[arin-ppml] Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2025-2: ARIN-2025-2: Clarify 8.5.1 Registration Services Agreement

[ARIN]

On 26 June 2025, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the following Draft Policy to Recommended Draft Policy status: 

* ARIN-2025-2: Clarify 8.5.1 Registration Services Agreement

The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found at: 

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_2/

You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML prior to their presentation at the next ARIN Public Policy Consultation (PPC). PPML and PPC discussions are invaluable to the AC when determining community consensus. 

The PDP can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/

Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: 

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/

Regards,
 
Eddie Diego
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)


Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2025-2: Clarify 8.5.1 Registration Services Agreement

AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:

"Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2025-2 conforms to the principles of the ARIN Policy Development Process.  This policy, if adopted, will allow ARIN the flexibility needed for effective operations by returning the decision to ARIN on what the current version of the RSA regarding transfers under 8.5 in the Number Resource Policy Manual.  It is fair, impartial, technically sound and has received support from the community."

Problem Statement:

The current policy mandates that entities receiving transferred resources sign a new RSA unless they have an RSA on file no older than the last two versions. However, defining RSA versioning requirements within the NRPM does not align with the Policy Development Process (PDP) guidelines, as determining which RSA version is considered current is a business decision rather than a policy matter.

Policy Statement:

Remove (within the last two versions) from 8.5.1 to state: The receiving entity must sign an RSA covering all resources to be transferred unless that entity has a current RSA on file per ARIN business practices.

Timetable for Implementation: Immediate