Hi Ron Here’s some information that hopefully helps answer your query.
It is worth noting up front that when there is a breach of policy or the APNIC Member agreement, APNIC provides the opportunity for the Member to rectify or explain the breach. Inadvertent breaches are usually rectified quickly. However, if the breach (or the information provided to rectify it) is in any way false or misleading, APNIC is more likely to close the account and reclaim the resources. To your questions: > Usage of the assigned number resources was no longer consistent with the > original justification submitted to APNIC when the resources were requested. APNIC has reclaimed resources when there is evidence that the original stated need did not exist. > Violation(s) of out-of-region usage policy. APNIC delegates resources only to organizations, which are legally present, or have networks located in the APNIC region. APNIC does not have an out-of-region usage policy. APNIC Members located in the service region can use their resources wherever they want. However, organizations located outside the APNIC service region must use resources delegated by APNIC within the service region. APNIC has reclaimed resources from out-of-region Members when there has been evidence that the resources were not being used within the APNIC service region. > Any other policy violations. Most resources that are reclaimed are as a result of a breach of the membership agreement and not due to address policy violations. Some previous reasons for reclamation (following opportunities for the Member to rectify the breach) have included: - Failing to update invalid whois registration - Fraudulent credit card payment - Providing false and/or misleading information - Identity theft - Fabricated documents It might also be a good opportunity to make it clear to the community that inadvertent breaches aren’t dealt with harshly, but if they are dishonest then the outcomes are much more severe. Thanks Vivek From: Ronald F. Guilmette <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 11 July 2022 at 11:15 am To: mailman_APNIC-talk <[email protected]> Subject: [apnic-talk] Reclamation of Number Resources Greetings all, As many of you no doubt know, there has been quite an extraordinarily large brouhaha of late within the AFRINIC region relating to AFRINIC's efforts to reclaim certain large blocks of IPv4 addresses from one particular member organization. This effort has resulted in considerable litigation within Mauritius, the home country of AFRINIC. Partially as a result of this ongoing controversy, but also just for my own edification, I would like to ask a number of questions about any and all prior instances in which APNIC has reclaimed number resources from member organizations, based on APNIC policy. It seems safe to assume that there have historically been some instances in which APNIC memberships have been terminated, and any associated assigned number resources reclaimed, for example, if and when a given member has simply failed to pay fess due to APNIC. My questions however have to do with situations where APNIC policy violations other than the non-payment of fees are involved. Specifically, I would like to know if any of you can recall any past instances where number resources have been reclaimed, by APNIC, for any of the following reasons: *) Usage of the assigned number resources was no longer consistant with the original justification submitted to APNIC when the resources were requested. *) Violation(s) of out-of-region usage policy. *) Any other policy violations. Thanks in advance for any and all responses. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ apnic-talk - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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