[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2026-3: NRPM Section 6.4.1 Retirement

[ARIN]

On 16 July 2026, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted “ARIN-prop-351: NRPM Section 6.4.1 Retirement” as Draft Policy. 

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2026_3

You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will evaluate the discussion 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/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)


Draft Policy ARIN-2026-3: NRPM Section 6.4.1 Retirement

Problem Statement: 

Current NRPM Section 6.4.1 contains language referring to property rights of IPv6 direct allocations made by ARIN. Past references to any rights on IP resources was defined in legacy versions of the Resource Services Agreement between an entity and ARIN. Any mention of property or other rights do not belong in the Number Resource Policy Manual, this should be referenced in the Registration Services Agreement. Section 6 of the Number Resource Policy Manual was modeled on a framework the other RIRs added to their policy manuals going back as far as 2004.

Policy Statement: 

Retire 6.4.1 Address Space Not to be Considered Property