[ncc-announce] [news] Additional LIR accounts

Dear colleagues,



The ability for RIPE NCC members to again open additional LIR accounts
 
was confirmed at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) on 27 May 2016.

At the GM, members approved the following resolution:

 "The General 
Meeting approves the ability of RIPE NCC members to create
 additional 
LIR accounts."



Members had always been able to open additional LIR accounts until the 

RIPE NCC Executive Board suspended this ability in November 2015. The 

resolution approved by members at the GM reinstates the ability to open 

additional accounts.



The RIPE NCC has been working on an implementation plan since the 
GM.
This plan is put forward to make sure that the ability to open
 
additional LIR accounts is in line with the spirit of RIPE Policy.

The
 Executive Board has reviewed the plan and approved the following 

stipulations being applied to additional LIR applications:



1. Transfer of resources between LIR accounts of the same member will 

fall under the transfer policy.

 This aligns the transfer of resources 
between LIR accounts of the same
 member with the transfer procedures 
the RIPE NCC applies to transfers between LIR accounts of different 
members.

The transfer policy will now apply to all transfers, 
regardless of
 whether the transfer is between the same or different 
members. 

In practice, this means that the IPv4 allocation will only be 

transferable between LIR accounts of the same member after 24 months.


The document ripe-654, "Transfer of Internet Number Resources and 
Change
of a Member’s Official Legal Name", has been updated by ripe-667 
to 
reflect this alignment (see section 3.5, Transfer of Internet Number 
Resources and Change of a Member’s Official Legal Name).



You can view ripe-667 at:

<https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-667>

2. Only one application will be processed at a time.

Members can only make an application for an additional LIR account when 
there is no other application being processed on their behalf. This 
aligns more closely with the spirit of the "Last /8" Policy. The RIPE 
NCC will be able to distribute the IPv4 resources more fairly. 
Operationally, this also allows the RIPE NCC to process the LIR account 
applications in a timely fashion.

3. An LIR Account Agreement needs to be signed by the member for an 
additional LIR account.

For transparency and due diligence purposes, the Terms and Conditions 
for the use of an LIR account will be explicitly outlined and the member 
will be asked to agree to them by signing a relevant agreement.

You can view the LIR Account Agreement at:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/legal/ripe-ncc-lir-account-agreement

More information about multiple LIR accounts can be found in the 
following FAQs:
<https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/info/faqs/faq-joining>

<https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-transfers-and-mergers/transfers/transfer-faqs>

If you have any questions about the new procedure, please contact the 
RIPE NCC at <ncc at ripe.net>.

Best regards,

Nigel Titley
RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman