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Polices for The Registration of a Domain Name of Nic-Panamá

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Direct users of NIC-PANAMA: 
Applicant: 
The person or group of person requesting the registration 
of a domain name to the NIC-Panama, who can be an individual 
holder or a service agent.

Registrant (name holder): 
whom has been assigned a domain name that has been introduced 
in the registry  (natural or juridical person).

Registry shall be understood as the activation of the domain 
name in a database that contains the archives of zone of one 
or several domain names of Internet, including the domain names 
of inferior levels, the corresponding addresses of Internet 
Protocol and compatible data.

There are (3) three types of contacts: 
Administrative Contact: the person in charge of representing the 
organization,  Competent to answer nontechnical questions and 
acquainted with the procedures and norms of the institution.

Technical Contact: the person in charge of the technical aspects 
of maintenance of the DNS, of maintaining the name of the server 
and interacting with technical and administrative staff to solve 
problems that affect the operation of the domain name of the 
organization.

Billing contact: The person in charge of managing all the financial 
aspects,  payment of registry and renewal fees, and to attend the 
problems that can result from the statements of accounts produced 
by the offering of the Domain name Service.

Registry fee is understood as the annual fee established by 
NIC-Panama to offer the Domain Name Registration service.

Renewal fee is understood as the rate specified in the price 
list annexed to this website to be paid in concept of renewal 
of a domain name registration.

A new registrant is understood as the person or group who 
receives a domain name that is already operational.
          
Policy of Solution of Controversies: the collection of norms 
and principles adopted by  the Registration service(registrar) 
for the solution of controversies related to the domain names 
registered and published properly.

The means of official communication between Nic-Panama and 
the Applicant/Holder is the electronic mail. All the 
communications of the Nic-Panama to the Applicant/Holder and 
to the Contacts, it will be made through electronic mail to 
the address of electronic mail that these have indicated in 
their registration application, being of their exclusive 
responsibility that the same ones operate in a correct way, as 
well as to notify of any change in those addresses. To these 
addresses the registration warnings will be sent, renovations, 
payments, etc.. The communications sent to not updated addresses 
will be considered as having received..

General Policies and Norms:

The present clauses and conditions will be applied to any request 
of registry of an Internet domain name to NIC-PANAMÁ and 
subsequent registry and use of the domain name.

When completing and presenting a request of domain name for 
consideration and admission by the registering entity (registrar), 
the applicant and/or the registrant recognize that he has read and 
accepts the policies and procedures established by NIC-PANAMÁ.

The registrant accepts that even though an agent of the registrant, 
like an Internet services supplier or an agent/contact/administrative, 
operates the present registration, he will accepts the existing 
policies and procedures.

The acceptance of the present policies and conditions by any agent 
of applicant/registrant (by electronic mail as well as by other means) 
will bind this agent as if he were the domain name registrant in the 
agreement of registry.

The registrar will not be allowed to process a domain name until 
the applicant provides with the names of hosts and directions IP 
of at least two (2) servers of names that support the domain.

The present policies could be modified or be replaced as often as 
necessary, in sole opinion of NIC-PANAMÁ, compelling the 
applicant/registrant to accept immediately the new norms, 
without reserves of any nature.

The applicant and/or registrant agree upon that the registrar 
will not have any responsibility in respect to the applicant 
and/or registrant by any type of damages or prejudices:

Related to the processing on the part of the registrar of the 
request of domain name; or;
In relation to the processing on the part of the registrar of 
any authorized modification of the registry of the name of 
dominion during the period of any registry; or
Resulting from the refusal of the registrar to accept any request 
of registry; or
As a result of the failure of the applicant or the registrant to 
pay the registration fee or the renewal fee; or 
As a result of the application of the policy on controversies.

The applicant/registrant agrees upon that the registrar will not 
be responsible for any loss of registry or loss of use of the domain 
name neither for the interruption of the commercial activity nor any 
type of indirect loss, special, unexpected or consequent 
(including the loss of benefits) that can be consequence of a 
contract, legal prejudice (including the negligence) or of any 
other type.

The Applicant/registrant admits that it is technically impossible 
to provide services free of errors and that the registrar does not 
commit itself to it..

The Applicant/registrant (directly or by means of an agent) will 
be able to modify the registry of the domain name or to renounce 
to the same one in accordance with the procedures established by 
the registrar for these aims..

Of the information provided by the applicant:

When soliciting by means of the form of Request of Name of Domain, 
the registry of a domain name, the applicant declares and guarantees 
that, to its loyal knowledge and understanding, any information 
provided in this form is correct and true.

To the aim of requesting the registry of the domain name, the 
applicant will be asked to provide all the information that is 
needed in the request of domain name. The registrar will take 
reasonable precautions to protect this information against loss, 
erroneous use, access or nonauthorized spreading, alteration or 
destruction.

The applicant declares and guarantees that any future change 
of the information provided in the request of domain name 
necessary to maintain its exactitude, will be quickly provided 
to the registrar in accordance with the procedures of modification 
of the domain name that are applicable according to the case.

The registrar reserves the right to cancel the domain name if 
in the present agreement of registry, or later modifications 
to the same one, there appear false or deceptive information 
or any hidden or omitted information that the registrar 
probably would have considered essential for his decision to 
accept the request of domain name and to assign the domain 
name to the applicant.

If the applicant knowingly provides inexact or untrustworthy 
information, or in a deliberate way he does not update quickly 
the information provided to the registrar or he does not 
respond for more than fifteen (15) days calendar to the questions 
relative to the exactitude of the provided information or request 
to take contact in relation to the domain name, a serious 
violation in the registry agreement will take place and will 
serve as base for the cancellation of the registry of the 
name of domain.

All request of modification of domain made by the applicant 
or registrant will be valid as long as they are within the 
established norms and if the due payments of this domain 
have been paid.

Of the acceptance of the Request:

In case that some person notifies the existence of an 
inaccuracy in the information provided by the applicant, 
the registrar will take the reasonable measures to investigate 
this supposed inaccuracy. In case that the registrar determines 
that inexact information has been provided, appropriate 
measures will be taken to correct any inaccuracy.

The registrar will process the request and will study if he 
accepts it or he rejects it in accordance with the Agreement 
of Registry, as existing at the moment of the request, 
transfer or renewal of the corresponding registry.

The registrar will register the domain names according to their 
order of arrival. The applicant and/or registrant agree upon 
not adopting any disposition making use of the foreseeable registry 
of a domain name before it appears as registered in the Registry 
of domain names of the NIC-PANAMÁ.

Admission of the request of domain name implies that the 
applicant and registrant (if applicable) and the billing contact 
grants their consent by this act to the inclusion in the Registry 
of their names, information necessary to be in contact with them 
and other detailed information related to the registered domain 
name.

The registrar reserves the right to refuse to register a domain 
name, making use of his exclusive faculties.

The applicant agrees upon that receiving a request of registry 
of a domain name does not engage in any way the registrar to 
process the request without previously checking its regularity.

In case the registrant of the Domain has rented a webspace on a 
server of an ISP, the proceeding of domain request can be made 
as well by the supplier as by the registrant and anyone of the 
two that asks for being denominated applicant, as long as they 
fulfill the necessary requirements.

Of payments and tariffs:

As payment for the registry of the domain name to the registrar, 
the applicant will accept to pay the registry fee and, when 
applicable, the renewal fee.

The registrar will not be forced to activate a domain name unless 
he has received the payment of the registry fee or the renewal 
fee, according to the case.

The payments made in relation to the registry of domain name or 
the renewal of the registry of the domain name will not be 
refundable once the registrar has processed the request.

The registration fee will include a period of two (2) years for 
each new registry and of (1) a year for each renewal, including 
any modification allowed for the inscription of the domain name 
during the included period. When finalizing this period or periods 
of registry, according to the case, if the registrant, or who 
represents him, does not pay the rate of renewal within the term 
specified in a second warning or reminder, the registry of the 
domain name will be canceled.

If the applicant is represented by an agent to the aims of carrying 
out any requested payment, the registrar will request the payment 
to the agent in the first place. If the agent does not carry out 
this payment for whatever reason, the registrar will be allowed 
to request it directly to the applicant.

Of the Violations of the rights of third parties:

The applicant declares and guarantees that he has tried as far 
as possible to determine that the registry of the domain name and 
the way it is used direct or indirectly does not infringe or 
violate in any way the rights of third parties.

Direct Use: The own organization of the applicant.
Indirect Use: Does not belong to the applicant organization.

The applicant declares and guarantees that to its loyal knowledge 
and understanding, the registry and use, direct and indirect, of 
the domain name does not violate any legislation or existing 
regulation.

The applicant agrees upon that the registrar will not be hold 
responsible for the damages or damages that may result from accepting 
a request of registry of a name of domain presented by the applicant.

The registrar does not accept any responsibility for the use of 
the domain name or the information maintained generally in the 
Registry and, in particular, for any conflict with tradenames, 
registered or not registered, or with any other type of rights 
of intellectual property.

The domain does not have to clash with any of the already existing 
domains under the same type of organization. For the registry of 
a domain it corresponds to the applicant organization to verify 
that its request is not violating any registered tradename. See 
RFC 1591 available in: <ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/rfc1591.txt>.
 The domain name has to be free of any obscene word or other 
type of word that causes damages to third parties.

Of the Cancellation, Renewal, Modification or transfer:

In case that the applicant or registrant carries out a serious 
violation of any disposition in the registry agreement, the 
registrar, doing use of his exclusive faculties, will have 
right to cancel the registry of the dominion name, without 
that the applicant/registrant has right to any refund and 
without prejudice of any other legal means that the registrar 
may decide to use.

Also, the recorder reserves the right to cancel, to yield or on 
the other hand to carry out changes in the registry of the 
name of dominion in accordance with legal requirements that 
are effective or in accordance with the following situations.

The registrar will be able to vary the clauses and conditions 
of the agreement of registry in the renovation or cession of 
the registry of the dominion name. All the tranfers and renewal 
will have to be in conformity with the clauses and conditions 
existing at the moment of the transfer or renewal and, in the 
case of transfer, must be accepted by the transferor.

The registrar reserves the right to cancel, to transfer or 
on the other hand to carry out changes in the registries of 
domain names in the following circumstances:

When the registrar receives instructions in writing or by 
suitable electronic means coming from the applicant or of 
his agent requesting him to do so.

When the registrar receives a judicial decision or of a by 
arbitration court, having juridic competence, requiring him 
to adopt this measure.

When the registrar receives a decision of an administrative 
group of experts in whom he demands himself to him to adopt 
this measure in any administrative procedure in which the 
appliquant or registrant in accordance with the policy on 
controversies. In order to fulfill the resolution of a controversy 
relative to a domain name registered by the applicant or 
registrant by virtue of the policy of solution of controversies 
of domain names of another registrar that would be identical 
in all their fundamental aspects to the policy on controversies.

In http://www.thelist.com /, you will be able to find the 
list of several Internet Service Providers (ISP) and their 
respective services.

Of domain reservation:

All request for the registry of a domain name that has been 
accepted by the NIC-PANAMÁ and which payment is outstanding, 
will remain valid during a period of 30 days calendar after the 
date of acceptance. Ifat the end of the the term of 30 days the 
applicant has not paid the respective fee, the request will be 
left without effect and therefore, the domain name at issue 
will be available again.

The governmental organizations of the Republic of Panama are 
excluded from this clause.

Of the domain names.net.pa:

In order to register dominions under net.pa, it is necessary 
for the applicant to be an Internet Service Provider (ISP), 
thus the presentation of documents that qualifies him as 
ISP is required.

A domain net.pa can be assigned temporarily and reserved for 
a period of 35 days calendar as of the date of payment, in 
order to allow that the applicant presents/displays the required 
documentation. After the term of thirty five days if the applicant 
has not submitted this documentation, the domain name assignation 
will be left without effect, and the domain at issue will be 
available again. The payment made for the registry of the domain 
will not be refundable, except in case of proved double payment.

In case of being a national applicant registrant, you must give 
to copy of the concession Type " B " for the No.211 service, 
denominated INTERNET SERVICE FOR PUBLIC USE, emitted by the 
Regulating Entity of the Services Public of the Republic of Panama.

In case of being a foreign applicant, you must send by postal 
mailing copy of the concession that certifies you as an Internet 
Service Provider (ISP), emitted by the organization in charge 
in your respective country. In order to fasten the process, 
this document can be sent via FAX without dispens of postal 
mailing.

Of the Structure of a domain name:

The recommended maximum length for a domain name does not have to 
exceed the 26 characters of length including the 4 characters used 
to identify the Top Level Domain root of the country (.pa) as well 
as those of the type of organization (com, ac, sld, gob, edu, org, 
net, abo, Ing., med, nom).The domain name must be constituted by 
letters of (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and -) and the only acceptable special 
character is the dash (-), which must not appear as first, nor as 
last character in the name of the selected domain.
A domain name won´t be accepted when it is composed exclusively of 
a toponimic that makes unique reference and excluesively to places 
in Panama. Nic-Panama is reserved the right of granting a toponimic, 
of those that makes reference the present article, provided the use 
of the same one is made for a project of direct social benefit to 
the comunity to which refers this term.

The minimum number of acceptable characters for the name of a 
domain is of 2 characters although 5 characters are recommend (to 
avoid conflict with some already existing one).

Of Privacy of Data:

The NIC-PANAMÁ, in completion of the policies recognized as standard 
for the handling of domain names, will maintain protected the information 
that the applicants have provided. Nevertheless, for the correct operation 
of the systems of resolution of name and of the systems of WHOIS, the 
following information will be put to disposition of the public in general: 
domain name, names of the organization or person that asked for it, and 
the names and electronic mails of the Administrative, Technical and 
Billing contacts.

The only exception to this policy will take place if a request from a 
recognized and relevant authority is received, in relation to illicit 
activities that are being carried out in a registered site. In this 
case, the NIC-PANAMÁ will provide the required information relative to 
the administrator of that domain name.

Of the Solution of Controversies or Disputes:

If some type from controversy around a registry or the exploitation 
of a domain name arises, by presenting his request, the appliquant 
implies that he acceps to be placed under the administrative procedure 
established by the NIC-Panama according to the regulations for this 
specialized scope.

For such effects the NIC-PANAMÁ, in its quality of registrar of Internet 
domain name under pa has adopted Political the Uniform of Solution of 
Controversies approved by the Corporation for the allocation of Names 
and Numbers of Internet (ICANN).

The ICANN has a list of Centers of Arbitration and authorized Mediation 
to manage the conflicts related to the registries of Internet Domain 
Names. Of these, by its aptitude to work in the Spanish language, 
the NIC-PANAMÁ has made an arrangement with the OMPI so that its Center 
of Arbitration and Mediation handles the controversies arisen in the 
NIC-PANAMÁ, in relation to the registries of Domain Names under .pa.

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This request for the Registry of Dominion is made under the terms and conditions above described.