It is possible to transfer resources between the RIRs with a bunch of conditions attached and some caveats. For example:

1. both RIRs must approve the intended transfer,

2. there needs to be some kind of justification why it would need to occur,

3. at least in LACNIC's case one would need to re-justify the incoming assignment using their rules,

4. if addresses were considered legacy at RIPE, they would convert to non-legacy when being registered with LACNIC,

5. you'd end up paying both sides of the transaction assuming you're controlling two LIRs under separate RIRs.

So, it doesn't really make sense to try to "RIR shop" on price. Transfers might make sense if you want to consolidate assets for M&A purposes somewhere than where they originated.

Realistically, if someone were to return IPv4 addresses to a RIR, the returned addresses would in practice instantly be gone as there are waiting lists for these.

From: members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net> on behalf of Evgeniy Brodskiy via members-discuss <members-discuss@ripe.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 13:28
To: sdy@a-n-t.ru <sdy@a-n-t.ru>
Cc: Kurt Jaeger <members-discuss@nepustil.net>; members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net>
Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Charging scheme 2025 proposal (logarithmic)

Confidential/Конфіденційно

Maybe, but to be sure we all understand consequences for this "easy" solution to "complicated problem"  I have two questions:
 - do LIRs have ability to transfer IPv4 networks between RIRs (because for the land example, transfer is not an option) ??
 - is this transfer more complicated and costly than have fair share of RIPE spends ?


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From: members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net> On Behalf Of sdy@a-n-t.ru
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:59 PM
To: Evgeniy Brodskiy <Evgeniy.Brodskiy@kyivstar.net>
Cc: Kurt Jaeger <members-discuss@nepustil.net>; members-discuss@ripe.net
Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Charging scheme 2025 proposal (logarithmic)

Sorry, but my 5 cents...

Not only "result in some IPv4 addresses being transferred back to RIPE".
Lets do not forget, It will decrease payment for LIR who could not take more IPv4 an AS.
So, This will make the relationship between the NCC participants more honest too.

> Confidential/Конфіденційно
>
> Hello Kurtis!
>
> I think there is one more circle. Some members simply want to increase
> the cost of ownership IPv4 address space.
> Perhaps, from their point of view, this will result in some IPv4
> addresses being transferred back to RIPE.
>
>
> P.S. I believe it is not, a lot of reasons why.
>
> From: members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net> On Behalf Of
> Kurtis Lindqvist
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 11:56 AM
> To: Kaj Niemi <kajtzu@basen.net>; Kurt Jaeger
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> Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Charging scheme 2025 proposal
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> Hi Kaj!
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> Isn’t this really at the heart of the problem. In a Venn diagram there
> are (at least) three circles here, the members with an opinion the
> mailinglist who want to crystalise the core services and keep RIPE NCC
> costs lower and see greater efficiency gains, there is the circle of
> members who respond to the membership survey and are happy and want to
> keep all services as they are and then there is a circle of the
> members who actually vote (and possibly manage the payments). I am not
> convinced there is a great overlap of these circles and so we end up
> in a situation with very little guidance.
>
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> From: members-discuss
> <members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net<mailto:members-discuss-bounces@ripe.
> net>> on behalf of Kaj Niemi
> <kajtzu@basen.net<mailto:kajtzu@basen.net>>
> Date: Tuesday, 16 April 2024 at 19:49
> To: Kurt Jaeger
> <members-discuss@nepustil.net<mailto:members-discuss@nepustil.net>>
> Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net<mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net>
> <members-discuss@ripe.net<mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net>>
> Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Charging scheme 2025 proposal
> (logarithmic)
> Hi,
>
>
> Good points.
>
> On the topic of AFRINIC, I would slightly disagree. Membership numbers
> have been increasing from about 1200 in 2018-ish, when they restated
> revenue, at around 5.3M USD to the 6M-ish USD I mentioned in my
> previous email. I haven't actively been following the story there but
> assumed the legal troubles started FY2021-ish.. since revenue was
> restated, there was probably something else going on earlier. They
> spent about 140k on legal in 2022 although only non-audited numbers
> exist. I'm reading it as if the legal issues themselves did not affect revenue one way or another.
>
> As for RIPE, well, I'm advocating on spending less and crystallizing
> the value prop because right now it's all over the place.
>
>
>   1.  LIRs [must] pay because they need the registry services
>   2.  In exchange they get a ton of services that many do not use at all
>   3.  All services and functions are necessary because [list with many
> reasons]
>   4.  "We need to increase the fees because of 2 and 3"
>   5.  Goto 1
>
> That being said, the gym analogy someone replied with a few days ago
> is quite apt. Most people there, too, pay but do not use.
>
>
>
> Kaj
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kurt Jaeger
> <members-discuss@nepustil.net<mailto:members-discuss@nepustil.net>>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 8:06 PM
> To: Kaj Niemi <kajtzu@basen.net<mailto:kajtzu@basen.net>>
> Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net<mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net>
> <members-discuss@ripe.net<mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net>>
> Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Charging scheme 2025 proposal
> (logarithmic)
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> Hi!
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> Thanks for writing up those stats.
>
>> Let's do some napkin math and comps with the other RIRs. [...]
>>
>> RIPE, revenue 38M EUR (40M USD), members 20k = 2 k/member ARIN,
>> revenue 25M USD, members 25k = 1 k/member APNIC, revenue 33M AUD (21M
>> USD), members 10k = 2 k/member LACNIC, revenue 10M USD, members 12k =
>> 0.8 k/member AFRINIC, revenue 6M USD, members 2k = 3 k/member
> [...]
>
>> Now, in my opinion, there are a few surprises.
>> ARIN, located in a very expensive country, is quite efficient per
>> member.
>
> I think one has to analyse if ARIN and RIPE do the same when it comes
> to reach-out, research etc. I'm not sure that ARIN is as active as
> RIPE is. Also: The language barrier in the service area is much more
> difficult to traverse than in the ARIN service area. And the RIPE has
> to cope with a very difficult legal and political landscape compared
> to ARIN.
>
>> On the other hand, AFRINIC seems to be rather inefficient.
>
> I would not hold that against AFRINIC, given their legal and political
> landscape.
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