[address-policy-wg] Policy Proposal Implemented: 2014-05, "Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources"

* Nikolas Pediaditis <nikolas.pediaditis at ripe.net>

> The moratorium that the APNIC EC had set for inter-RIR transfers with
> the RIPE NCC has been officially lifted as of early September and it
> was announced during APNIC 40.
> 
> The transcript of the APNIC 40 AMM session is available at:
> https://conference.apnic.net/data/40/10-Sept-AMM.txt
> 
> Here is the quotation with regard to this matter:
> 
> "Inter-RIR transfer policy: it was one of the items which the
> Executive Council decided previously. We had a moratorium for the
> inter-RIR transfer with RIPE NCC, but at this time in the Executive
> Council meeting on Monday, we decided to resolve to lift -- that
> means discontinue -- the temporary moratorium on the inter-RIR
> transfers with RIPE NCC. That is the reaction that RIPE NCC recently
> set the new inter-RIR transfer policy to require the recipient of the
> transfer from the other RIR region which has the demonstrated need
> policy. So that helped us to lift this moratorium. So now you can
> transfer the IPv4 address, if you need it, with someone in the RIPE
> NCC region."
> 
> There is also the video version available (at 58:38):
> https://conference.apnic.net/40/program#sessions/amm
> 
> Therefore inter-RIR transfers of IPv4 and ASNs are possible between
> resource holders in the APNIC and RIPE regions.  Both RIRs will be
> cooperating in accordance with their policies.

Nicholas,

Thank you for the update. I hope you can clarify one thing for me,
which I find the APNIC and RIPE communites' policies to be crystal
clear about, but given the above quote as well as the phrasing in
section IV of ripe-651 I am not so sure about the actual implementation.

It's a simple yes or no question: If there is a transfer from the APNIC
region to the RIPE region, will the RIPE region recipient required to
«provide a plan to the RIPE NCC for the use of at least 50% of the
transferred resources within 5 years»?

Tore