<s>
.cz	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domain	I-Application
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
administered	O
by	O
CZ.NIC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrations	O
must	O
be	O
ordered	O
via	O
accredited	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
Czechoslovakia	O
was	O
dissolved	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
it	O
used	O
the	O
domain	O
.cs	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.cz	B-General_Concept
domain	O
came	O
into	O
effect	O
in	O
January	O
1993	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
dissolution	O
of	O
Czechoslovakia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
new	O
European	O
Union	O
legislation	O
came	O
into	O
effect	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
diacritics	O
in	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
under	O
the	O
.eu	O
domain	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.cz	B-General_Concept
domain	O
,	O
operated	O
by	O
the	O
CZ.NIC	B-Protocol
association	O
,	O
continued	O
to	O
only	O
offer	O
standard	O
characters	O
,	O
citing	O
insufficient	O
demand	O
and	O
lower	O
accessibility	O
from	O
abroad	O
as	O
reasons	O
behind	O
their	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
850,000	O
internet	O
sites	O
had	O
been	O
registered	O
as	O
.cz	B-General_Concept
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
CZ.NIC	B-Protocol
reported	O
that	O
ownership	O
of	O
all	O
domains	O
,	O
58%	O
were	O
by	O
individuals	O
,	O
whereas	O
those	O
held	O
by	O
organisations	O
accounted	O
for	O
a	O
minority	O
of	O
42%	O
.	O
</s>
