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.an was the country-specific top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Netherlands Antilles . It was introduced on September 9, 1993 and has since been administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles . Only citizens and companies of the Netherlands Antilles were allowed to register an .an address. Registrations were made at both the second and third levels.

Since the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved on October 10, 2010, it was decided to remove .an from the domain name system . The deletion of existing .an domains began on October 31, 2013 and was completed within one year. On December 20, 2010 ICANN took the top-level domains .bq ( Bijzondere gemeenten, Special municipalities of the Netherlands : Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), .cw (Caribbean island of Curaçao ) and .sx ( Sint Maarten ) into the root zone to replace .an completely. Owners of a .an domain had the opportunity to register their name there with priority. The TLD was deleted on July 31, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Delegation Record for .AN. IANA , accessed May 5, 2013 . 
2. ^ University of the Netherlands Antilles. Domain registration. Computer Center UNA, archived from the original on March 23, 2013 ; Accessed on January 27, 2016 (English): "The regulation stipulates that the organization or entity requesting a domain name present an official Settlement Permit (" Vestigingsvergunning ") of one of the islands pertaining to Netherlands Antilles and that the organization or entity is registered at the Chamber of Commerce ("Kamer van Koophandel"). For entities or organizations not forming part of the Netherlands Antilles or who are not registered at the Chamber of Commerce, third level domain names are made available. These are in the form of (eg .COM.AN or name.NET.AN). " 
3. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: The ending .an goes, .cw is available as a replacement. In: domain-right. April 30, 2013, accessed May 5, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: IANA - three new ccTLDs born! In: domain-right. January 25, 2011, accessed May 5, 2013 . 
5. ↑ FAQ Sunrise Period. Retrieved on December 6, 2012 (English): “Grandfather Phase to protect Sint Maarten holders of .AN domain names. This phase ended on July 31st, 2012. " 
6. ↑ Internet extension .AN as of July 31st uit de lucht - Versgeperst.com Curacao. In: Versgeperst.com Curacao. July 7, 2015, accessed January 28, 2016 (Dutch).