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by Algent 871 days ago
I can confirm you need some kind of legal address (person or company) in France to register a .fr domain.
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erinnh 871 days ago
Any address in the EU (or Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Lichtenstein) works as well.
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BrandoElFollito 871 days ago
No, you don't. I am French and have an .fr domain and was never asked for proof of anything.

You are told that you have to something something France but it is just an information.

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foofie 870 days ago
> No, you don't. I am French and have an .fr domain and was never asked for proof of anything.

Namecheap disagrees. From Namecheap's support page:

> Any company or individual residing within the European Union as well as in Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein can register a .FR domain.

https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx...

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BrandoElFollito 870 days ago
Not sure what you mean. I wrote that there was never any proof required. Even the page you linked states that what is needed is only

> Date of birth (in the YYYY/MM/DD format)

> Country of birth

> NOTE: If “France” is selected in the Country of birth field, the registrants should also provide the city of birth and zip/postal code:

I was born on 1970-01-01 in 75001 Paris, France. There you are, an .fr registered.

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