Afnic reviews at its Annual General Meeting held on 7 June 2013,the major changes in 2012 .

Afnic announced that 2012 was marked by three major changes :

Afnic's contract as the registry for the .fr TLD was renewed for a period of 5 years. The trust shown in the association is based on a number of its commitments, including the implementation of a cost accounting system for the .fr TLD and the creation of a Support Fund for the Development of the Internet (FSDI);

As part of the process of creation of new gTLDs, Afnic supported (and continues to support) the initiators of 17 projects. In so doing, it is positioned as the leading technical registry operator in France in terms of numbers of customers;

Parallel to these developments, the registry for the .fr TLD initiated a global risk management process and improved its governance by setting up Board committees (Finance and Risk Management Committee, Registry Policy Committee);

In 2013,Afnic plans to continue with the operations approved in 2012,including the integration within the root of at least one of the new extension the company is involved in and promoting of the .fr TLD.

According to the report,Afnic had an annual growth of 15% for the .FR extension.

You can read here the Afnic 2012 annual report .