Dear colleagues The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that we now have the software changes for "abuse-c:" in place. Although it won't be enforced before April 2013, RIPE NCC members can immediately start to add the "abuse-c:" attribute to their ORGANISATION objects. On 15 November 2012 the RIPE NCC published a proposed implementation plan for RIPE policy 563 titled "Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE Database" on the RIPE Database Working Group and RIPE Anti-Abuse Working Group mailing lists. http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/anti-abuse-wg/2012-November/001974.ht... This plan was accepted by the working groups' co-chairs on 5 December 2012 and the RIPE NCC was asked to move forward with the implementation. http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/anti-abuse-wg/2012-December/001993.ht... According to the timeline in this proposal the software changes to the RIPE Database and LIR Portal are to be completed by the end of Q1 2013. Throughout Q2 and Q3 members SHOULD add an "abuse-c:" attribute to their main ORGANISATION object. (The one with "org-type: LIR") This will cover all resources allocated to the LIR. Additional ORGANISATION objects with an "abuse-c:" attribute can be added to fine tune delegated responsibility for abuse handling to customers. For further details please see: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/denis/creating-and-finding-abuse-contacts-in-t... Enforcement by the RIPE NCC of the requirement for PI assignments and AS Numbers held by non-members to reference an "abuse-c:", will not start until Q4 2013. But there is no restriction on any resource holder setting up their details now. Additional tools to assist with the creation of necessary objects and addition of appropriate references are being developed and tested at the moement and will be announced shortly. Kind regards, Kaveh Ranjbar Database Group Manager RIPE NCC