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Purpose: ICANN is posting today for public comment proposed amendments to the base NewgTLD Registry Agreement. Section 7.7(a) of the Registry Agreement provides a mechanism enabling ICANN or the Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) to periodically initiate negotiations to discuss revisions to the Registry Agreement.

Current Status: As required by Section 7.7(b) of the Registry Agreement, ICANN engaged in a "Discussion Period" with the Working Group established by the RySG on the form and substance of mutually acceptable proposed contract amendments. The amendments, posted for comment today, are the result of several months of negotiations between the parties.

Next Steps: Following the conclusion of the public comment period, ICANN and the Working Group will consider the public comments, and submit the proposed final version of the amendments for Registry Operator approval (according to the process defined in Section 7.6) and approval by the ICANN Board of Directors. If these approvals are obtained, the amendment will become effective upon 60 days notice from ICANN to the Registry Operators.

ICANN is posting today for public comment proposed amendments to the base New gTLDRegistry Agreement. Section 7.7(a) of the Registry Agreement provides a mechanism enablingICANN or the Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) to periodically initiate negotiations to discuss revisions to the Registry Agreement. These negotiations may be initiated not more than once per year, and the first notice to initiate negotiations could not be submitted by either party prior to 1 July 2014.

On 16 July 2014, the RySG notified ICANN that it wished to negotiate proposed changes to the Registry Agreement.

As required by Section 7.7(b) of the Registry Agreement, ICANN engaged in a "Discussion Period" with the Working Group established by the RySG on the form and substance of proposed contract amendments that were submitted by the Working Group. The amendments, posted for comment today, are the result of several months of negotiations between the parties on mutually agreeable text of the proposed amendments.

Please refer to the global amendment [PDF, 238 KB], redline document [PDF, 563 KB] and thesummary of changes [PDF, 242 KB] showing how the proposed amendments will revise the Registry Agreement. Note the final amendment will only contain the amendment provisions and will not restate the entire Registry Agreement. The attached redline is being provided for reference purposes only.

The Registry Agreement requires ICANN to publish the changes for comment for no less than 30 days and provide notice of the proposed revisions to all Applicable Registry Operators. In connection with initiating this public comment period, ICANN is also providing the required notice to all Registry Operators in satisfaction of such obligations. Following the conclusion of the public comment period, ICANN and the Working Group will consider the public comments, and submit the proposed final version of the amendments for Registry Operator approval (according to the process defined in Section 7.6) and approval by the ICANN Board of Directors. If these approvals are obtained, the amendment will become effective upon 60 days notice from ICANN to the Registry Operators.

The base New gTLD Registry Agreement, which was originally approved and published on 2 July 2013, was updated to its latest version on 9 January 2014.

Section 7.7(a) of the Registry Agreement provides a mechanism enabling ICANN or the Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) to periodically initiate negotiations to discuss revisions to the Registry Agreement. These negotiations may be initiated not more than once per year, and the first notice to initiate negotiations could not be submitted by either party prior to 1 July 2014.

On 16 July 2014, the RySG notified ICANN that it wished to negotiate proposed changes to the Registry Agreement. As required by Section 7.7(b) of the Registry Agreement, ICANN engaged in a "Discussion Period" with the Working Group established by the RySG on the form and substance of proposed contract amendments that were submitted by the Working Group. The amendments, posted for comment today, are the result of several months of negotiations between the parties on mutually agreeable text of the proposed amendments.

• Approved base New gTLD Registry Agreement (as updated on 9 January 2014)
• Global Amendment to base New gTLD Registry Agreement [PDF, 238 KB]
• Cumulative redlines to base New gTLD Registry Agreement [PDF, 563 KB]
• Clean version of amended base New gTLD Registry Agreement [PDF, 605 KB]
• Summary of changes to base New gTLD Registry Agreement [PDF, 242 KB]