Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération (lit.

[2] AFNIC includes public and private Internet players: users (legal entities and individuals), domain name registrars (Internet service providers), international entities and public authoritative representatives.

This privileged position and responsibility leads AFNIC to participate in the evolution of Internet governance and management.

This strong international activity demonstrates that domain name registries have a key role to play in the information society globalisation process.

90% of the profits generated by .fr domain names are donated to the Afnic Foundation for digital solidarity.