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Changes to APNIC IPv4 transfer policy ________________________________________________________________________

APNIC account holders wishing to be the recipient of IPv4 transfers must now justify their need for the resources as a result of a policy change taking effect from today, Monday, 21 November 2011.

To streamline the process, those seeking to be the recipient of IPv4 transfers may apply for pre-approval by demonstrating their need before locating a source for the address space.

http://www.apnic.net/pre-approval

Updated policy documents ------------------------

This policy change is the implementation of prop-096: Maintaining demonstrated needs requirement in transfer policy after the final /8 phase

You can view the history of this policy proposal at:

http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-096

The revised APNIC transfer, merger, acquisition, and takeover policy is now open for final editorial comments. Please provide comments before 21 December 2011.

You can access the editorial call for comment at the link below.

http://www.apnic.net/community/policy/draft

Regards