[ncc-announce] Reduction in IPv4 Allocation/Assignment Time Period

Dear Colleagues,

As of Monday, 3 January 2011, the RIPE NCC will allocate enough IPv4
address space to Local
Internet Registries (LIRs) requesting space to meet their needs for a
period of up to six months.

End-Users that request space from an LIR or the RIPE NCC will also be
assigned enough address space to meet their needs for a period of up to
six months.

This is a change from the current policy which states that address space
is allocated or assigned to meet needs for up to nine months.

 The change is in accordance with RIPE Policy Proposal 2009-03, "Run Out
Fairly", which was accepted by the RIPE Community in December 2009.

The proposal can be found at:
 http://ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2009-03.html

The following RIPE Documents have been updated to reflect the
implementation of this policy:
 http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-488.html
 http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-489.html
 http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-490.html
 http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-491.html


If you have any questions about this, please send an email to
<lir-help at ripe.net>


Regards,

Xavier Le Bris
RIPE NCC Registration Services Department