Il 22/08/2025 11:36, Thomas Czarnetzki ha scritto:
Dear,
we are the sponsoring LIR of a company that has a claim against a RIPE member in Germany. This claim was confirmed by court judgment through an enforcement order. As part of the compulsory enforcement, there is a garnishment and transfer order instructing RIPE to transfer the member’s IP addresses.
I imagine that the judgment you have is in favor of your client, and not of you as the sponsoring LIR. And in this respect RIPE is right: there is no way to transfer the assignment of an IP block to anyone who is not a RIPE member; therefore, either you obtain a judgment that specifically states that the IP block must be assigned to you (the sponsoring LIR) on behalf of your client, or that judgment is worthless. Apart from this: Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 is not of universal applicability, and there are many cases where it does not apply. For example, if insolvency proceedings are involved... In any case, to invoke it you must have obtained from the court a European Enforcement Order certificate: do you have it? I also have doubts that an IP block can be subject to attachment: I believe it could be seized and reassigned in order to safeguard the services provided through it, but I doubt that it could simply be attached for its economic value, merely as a guarantee or coverage of a financial debt unrelated to the block itself. -- Franco Tauceri *DomainRegister* m: 39.3483064202 w: https://DomainRegister.international <https://DomainRegister.international> e: franco.tauceri@domainregister.it -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com