Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération

Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération (AFNIC) is a non-profit corporation that was created in December 1997 in order to operate a number of French country code top-level domain names such as .fr, .re and .tf. As of today, AFNIC is ruled under the 2007 February 6 decree. AFNIC is currently headquartered in the commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.

Members

AFNIC includes public and private Internet players: users (legal entities and individuals), domain name registrars (Internet service providers), international entities and public authoritative representatives.

Missions

AFNIC manages a general interest service. Therefore it is at the crossroads of operators, Internet Service Providers, Internet users, public authorities as well as other national and international parties.

This privileged position and responsibility leads AFNIC to participate in the evolution of Internet governance and management. Thus, AFNIC is largely involved in the international relations chorus.