Paul I've already kicked off a request to find out what's happening. I suspect it's a simple misunderstanding of some sort, that's what these things usually boil down to. They can't possibly really want what you think they do.
Despite Neil's remarks, the NCC doesn't gratuitously make work, they just take their job of making sure the registry is as accurate as possible very seriously. I'll update you when I hear something All the best Nigel On 02/09/16 17:03, Paul Thornton wrote: > Hi Nigel, > > Thanks for offering. > > On 02/09/2016 13:25, Nigel Titley wrote: >> >> >> On 02/09/16 12:37, Paul Civati wrote: >>> On 2 Sep 2016, at 12:27, Paul Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone know what, precisely, one needs to get from Companies >>>> House to satisfy this new bit of Dutch bureacracy? I can't see that >>>> there's any way to get CH to re-issue a registration document with a >>>> new date except for a re-incorporation due to a name change! >>> >>> Pass.. but this new bureaucracy is probably because of the issues >>> with people creating >>> additional LIRs purely to gain IPv4 space. >> >> Do you want me to find out? > > I would be keen to understand why there has been a change - and more > importantly, what supposed problem this solution is meant to fix. > Involving Athina in a ticket around the simple task of establishing an > LIR seems overkill, but that was my next port of call as I'm stuck. > > In the specifically British case (and the Ireland situation appears to > be similar), we have no way of obtaining "an up to date copy of the > registration papers" which is what I have been asked for. We can > provide (a) the original registration document, (b) a UK Companies house > information summary dated at the point of download, or (c) a recent > Annual Return. I have offered all of these and been told that they > aren't good enough, which is surprising as the certificate of > incorporation plus one of the others proves that the company is still a > valid entity. > > If there is some magic "You need to ask Companies House for form > ABC1234, we'll accept that" then (a) it needs to be clearly communicated > on the web pages, and (b) can someone at the RIPE NCC let me know what > it is. That would be a bit of a pain, but at least it would be progess. > > I personally don't see how any of this stops additional LIRs to gain v4 > space - and frankly we all agreed (at a somewhat testy GM) in Copenhagen > that there wasn't much we could do about that anyway - and as one > organisation is capable of registering multiple LIRs it is a moot point. > > Paul. >
