[policy-announce] 2023-03 Proposal Accepted (Voluntary Transfer Lock)

Dear colleagues,



Consensus has been reached on 2023-03 "Voluntary Transfer Lock".



This policy proposal aimed to allow holders of resources registered with 
the RIPE NCC to inform the RIPE NCC that certain resources must not be 
transferred for a certain amount of time.

You can find the full proposal at:



https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-03

The new RIPE Document is called ripe-806 and is available at:

https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-806

The following RIPE policy has been updated as well and received a new 
document number:
ripe-807, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies"

https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-807

We estimate that this proposal will take around two months to fully 
implement.

In order to ensure a correct and consistent handling of requests, the 
current procedures remain in place until the implementation is completed.
This applies in particular to:
RIPE NCC Executive Board resolution EB#163-R-02
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2022/minutes-163rd-executive-board-meeting
Registry Lock Request Form
https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-transfers-and-mergers/registry-lock-request-form

We will send another announcement once the implementation is complete 
and the new procedures are in place.


Thanks to everyone who provided input.




Kind regards,

Angela Dall'Ara
Policy Officer
RIPE NCC