From  Nov 18th 2008, 00:00  until  Dec 15th 2008, 00:00

Grandfather period is live now!

First, the Grandfather period will open on Tuesday November 18th 2008 at 10:00 am GMT. Specifically designed to allow holders of one or more “.NL” domain name(s) to secure its identical form with a “.CO.NL” ending, this option will help ensure stability and continuity in the Dutch namespace. The Grandfather period will end Thursday January 15th 2009 at 10:00 am GMT. For additional security during that time, the Administrative-contact attached to the.NL domain name will be contacted directly to confirm that he wants to benefit from the Grandfather period and get an identical CO.NL Domain Name.

The second Sunrise phase allows Registered Trademarks to be secured in CO.NL. It will last only sixteen days, from Tuesday February 10th 2009 at 10:00 am GMT to the 26th at 10:00 am GMT. As is customary in the domain name industry, this phase will provide applicants holding a registered trademark in any country with the opportunity to register their brands as CO.NL names before the system is open to the general public

Under specific Partnership with the CO.NL Operator, Deloitte and Laga have agreed to bring their collective expertise – acquired as validation agents with the successful launch of numerous TLDs, including .EU and more recently .Asia – to ensure a smooth running and contribute to the deployment of the best possible sunrise. by assessing .CO.NL requests during the whole steps of the Sunrise Period.

The Landrush Period will be open to anyone without requirements of prior rights and allows customers to get their CO.NL domains sooner than in the general opening. It is also a great opportunity to get generic names before others want to. It will last from Tuesday March 17th 2009 at 2:00 pm GMT until Tuesday March 31st 2009 at 2:00 pm GMT

Finally, Go Live period will open on Wednesday the 15th of April 2009 at 2:00 pm GMT. Application requests can be made by the general public without any restriction or priority rights, and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.