[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - April Update

Dear colleagues,

Please find below the monthly overview of open policy proposals and the 
stage they have reached in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP).

If you wish to join the discussions about a proposal, please do so on 
the relevant working group mailing list.

Proposals Open for Discussion:
2015-02, "Keep IPv6 PI When Requesting IPv6 Allocation" – discussion 
open until 13 May 2015
2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments" –  
discussion open until 19 May 2015

Proposals awaiting impact analysis:
2015-01, "Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations"

Proposals accepted:
2014-05, "Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources"


Proposal Overviews:

PROPOSAL: 2015-02, "Keep IPv6 PI When Requesting IPv6 Allocation"
Overview: This proposal aims to remove the requirement that LIRs should 
return their IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) assignment when requesting 
an IPv6 allocation.
STATUS: Discussion Phase
WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group – 
address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 13 May 2015
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-02

PROPOSAL: 2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number 
Assignments"
OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to ease the requirements when requesting an 
Autonomous System (AS) Number. It is proposed to remove the need 
evaluation, limit the amount of AS Numbers per organization to 1,000 and 
require that 16-bit AS Numbers are multihomed after nine months.
RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes point that it will be the End User 
that decides if the need for an AS Number is technically reasonable.
STATUS: Review Phase (extended)
WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group – 
address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 19 May 2015
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2014-03

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PROPOSAL: 2015-01, "Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations"
OVERVIEW: Currently IPv4 allocations received from another LIR only can 
be re-allocated after 24 months, while IPv4 allocations made by the RIPE 
NCC can be transferred immediately. This proposal aims to align the 
transfer requirements with a 24 month holding period for all IPv4 
allocations.
STATUS: Discussion Phase - Awaiting Impact Analysis*
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-01

*The goal of the impact analysis is to provide supporting information to 
facilitate discussions about the proposal and to outline its possible 
impact if it were to be accepted.

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The following proposal has been accepted since the last RIPE Policy 
Proposal Update.  The RIPE NCC has started the implementation of this 
policy change.

PROPOSAL: 2014-05, "Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources"
OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to allow the global transfer of Internet 
resources. For transfers to the RIPE NCC service region from RIRs that 
require needs-based policies, recipients must provide the RIPE NCC with 
a plan for the use of at least 50% of the transferred resources within 
five years.
STATUS: Accepted
EXPECTED IMPLEMENTATION: August 2015*
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2014-05

*Note: the RIPE NCC will only follow a policy change once it has been 
completely implemented and announced to the community. This means that 
inter-RIR transfers will only be possible from around August 2015.

The implementation status of accepted policy proposals can be reviewed here:
https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/policy-implementation-status

The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals on 
www.ripe.net:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-proposals

During the upcoming RIPE Meeting, the Address Policy Working Group will 
hold two sessions where ongoing and possible future policy proposals 
will be discussed. If you can not attend the RIPE Meeting in person, we 
invite you to join remotely. A live webcast and IRC chat facility will 
be available for remote participation.

The two sessions will begin on 13 May at 7:00 and 9:00 (UTC).


The remote participation will be available at:
https://ripe70.ripe.net/

We look forward to your involvement in the PDP.

Kind regards,

Marco Schmidt
RIPE Policy Development Officer
RIPE NCC