Wim DEGEZELLE

EU Legislative Interests

This application to the Transparency Register is submitted in connection with my intention to serve on the .eu Multistakeholder Advisory Group (.eu MAG) as a member appointed to represent a common interest. .eu Multistakeholder Advisory Group (.eu MAG): Pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2019/5171 the Commission is to establish an .eu Multistakeholder Advisory Group (EC Decision C(2024) 6768) with the role of advising the Commission in order to strengthen and widen input into the good governance of the Registry administering and managing the .eu top-level domain (TLD). The group should advise the Commission on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2019/517. The group should issue opinions to the Commission on strategic matters relating to the management, organisation and administration of the .eu TLD and advise the Commission on matters relating to the monitoring and supervision of the .eu Registry, including ways to improve the organisation, administration and management of the .eu TLD by the .eu Registry. The group should also advise the Commission on best practices as regards policies and measures against abusive registrations of domain names, in particular registrations without rights or legitimate interests and registrations used in bad faith. Pursuant to Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/8572, the group should further advise on how the .eu TLD should contribute to the promotion of the objectives of the Union in the field of internet governance, including as regards the use of part of the surplus, which the Commission may require the Registry to set aside for this purpose.

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Additional Information

My participation in the .eu MAG is on a voluntary, non-remunerated basis. Any potential travel costs are covered by the .eu MAG, resulting in no personal or external budget expenditure related to this activity. As a self-employed consultant, I have a proven track record of activities within and related to areas relevant to the .eu Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), including work involving ccTLDs and gTLDs, ICANN, IGF and the broader internet governance topics. An overview of activities can be found on my personal LinkedIn page (https://be.linkedin.com/in/wimdegezelle). However, none of these activities are being / have been carried out with the objective of influencing the formulation or implementation of policy or legislation, nor the decision-making processes of EU institutions.