[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - February Update

Dear colleagues,

Please find below the monthly overview of open policy proposals and the 
stage they have reached in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP).

If you wish to join the discussions about a proposal, please do so on 
the relevant working group mailing list.

Proposals Open for Discussion:
2015-01, "Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations" - 
discussion open until 12 March 2015

Proposals at Last Call:
2014-12, "Allow IPv6 Transfers" - opinion can be stated until 10 March 2015
2014-13, "Allow AS Number Transfers" - opinion can be stated until 18 March

Proposals awaiting decision from Working Group Chair:
2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments"
2014-05, "Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources"
2014-06, "Publication of Sponsoring LIR for Legacy Internet Resource 
Holders"
2014-04, "Removing IPv6 Requirement for Receiving Space from the Final /8"


Proposal Overviews:

PROPOSAL: 2015-01, "Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations"
OVERVIEW: Currently IPv4 allocations received from another LIR only can 
be re-allocated after 24 months, while IPv4 allocations made by the RIPE 
NCC can be transferred immediately. This proposal aims to align the 
transfer requirements with a 24 month holding period for all IPv4 
allocations.
STATUS: Discussion Phase
WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group - 
address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 13 March 2015
FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2015-01

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The following proposals are in Last Call. Rough consensus has been 
declared and the purpose of this phase is to give the community a final 
opportunity to present well-justified objections in case anyone wants to 
oppose the proposal.

PROPOSAL: 2014-12, "Allow IPv6 Transfers"
OVERVIEW: The goal of this proposal is to allow the transfer of IPv6 
address space within the RIPE NCC service region.
STATUS: Last Call
WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group - 
address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 18 March 2015
FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-12

PROPOSAL: 2014-13, "Allow AS Number Transfers"
OVERVIEW: The goal of this proposal is to allow the transfer of AS 
Numbers within the RIPE NCC service region.
STATUS: Last Call
WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group - 
address-policy-wg at ripe.net
DEADLINE: 10 March 2015
FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-13

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The following proposals awaiting decision from Working Group Chair 
whether the Working Group has reached (rough) consensus.

PROPOSAL: 2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number 
Assignments"
OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to ease the requirements when requesting an 
Autonomous System (AS) Number. It is proposed to remove the need 
evaluation, limit the amount of AS Numbers per organization to 1,000 and 
require that 16-bit AS Numbers are multihomed after nine months.
RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes point that it will be the End User 
that decides if the need for an AS Number is technically reasonable.
STATUS: Review Phase - Awaiting Decision from Working Group Chair
FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03

PROPOSAL: 2014-05, "Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources"
OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to allow the global transfer of Internet 
resources. For transfers to the RIPE NCC service region from RIRs that 
require needs-based policies, recipients must provide the RIPE NCC with 
a plan for the use of at least 50% of the transferred resources within 
five years.
STATUS: Review Phase - Awaiting Decision from Working Group Chair
FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-05

PROPOSAL:  2014-04, "Removing IPv6 Requirement for Receiving Space from 
the Final /8"
OVERVIEW: Currently, in order to receive a final /22 IPv4 allocation 
from the RIPE NCC, Local Internet Registries (LIRs) must have an IPv6 
allocation in the RIPE NCC service region. This proposal aims to remove 
this requirement.
STATUS: Last Call - Awaiting Decision from Working Group Chair
FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-04

PROPOSAL: 2014-06, "Publication of Sponsoring LIR for Legacy Internet 
Resource Holders"
OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to publish the link between legacy Internet 
resource holders and their sponsoring Local Internet Registry (LIR).
STATUS: Last Call - Awaiting Decision from Working Group Chair
FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-06

The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals on 
www.ripe.net:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-proposals

Full information about how the PDP works is available in ripe-614, 
“Policy Development Process in RIPE”:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-614

We look forward to your involvement in the PDP.

Kind regards,

Marco Schmidt
Policy Development Officer
RIPE NCC