What is the AFNIC?

AFNIC or Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération is a non-profit association, which was created in 1987, by the French state and by INRIA and which is in charge of the management of domain names in. fr, .re, .pm, .tf, .wf, .yt, as well as all the sub-extensions of its protected or reserved domains such as the famous .gouv.fr.

The role of AFNIC was also confirmed for an additional 7 years, by a publication in the official journal of March 2, 2010, which designates AFNIC as the registration office for the .fr extension.

What is the AFNIC's mission?

AFNIC's main mission is to promote in France the development of a secure, stable Internet open to innovation. It therefore supports and manages the allocation of domain names in .fr, .re, .pm, .tf, .wf, .yt, as well as all the sub-extensions of its protected or reserved domains such as the famous one. gouv.fr.

It ensures the development of support services for applications essential to the digital economy. AFNIC also aims to promote and ensure the preference of .fr. But AFNIC also ensures the development of the French Internet by providing quality service to an ever-growing network.

AFNIC will therefore be offering, from 2014, a generic domain name registration service for a new range of extensions that includes the .paris, .bzh, .ovh, etc. extensions. vocation to deal directly with end users, who will have to go through a registrar, who will act as intermediary before AFNIC.

Updated on: 27/03/2023