[policy-announce] 2016-03 New Version and Impact Analysis Published (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

Dear colleagues,

The draft documents for version 3.0 of the policy proposal 2016-03, 
"Locking Down the Final /8 Policy" have now been published, along with 
an impact analysis conducted by the RIPE NCC.

The goal of this proposal is to ban transfers of allocations made under 
the final /8 policy. Also the proposal specifies what resources must be 
added to the RIPE NCC IPv4 available pool.

Some of the differences from version 2.0 include:

-    Clarification that changes to holdership of address space as a 
result of company mergers or acquisitions are not affected by proposed 
transfer restriction
-    Legacy space handed over to the RIPE NCC will be added to the IPv4 
available pool

You can find the full proposal and the impact analysis at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-03

And the draft documents at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-03/draft

We want to draw your attention to two changes, which we hope it will 
make your proposal evaluation easier.

-    Policy proposals now contain a diff tool that allows easy 
comparison of different proposal versions – simply click on the “View 
Changes” symbol right beside the list of proposal versions.
-    The RIPE NCC impact analysis only mentions areas where  the 
proposal is actually expected to have an impact. For example, if the 
analysis makes no comment about financial or legal impact, it means that 
no such impact is expected.

We encourage you to read the draft document and send any comments to 
<address-policy-wg at ripe.net> before 17 November 2016.

Regards,

Marco Schmidt
Policy Development Officer
RIPE NCC