.fr
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.fr
Introduced 1986
Status Active
Sponsor AFNIC
Intended use Entities connected with 
France
FranceActual use Very popular in France
Registration restrictions There is a French presence requirement and administrative contact address must be in France; some other restrictions on some of the specific subdomains
Structure Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at the third level beneath various second-level subdomains
Documents Registration Agreement
Dispute policies Alternative Dispute Resolutions
Website AFNIC
.fr is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for France. Along with .re and .tf, it is administered by AFNIC.
There also exist a number of second-level domains:
.tm.fr - for owners of trademarks .asso.fr - for associations .nom.fr - for surnames .prd.fr - for research and development programs .presse.fr - for press publications .com.fr - open to all applicants without justification of the requested name .gouv.fr - for the French administration
Apart from these six second-level domains AFNIC also reserves the right to introduce sector-based second-level domains. An example therefore would be the .gouv.fr domain reserved to identify the web addresses of French governmental institutions.
Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.
