS service

 HR-DNS service

additional domain

 HR-T domain

domain

part of the computer name, information service or e-mail address of the
person on the Internet, usually denoting organisation and /or geographic
affiliation; examples: de, hr, si, us, carnet.hr, whitehouse.gov,
math.colostate.edu

domain of special significance for
the RH information space

 HR-V domain

domain for additional needs

 HR-T domain

domain for natural persons

 HR-F domain

domain for private activity of
natural persons

 HR-D domain

domain for market (commercial)
demands

 HR-T domain

domain server

network server (computer and adequate software support - domain name
server), configured according to the documents RFC-1034 and RFC-
1035, and containing all the technical information about the domain and
answering the inquiries via network, for each domain the basic (primary)
and one or more auxiliary (secondary) domain servers need to be
defined.

government body

body of legislative, executive or judicial authorities in the Republic of
Croatia

natural person

(in these Regulations) citizens of the Republic of Croatia and foreign
persons with approved prolonged stay or permanent residence in the
Republic of Croatia

from.hr domain

 HR-F domain

HR domain

top-level (ccTLD) domain entitled "hr", national domain of the Republic
of Croatia, delegated to CARNet for administration as Croatian national
domain.

 
HR-D domain

domain for virtual identity of private activities by natural persons 
Annex 2.

HR-F domain

domain for virtual identity of natural persons  Annex 2

HR-I domain

domain for improvement of information space  Annex 2

HR-P domain

domain for virtual identity of legal entities  Annex 2

HR-T domain

domain for market and other additional demands  Annex 2

HR-V domain

domain important for the Republic of Croatia and her information space
 Annex 2

HR-DNS service

service within CARNet, which performs technical activities related to
the functioning of HR domain and tasks related to reservation,
registration, activation, deactivation of the domain within the HR
domain

iz.hr domain

 HR-F domain

JD-register

unique (at government level) original register kept by the authorised
government body

domain user

legal or natural person, on whose request the HR domain is registered
and entered in the domain register maintained by the HR-DNS service,
as the domain user, thus having all the rights and responsibilities defined
in these Regulations

LS-register

original register at the authorised body of local authority or self-
government, i.e. professional body (chamber) at the government level,
issuing work permits, in compliance with the laws of the Republic of
Croatia

name.hr domain

 HR-F domain

inheriting the domain

procedure by which a legal or natural person, legal inheritor, i.e.
inheritor of a legal entity, who has ceased to exist, or natural person,
who has died, re-registers the existing domain to his/her favour

renouncing of domain in favour of
another

procedure by which a legal or natural person renounces the rights of
using a domain, registered at his/her request, in favour of another legal
or natural person, who meets the conditions of these Regulations

legal person

(in these Regulations) subjects, who are recognised on the basis of valid
legal regulations in the Republic of Croatia as having the status of legal
entities (e.g. subjects entered in the Court Register of Companies or
subjects entered into the Register of Societies).

legal subject

(in these Regulations) legal person or natural person

re-registration of domain

only HR-I

trustee

a person, appointed by the applicant for the domain registration – the
domain user, to handle the registration activities, management and
maintenance of the domain; the trustee does not hold the rights or
responsibilities of the domain user

subdomain

domain, registered within another domain at a lower hierarchical level,;
e.g. math.colostate.edu is a subdomain of the domain colostate.edu

commission

 commission for the "hr" domain

commission for "hr" domain

commission, appointed by the CARNet Board of Governors, supervising
the implementation of these Regulations and the work of DNS service,
and making decisions on complaints and objections

primary domain server

 domain server

register (of domains)

public register maintained by the HR-DNS service, listing all the
domains registered in compliance with these Regulations

registration of domain

procedure resulting in entering the domain in the Register, awarding the
applicant the right to use the domain and to become its user

 
reservation of domain

status of the domain from applying for registration to completion of the
registration procedure

decision on the registration of the
domain within the top-level “hr”
domain

official document, signed by the CARNet Chief Executive Officer and
the HR-DNS service manager, and verified by a CARNet embossed
stamp, awarding the domain user the right to use the concrete domain
within the top-level “hr” domain

secondary domain within the HR
domain

domain, registered at the level immediately below the HR domain, e.g.:
carnet.hr, trgotrade.hr

secondary domain server

 domain server

technical data on the domain

data needed to activate and make the domain available on the Internet,
usually the data on primary and secondary domain server

government body

(in these Regulations) the body of legislative or executive authorities in
the Republic of Croatia

duration (of registration) of the
domain

a period of time, after the expiration of which the registration of the
domain automatically ceases; as a rule, the duration of domain
registration is indefinite

market/commercial domain

 HR-T domain

trademark

 stamp

top-level domain

domain of the highest (top) hierarchical level, e.g. de, hr, si, us, gov, edu

top-level "hr" domain

 HR domain

application for registration of the
domain within HR domain

filled in and certified form, as well as the necessary additional
documentation, used by the applicant to start the process of domain
registration

stamp

stamp (according to the Act on Stamps NN 78/99) protects the sign,
especially: words, letters, digits, abbreviations, graphical presentations,
combinations of colours and their hues, three-dimensional parts, product
shapes or their packaging, provided that they are distinctive as well as
combinations of all the previously mentioned characters. In domain
registration verbal signs are very important, which means words, letters,
digits, and similar characters.

Appendix 2: TYPES AND FEATURES OF DOMAINS WITHIN HR DOMAIN

HR-P domain

HR-F domain

HR-D domain

HR-T domain

HR-V domain

HR-I domain

aim of the domain

to create virtual identity
of the legal person,
unambiguously related to
the natural identity and
registered activity of the
legal person

to create virtual identity
of the natural person,
unambiguously related to
the natural identity, in
order to meet personal
needs of the natural person

to create virtual identity
of the registered
private activity,
performed by a natural
person

to realise market
demands of legal and
natural persons, virtual
identity for trademarks,
specially protected
verbal signs, registered
or acknowledged in
Croatia

high-quality
organisation of
information space in
Croatia: domains with
names of geographic
facilities, natural,
historic and cultural
resources, fields of
human activities (generic
domains)

high-quality
organisation of
information space in
Croatia: domains with
names of natural, historic
and cultural resources,
specialised fields of
human activities

qualified users

legal person registered
in the unique (at
government level)
original register at the
authorised government
body

citizens of the Republic
of Croatia and foreigners
with approved permanent
residence in the Republic
of Croatia

natural person
performing private
activity registered by
an original register at
the authorised body of
local authority or
approved by the
professional association
(chamber)

all legal and natural
persons having physical
address (residence where
they can receive postal /
mail items) in Croatia

body of government or
local authority or self-
government

society, professional
association at
government level
(recommended by the
authorised government
body);

legal persons registered
in RH and natural
persons – citizens of the
Republic of Croatia

max. per
user

one

one

one

no limit

no limit

two + re-registrationevery 2 years

typical users al

trade companies,
enterprises

government bodies

public institutions

societies, parties

citizens of the Republic
of Croatia

foreigners with
approved permanent
residence

craftsmen

lawyers and notaries

physicians, dentists

freelance artists

trade companies

craftsmen

citizens

public institutions

ministries

counties

cities and districts

sport associations

trade companies

craftsmen

citizens

public institutions

typicexamples
domains

pliva.hr; pbz.hr

vlada.hr; mvp.hr

nsk.hr; srce.hr; efzg.hr

hns-cff.hr; hsls.hr

ivan-horvat-zg.from.hr

obitelj-ivan-horvat.iz.hr

ivan-horvat-njofra.iz.hr

ivanhorvat63.from.hr

2001ivanhorvat.iz.hr

zlatar-peric-opatija.hr

sesirihorvatzg.hr

istra-oglasi-agencija.hr

riva-caffe-zg.hr

odvjetnik-hlapic-os.hr

bajadera.com.hr

sumamed.com.hr

hoteli.com.hr

horvat.com.hr

star2000.com.hr

znanost.hr; kultura.hr

zagreb.hr; istra.hr

velebit.hr; hvar.hr

glagoljica.hr; knjiga.hr

kosarka.hr; eps2001.hr

vrapci.hr

kolaci.hr

moderni-odgoj.hr

bonton.hr

zuto-cvijece.hr