| Europe to speed up web abuse procedure
European registrars for the ".eu" domain will be able to immediately stop the transfer of ownership of a domain name if any form of abuse is suspected. The rule, set to take effect 19 February, will make it easier for investigations into activities such as spam, although the Web site can still function, said Patrik Lindén, communications manager for the European Registry of Internet Domain Names (Eurid). Eurid is a non-profit organisation based in Diegem, Belgium, that oversees administration of the .eu domain, which started accepting registrations in December 2005. So far, about 2.4 million websites now carry the .eu top-level domain suffix. Under current rules, registrars had to give domain owners 14 days notice before putting a hold on ownership transfers, Lindén said.
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