Neither LACNIC nor AfriNIC have currently passed or implemented an inter-RIR 
transfer policy.

All Inter-RIR policies that have been considered in either region have been 
unilateral inbound-only to the best of my knowledge.

Owen

> On Sep 7, 2017, at 05:30 , Kevin Blumberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Are there active polices in the other regions that rely on this policy? I 
> understand there have been discussions, however I don't know what the status 
> is/was. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin Blumberg
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ARIN-PPML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ARIN
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 2:36 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [arin-ppml] Revised: ARIN-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for 
> Inter-RIR Transfers
> 
> The following has been revised:
> 
> * Draft Policy ARIN-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for Inter-RIR 
> Transfers
> 
> Revised text is below and can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_4.html
> 
> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will 
> evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft 
> policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated in 
> the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:
> 
> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
> * Technically Sound
> * Supported by the Community
> 
> The PDP can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
> 
> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sean Hopkins
> Policy Analyst
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> 
> 
> 
> Draft Policy ARIN-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for Inter-RIR 
> Transfers
> 
> Version Date: 6 September 2017
> 
> Problem Statement:
> 
> AFRINIC and LACNIC are currently considering one-way inter-RIR transfer 
> proposals. Those RIR communities feel a one-way policy a policy that allows 
> network operators in their regions to obtain space from another region and 
> transfer it into AFRINIC and LACNIC may best meet the needs of the operators 
> in that region.
> 
> ARIN staff, in reply to an inquiry from AFRINIC, have formally indicated that 
> ARINs 8.4 policy language will not allow ARIN to participate in such one-way 
> transfers. The staff formally indicate to AFRINIC that the word reciprocal in 
> 8.4 prohibits ARIN from allowing ARIN-registered space to transfer directly 
> to AFRINIC (in this context).
> 
> ARIN as a community should recognize that other RIR operator communities have 
> different needs than we do. We should recognize that:
> 
> - network operators in AFRINIC in LACNIC have need to obtain space in the 
> market;
> 
> - have reasons they think are important to not allow two-way transfers; and
> 
> - we should understand that the history of the RIR system has led to LACNIC 
> and AFRINIC having multiple orders of magnitude less IPv4 address space than 
> ARIN does.
> 
> Policy statement:
> 
> Add the following sentence after the first sentence of NRPM 8.4:
> 
> Inter-RIR transfers may take place to an RIR with a non-reciprocal inter-RIR 
> transfer policy only when the recipient RIR has an IPv4 total inventory less 
> than the average (mean) of the IPv4 total inventory among all of the RIRs.
> 
> Timetable for implementation: Upon the ratification of any inter-RIR transfer 
> policy at another RIR that is one-way as described in the problem statement.
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