Jochem de Ruig wrote:
Dear Wilfried and all,
This is stated in the Terms and Conditions document article 8.2.g.
Thanks, Jochem, this provision obviously has been added for this new version. Just checked, it was not present in ripe-173, effectively ruling out the possibility of operating a non-commercial LIR or internet service? Are you able to provide the rationale for including this additional requirement?
With the re-sign of the RIPE NCC agreements we noticed that for several existing members we are not in the possession of any company registration papers. Therefore we have approached those members.
We are aware of the fact that not all organisations can submit an extract of the Trade register, in this case we request an equivalent document proving the registration of the Contributor's business with the national authorities.
Judging from recent experience, providing a VAT number, and a reference to the historic founding documents of a pretty old university are not considered to be an "equivalent document". So, the other way 'round, what _is_ an "equivalent document" from your point of view? And no, I won't be able to just grab the document from the university's archive, issued on 12th of March 1365 (no typo), and put it onto a copying machine...
Regards,
Jochem de Ruig RIPE NCC
Regards, Wilfried.