You must be an individual or legal entity with a nexus to the .GAL Community at the time of registration and thereafter. Registration under the .GAL TLD are restricted to those fulfilling these 2 requirements: a. Bona-fide membership of the Galician linguistic and cultural community on the Internet. The community consists of those who use (or commit to use) the Galician language for their online communications, and/or promote the different aspects of Galician culture online, and/or intend to specifically address their online communications and services to that community. b. Subject to the further requirement that the registrant’s actions in the Galician linguistic and cultural community , as well as the registrant’s use of the registered domain name, must be: - Generally accepted as legitimate; and - Beneficial to the cause and values of the Galician linguistic and cultural community; and - Commensurate with the role and importance of the registered domain name; and Upon registration and during all the life of the .GAL domain name the registrant must be able to demonstrate either of the aforementioned fields are applicable. Please note that community nexus is subject to post-validation by way of an extensive compliance program. Registrants are required to state their intended use of the registered domain. This information will be requested by email, and will be necessary to finalize the registration process. A false statement of intended use can be the basis for the suspension of the domain name.