RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule 2003 Mireille Ent, Jochem de Ruig Document ID: ripe-265 Date: 26 November 2002 Obsoletes: ripe-262 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. General Information 2.1 Contact details 2.2 Bank details 2.3 Tax information 3. Fee Schedule 2003 3.1 Fee schedule 2003 3.2 Determination of minimum registry size 4. Payment 4.1 General 4.2 Billing procedure 4.3 Payment possibilities 5. Related RIPE Documents: * RIPE NCC General Terms and Conditions * RIPE NCC Clearing House Procedure 1. Introduction This document outlines the billing and payment procedure for members of the RIPE NCC and contains additional related information about the RIPE NCC. This document should be read in conjunction with the "RIPE NCC General Terms and Conditions" and the "RIPE NCC Clearing House Procedure". A RIPE NCC member is defined as a Local Internet Registry (LIR) that receives services from the RIPE NCC and is yearly invoiced a service fee. The services of the RIPE NCC contain the distribution of Internet resources in the RIPE NCC service region. More information about setting up an LIR can be read in the RIPE Document "Procedure for Becoming a Member of the RIPE NCC". Finance-related questions and/or requests for more information should be addressed to the RIPE NCC Finance Department by sending an e-mail to . Please see section 2, "General Information", of this document for more details. 2. General Information 2.1 Contact details Postal Address: RIPE NCC P.O. Box 10096 1001 EB Amsterdam The Netherlands Office Location: RIPE NCC Singel 258 1016 AB Amsterdam The Netherlands Email: billing@ripe.net Phone: +31 20 535 4444 Fax: +31 20 535 4447 2.2 Bank details Account Number: NL37ABNA0618139087 Account Holder: RIPE NCC Bank: ABN-AMRO Bank Bank address: Dam 2 PO Box 3935 1001 AS, Amsterdam The Netherlands SWIFT Code: ABNANL2A 2.3 Tax information The RIPE NCC is an association and subject to the Dutch Tax Law. The RIPE NCC is subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Netherlands and, due to an agreement with the Dutch Tax Authority, is not subject to Corporate Income Tax (CIT). More information about this agreement can be found in the "RIPE NCC Clearing House Procedure". The RIPE NCC Dutch VAT number is NL806268220 B01. The following VAT rules apply to our members: * Non EU members --> no VAT *EU members with a VAT number --> No VAT * (VAT is taxable in the country of origin of the member) EU members without VAT number --> VAT (VAT is taxable in the Netherlands) NL * members --> VAT (VAT taxable in the Netherlands) A certificate concerning the RIPE NCC VAT capacity ("Certificate Concerning the Capacity of the Taxpayer") can be obtained by contacting . Please note that the RIPE NCC does not interfere with the local tax regulations of the member's country of origin. 3. Fee Schedule 2003 3.1 Fee schedule 2003 To begin receiving services from the RIPE NCC, the LIRs are invoiced a membership fee for the year at issue. When becoming a member, a one-time sign-up fee is included in the first invoice. Yearly, each LIR is assigned a category (i.e. SMALL, MEDIUM or LARGE). The yearly service fee is based on this category. New members are automatically assigned category SMALL, unless requested differently. The category is determined by the age and number of allocations received by the LIR from the RIPE NCC. The RIPE NCC has defined a charging model algorithm to determine the category. (See section 3.2, "Determination of minimum registry size".) In addition to the categories SMALL, MEDIUM and LARGE, there is another billing category called ENTERPRISE. This category applies to LIRs that only assign addresses to their own organisations' networks and not to customers. The yearly fees are determined by the membership at the annual General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC. The 2003 fee schedule is as follows: LIR billing category Fee SMALL EUR 2,750 / year MEDIUM EUR 3,750 / year LARGE EUR 5,250 / year ENTERPRISE EUR 2,750 / year LIR sign-up fee: EUR 2,500 Registries established during the course of the year are charged as follows: Fee LIR category established during: SMALL MEDIUM LARGE 1st quarter sign-up fee + full yearly fee: EUR 5,250 EUR 6,250 EUR 7,750 2nd quarter sign-up fee + 3/4 yearly fee: EUR 4,565 EUR 5,325 EUR 6,440 3rd quarter sign-up fee + 1/2 yearly fee: EUR 3,875 EUR 4,375 EUR 5,125 4th quarter sign-up fee + 1/4 yearly fee: EUR 3,200 EUR 3,450 EUR 3,815 3.2 Determination of minimum registry size To determine a registry's size, a measure N(reg) is defined that produces a value in the range {0,1,2,...,100}. N(reg) is a simplification of the charging measure discussed in Appendix C of ripe-143 and is described briefly below. Let k(reg,i) be the number of addresses allocated to the registry "reg" in year i. Let w(i) = i - 1992. Define use(reg) = sum(i in 1993 to 1999) k(reg,i) * w(i). Let MAX = max{use(reg)} be the maximum use measured for all registries. The normalised usage for a r