What you should know in order to obtain a “European” domain name By Elena Spiropoulou, Attorney at law The European domain names ending in .eu are close to becoming real. Starting from the last trimester of 2005 one can obtain a .eu domain name, while the legislation regarding the registration procedure is gradually being published. EURid, the European Registry of Internet Domain Names, is a non-for-profit organization based in Brussels which manages the .eu top-level Internet domain under contract with the European Commission.