Resource Transfers and Mergers

We authorise and facilitate transfers of Internet number resources, such as IPv4, IPv6 addresses and AS Numbers. A resource transfer changes the holdership of the resources from offering party A to receiving party B. Do you need to transfer resources due to a change in business structure (e.g. merge

This section has information on the transfer of Internet number resources between RIRs.

Internet number resources can be transferred due to a change in the company structure of an organisation holding them, for example, in the case of a merger or acquisition.

When requesting registry updates, which documents you need to supply depends on the nature of the update. Here you can find out which documents are needed for which updates.

According to section 4.0 of "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies", the RIPE NCC publishes a list of all Internet number resources transferred according to the policy. For transfers of RIPE NCC-distributed resources within the RIPE NCC service region, the list also specifies whether a transfer was due to

How to request the Voluntary Transfer Lock