Reassigning of Address Space Between Organisations

Reassignment of address space between organisations or between different
autonomous parts of an organisation needs the approval of an Internet
registry.  One indication that such a reassignment is happening is that
the organisation of the administrative contact changes. 

In general there is no problem with such reassignments as long as the
address space will be used for the purpose(s) for which it was already
assigned.  Also there is no problem if a similar amount of address space
would have been assigned for the new purpose.  As with original
assignments local registries will be in charge of processing this.  
Once the threshold for a second opinion (13 bits == 32Cs) has been 
reached however it is strongly advised to consult the RIPE NCC.  
For reassignment of address space of 16 bits or more (class B) 
consulting the RIPE NCC is mandatory. 

The reason for this is to prevent a black market in IP addresses which
circumvents the review procedures which provide fair address space
allocation and which we all work very hard to provide. 

In my opinion this is no new policy but just a logical consequence of
the agreed policies we use. 

Comments to the list welcome.  Questions to me please. 

Daniel Karrenberg