[address-policy-wg] Legal counsel on 2008-08 (Initial Certification Policy in the RIPE NCC Service Region)

Sascha,

>> "There is no specific Dutch legislation that can be used to order the
>> deregistration of Internet number resources or change the registration
>> details of Internet number resources. Nor is there any legislation
>> that applies to the revocation of certificates over Internet number
>> resources."
>> 
>> What you are looking for is legislation (as pointed out by Malcom)
>> that can be used to restrict/control access to the internet which
>> appears to exist at least at a European level
> 
> There is an unfortunate tendency in lawmaking these days towards formulating legislation is such a broad way that it includes "use
> cases" they may have forgotten about or not thought of when writing
> it.
> Not the word "specific" in the above, this does not mean that applicable
> legislation does not exist!

You miss the next sentence of the legal advise:
"In the absence of such legislation, a court cannot order the revocation of certificates."

I think the legal statement (when read as a whole, not cherry-picking the parts you like) was clear enough.
Sander