[Appologies for any duplicates.] Dear Local Internet Registries, As discussed at the last LIR-WG in Stockholm, the RIPE NCC is considering to change the policy for allocation requests as currently described in ripe-159: 4.3. Further Allocations A Local IR can obtain additional allocations as required. A request should be submitted to the RIPE NCC when the currently allocated address space is nearly used up (about 90 percent), or if a single assignment will require a larger set of addresses than can be satisfied with the allocated address space. A usage of 90% was felt very high by the LIR-WG. This has been discussed with the other regional registries (ARIN & APNIC). ARIN requires currently that 80% of previously allocated address space has been used, APNIC requires 75% (for historical reasons). We all agreed that this should be align throughout the regional registries. Therefor the RIPE NCC suggests to lower the usage to 80%. In order to make this change effective, the policy document (ripe-159) has to be changed. We are planning to do this as soon as possible, but certainly before the next RIPE Meeting in September. Until then the old policy will be in place. Please watch the mailing list for the announcement. Kind Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC