[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - May 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:

New proposal: 2015-03, "Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation 
Size" – discussion open until 27 May 2015
2015-01, "Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations"– 
discussion
open until 9 June 2015

Proposals Awaiting Impact Analysis:
2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments"
2015-02, "Keep IPv6 PI When Requesting IPv6 Allocation"

Proposal Overviews:

PROPOSAL: 2015-03, "Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation Size"
OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to remove the requirement that large IPv6 
allocations are based only on existing users and network infrastructure. 
As a result of this policy implementation, the RIPE NCC, when evaluating 
IPv6 allocation requests, will be able to consider additional criteria.
STATUS: Discussion phase
WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 27 May 2015
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-03

PROPOSAL: 2015-01, "Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 
Allocations"
OVERVIEW: Currently, IPv4 allocations received from another LIR can only 
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.
RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes the point that currently around 10% 
of the allocations made by the RIPE NCC are transferred shortly after 
they have been allocated.
STATUS: Review phase
WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 09 June 2015
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-01

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 - awaiting impact analysis*
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 for 
evaluation, limit the number of AS Numbers per organisation to 1,000, 
and require that 16-bit AS Numbers are multihomed after nine months.
RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes the point that it will be the End 
User that decides if the need for an AS Number is technically reasonable.
STATUS: Review phase - awaiting new proposal version and following new 
impact analysis*
FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2014-03

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

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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 RIPE 70 Meeting, the Address Policy Working Group held two 
sessions on 13 May, where ongoing and possible future policy proposals 
were discussed. Besides the proposals mentioned above, ideas for two new 
policy proposals were also presented. One proposal would unify the 
transfer policies for the different Internet resources into one policy 
document. The other proposal would aim to allocate more IPv4 address 
space from the RIPE NCC to its members. A video with the presentations 
for these ideas can be found online:
https://ripe70.ripe.net/archives/video/55/

We look forward to your involvement in the PDP.

Kind regards,

Marco Schmidt
RIPE Policy Development Officer
RIPE NCC