Page History
Project Status:
Board Determination on Final Report in March 2019
Implementation ongoing/subject to prioritization- refer to the implementation page for more information.
Quick Links:
- CCT Final Report (8 September 2018)
- Board resolution on CCT Final Report (1 March 2019)
- Board resolution on Subset of CCT Pending Recommendations (22 October 2020)
- Board resolution on CCT Pending Recommendations(10 September 2023)
- Board resolution on CCT Pending Recommendations (29 July 2024)
- Implementation
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Background
Launched under the
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Affirmation of Commitments (AoC),
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the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT
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-RT) was formed to assess the New Generic Top-Level Domain (New gTLD) Program in three areas: competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. The review also assessed the effectiveness of safeguards put in place
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to mitigate issues
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arising from the introduction
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of new gTLDs
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To conduct this review, a Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team will be formed in late 2015. Once formed, the Review Team will independently plan its work and schedule.
The resulting recommendations from the CCT Review Team will be provided to the Board and posted for public comment. The Board will take action within six months of receipt of the recommendations. Note that the recommendations, if accepted, may take different paths (e.g., some could relate to policy issues and could be recommended for going through the policy development process in the GNSO).
Preparations to inform the CCT Review Team's work areas are described below.
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Preparations for Review
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Consumer Survey
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Study completed in Q2-2015, with follow-on study 1 year later. Outcomes targeted by Q2-2016.
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Registrant Survey
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Study began in Q1-2015, with follow-on study 1 year later. Outcomes targeted by Q4-1015
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Economic Study
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Study began in Q1-2015, with follow-on study 1 year later. Outcomes targeted by Q2-2016.
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Review Team Process
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Review Team Process
The process of convening a Review Team, as called for in Section 9.3 of the Affirmation of Commitments is projected to begin in Q4-2015. This will enable the availability of baseline metric data for consideration, as well as comparison data as one input to the team's analysis. Additionally, reports on the rights protection and program implementation reviews will be available. Finally, the bulk of TLDs are expected to have been delegated and launched in the marketplace at this time, enabling consideration of a variety of TLD types (for example, IDNs, geographically-oriented TLDs, community- based TLDs, brand-related TLDs) to support more detailed analysis.
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and the Program's application and evaluation process. The review, now contemplated under ICANN Bylaws section 4.6, examined the degree to which the process of implementing the New gTLD Program was successful in producing desired results and achieving the stated objectives.
The CCT-RT produced 35 final recommendations for Board consideration and released its CCT Final Report on 8 September 2018.
On 1 March 2019, the Board took action on each of the 35 recommendations contained in the CCT Final Report, as specified within the scorecard titled “Final CCT Recommendations: Board Action (1 March 2019)“:
- 7 Recommendations were accepted, in whole or in part, subject to costing and implementation considerations.
- On 26 January 2020, the Board subsequently approved the plan for implementation for the 7 accepted recommendations, subject to prioritization.
- 14 recommendations were passed through, in whole or in part, to the community for consideration.
- 17 recommendations were placed in pending status, in whole or in part. The ICANN Board committed to take further action on these recommendations subsequent to the completion of intermediate steps as identified in the Final CCT Recommendations: Board Action (1 March 2019).
- ICANN org proceeded to work on pending recommendations to inform Board action, as reflected in the detailed assessment titled "Informing Board action on Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review (CCT) Pending Recommendations (22 October 2020)."
- On 22 October 2020, the Boardapproved 11 pending recommendations, in whole or in part, as specified within the scorecard titled the "Competition, Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) Pending Recommendations: Board Action on 11 Recommendations", subject to prioritization, leaving a remaining 6 recommendations in pending.
- On 10 September 2023, the Board rejected two pending recommendations as documented in the 10 September 2023 Scorecard.
- On 29 July 2024, the Board rejected four pending recommendations, as documented in the 29 July 2024 Scorecard.
See https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/specific-reviews/cct for more information.
