As I understand people who started that topic: 1. They have several LIRs for one company. 2. Last LIR was opened in 2nd quarter of this year, and payments are QUARTERLY. 3. They wish to transfer resource from ANOTHER LIR (NOT the last one was opened this year). 4. RIPE NCC issued the invoice for that ANOTHER LIR for 1st quarter, when that LIR did not exists. 5. To let the transfer from FIRST LIR, they have to paid for 1st quarter of the SECOND LIR, which was opened in 2nd quarter. So, it violates points 1 and 2(3) of what you said below (and common sense, of course). 20.07.18 16:32, Christoph Neukirch пише:
Guys,
There is no problem.
What’s so hard to read and understand the rules and policies. It has been written and described multiple times in this thread. And policies has been accepted signing the contract with RIPE NCC.
In simple short words:
* For opening a LIR in the middle of the year you have to pay the current and all following quarters for the current year. * If you want to close a LIR, you have to pay at least ONE FULL annual fee for this LIR, no matter if it’s the first year and you would only have to pay for quarters from the creation of the year. * Same applies to your wish to transfer resources. * Annual means once every year, not once in a timeframe including 12 months. * You DON’T pay for resources, you pay for services from RIPE NCC, both sides using policies and rules developed by the RIPE community.
Having said this, I second the opinion to not expect too much sympathy on this topic. And IMHO you’ll achieve the opposite pushing this topic any further.