Aleksey Bulgakov wrote:
What do you think if the NCC allow to merge accounts of the same company without 24 months restriction?
I thing this question should be discussed on the RIPE meeting in Marseille.
the NCC implements the 24 month restriction because the RIPE Community has requested this in the "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" document (ripe-682).
2.2 Transfer Restrictions
Scarce resources, which are understood as those resources that are allocated or assigned by the RIPE NCC on a restricted basis (such as IPv4 or 16-bit ASNs), cannot be transferred for 24 months from the date the resource was received by the resource holder. This restriction also applies if the resource was received due to a change in the organisation's business (such as a merger or acquisition).
This restriction does not prevent the resources from being transferred due to further mergers or acquisitions within the 24-month period.
If you want to put forward a suggestion to change this policy, then the place to start is the Address Policy Working Group. Nick