From 8 December a Sunrise phase for rights holders will open for one and two character .fr domains Afnic has announced.
The Sunrise phase will close on 9 February 2015. A Landrush phase, from 16 February to 16 March will follow, then General Availability from 17 March. The first-come, first-served principle applies to all of these phases.
Applicants must comply with the .fr Naming Policy and with all the applicable registry policies.
For the time being, the other ccTLDs within the French namespace currently managed by Afnic (.re, .pm, .tf, .yt, and .wf) are not affected by the opening.
For more information, see the table provided by Afnic below:
| Sunrise phase | From 8 December 2014, 14:00 UTC, to 9 February 2015, 23:59 UTC | Period during which rights holders can apply for the registration of their domain name(s) with 1 & 2 characters. |
| Landrush phase | From 16 February 2015, 14:00 UTC, to 16 March 2015, 23:59 UTC | Period during which any interested party can apply for the registration of a domain name with 1 & 2 characters, provided it has not already been registered during the Sunrise phase. During this phase, Afnic will gradually apply price discounts. |
| Opening for the general public | 17 March 2015, 14:00 UTC | From this date onwards, any person can register domain names with 1 & 2 characters that were not registered during the Sunrise or Landrush phases. |