On Fri, 22 Mar 2019, Nick Hilliard wrote: (...)
Regarding over-reach, the RIPE NCC was instituted as a numbering registry and as a supporting organisation for the RIPE Community, whose terms of reference are described in the RIPE-1 document. The terms of reference make it clear that the purpose of the RIPE Community and the RIPE NCC is internet co-ordination and - pointedly - not enforcement.
Hi Nick, All, I understand you are talking about https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-001 The word "enforcement" is not part of ripe-001. So, it's not explicitely written as something which is completely out of scope. The RIPE NCC (as a supporting organization) is already "enforcing" that people abide by rules (i.e. it's against the rules to provide falsified information, and even unresponsiveness may lead to a LIR closure -- that's what i read from RIPE-716, just to name a few). Best Regards, Carlos