'dot eu' is five years old

The .?eu domain has been open to EU residents and organisations since early April 2006 and it is now the worlds's ninth largest top level domain. .eu is more instantly recognisable that some other country domain codes and is more readily trusted.  Germany is responsible for the largest take-up of .eu (31% of the total) followed by The Netherlands and the UK.   More recently .eu has been growing faster in 'newer' member countries, including Estonia, Lithuania and Poland.EU residents and  organisations established in the EU have been enttitled to