[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2026-5: Define Out Of Region Use

[ARIN]

On 17 September 2026, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted ARIN-prop-353: Define Out Of Region Use as Draft Policy. 

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2026_5

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-2026-5: Define Out Of Region Use

Problem Statement:

Section 9, Out Of Region Use, sets requirements for this use case and the treatment of space used as such for future justifications, but does not include a definition of the term. As such, there have been recurring concerns from the community that the simultaneous use of resources inside and outside the ARIN region (such as anycast, or similar geographically diverse use cases) may be included in staff’s interpretation of out-of-region use, which does not appear to be intended. This proposal is intended to address that concern.

Policy Statement:

Add a definition of Out Of Region Use to Section 2 as follows:

2.18. Out Of Region Use
The sole use of ARIN-allocated resources in locations outside of the ARIN service region. This definition does not apply to the simultaneous use of a given ARIN resource both within the ARIN service region and in other RIR service regions.

Comments:

While Section 2 is seemingly the organizationally appropriate location for this, moving the definition to Section 9 is likely to be acceptable to the community as well in order to keep all relevant language in that section. The question of the best location for this definition should be posed to the community as part of the policy discussion.