On February 1st the sunrise for .lu IDN domain names will start. This sunrise will end on March 31st. From April 1st on, everyone who wishes to do so, can register a .lu IDN domain name. From then on, applications will be handled on a first come, first served basis.
During the sunrise there will be very strict restrictions in order to register a .lu IDN name. The domain names eligible during the sunrise period are those derived from an existing domain name by replacing one or more characters with the same base character with a diacritic, or by applying the general replacement convention (e.g. ü=ue).
An IDN must be registered to the same holder (same name, same address) as the similar domain name. For instance only the owner of cafe.lu will be able to register café.lu