Ah, in this case 8.2 applies.  Number resources which need to move between 
OrgIDs with common ownership can move via 8.2. :-)

> On Jun 1, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Jason Schiller <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> My understanding of the problem is that company A is selling a /16.
> Company B buys the /16.
> 
> After 3 months, company B finds their projected usage of the IP space 
> is no longer needed because their product was canceled, but a 
> European division of company B has need of them.
> 
> Under current policy company B cannot transfer the address space
> to their european division because:
> 
> 1. the source is ineligible for another 9 months because they recently
> received a transfer.
> 
> 2. the recipient is ineligible because RIPE does not have a compatible 
> needs based policy (maybe this has changed).
> 
> This policy would permit the transfer.
> 
> Now instead imagine company B has multiple OrgIDs, one for dial-up,
> one for dedicated customers, etc.  They recently decided to have a 
> cloud offering, and spun up a new OrgID (under the same legal entity) 
> and transfered the /16 for their new cloud offering.  
> 
> The cloud product fizzles after 3 months, but there is justified need for
> the /16 in part by the dial-up customers and in part by dedicated 
> customers.  To properly reflect the usage of the space part of the /16
> needs to be moved to the dial-up OrgID, and the rest to the dedicated
> OrgId.
> 
> Same scenario, but instead of one company with multiple OrgIds, it is 
> one company with multiple wholly owned subsidiaries, each of which
> have their own OrgID.  
> 
> I believe 8.2 does not apply unless there was some corporate
> restructuring. 
> 
> ___Jason
> 
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:04 AM, David Huberman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What real scenario are you thinking of that involves in-region companies 
>> that isn't an 8.3?  I'm an American and my familiarity with American 
>> corporate law and resulting structures is having a hard time thinking of a 
>> scenario.  But maybe it's just early and I haven't had my hot chocolate yet 
>> :)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 1, 2016, at 7:42 AM, Jason Schiller <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I support as written.
>>> 
>>> However it occurs to me, why doesn't this text also apply to 8.3 intra-ARIN 
>>> specified transfers?
>>> 
>>> 1. I see no reason why intra-compnay transfers where the recipient is 
>>> outside of the ARIN region, be treated any differently than when the 
>>> recipient is inside the ARIN region.
>>> 
>>> 2. In fact I think if anything we would want to be equally or more liberal 
>>> when the recipient is inside the ARIN region to have a greater chance of 
>>> enforcing anti-flip restrictions (which we cannot easily do outside of the 
>>> region).
>>> 
>>> 3. I would like to avoid further diverging 8.3 and 8.4.  One could imagine 
>>> merging 8.3 and 8.4 into a single section, and the community has asked the 
>>> AC to undertake that work.
>>> 
>>> ___Jason
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:23 PM, ARIN <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2015-2 Modify 8.4 (Inter-RIR Transfers to 
>>>> Specified Recipients)
>>>> 
>>>> On 19 May 2016 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced 2015-2 to 
>>>> Recommended Draft Policy status.
>>>> 
>>>> The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found 
>>>> at:
>>>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2015_2.html
>>>> 
>>>> You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML prior 
>>>> to their presentation at the next ARIN Public Policy Consultation (PPC). 
>>>> PPML and PPC discussions are invaluable to the AC when determining 
>>>> community consensus.
>>>> 
>>>> The PDP can be found at:
>>>> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
>>>> 
>>>> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
>>>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Communications and Member Services
>>>> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN 2015-2
>>>> Modify 8.4 (Inter-RIR Transfers to Specified Recipients)
>>>> 
>>>> Date: 24 May 2016
>>>> 
>>>> AC's assessment of conformance with the Principles of Internet Number 
>>>> Resource Policy:
>>>> 
>>>> Draft Policy ARIN 2015-2 contributes to fair and impartial number 
>>>> resources administration by removing an impediment to the transfer of IPv4 
>>>> numbering resources to other RIRs when business needs change within the 
>>>> first 12 months of receipt of a 24 month supply of IP addresses by an 
>>>> entity via the transfer market. It is technically sound in that it 
>>>> balances removing limits on transfers of IPv4 numbering resources to other 
>>>> RIRs with safeguards related to ownership and control described in the 
>>>> draft policy to reduce the likelihood of fraudulent transactions. There 
>>>> was strong community support for this draft policy at the NANOG 66 PPC and 
>>>> ARIN 37, subject only to some suggested editorial changes which have now 
>>>> been implemented in the latest version.
>>>> 
>>>> Problem Statement:
>>>> 
>>>> Organizations that obtain a 24 month supply of IP addresses via the 
>>>> transfer market and then have an unexpected change in business plan are 
>>>> unable to move IP addresses to the proper RIR within the first 12 months 
>>>> of receipt.
>>>> 
>>>> Policy statement:
>>>> 
>>>> Replace 8.4, bullet 4, to read:
>>>> 
>>>> "Source entities within the ARIN region must not have received a transfer, 
>>>> allocation, or assignment of IPv4 number resources from ARIN for the 12 
>>>> months prior to the approval of a transfer request, unless either the 
>>>> source or recipient entity owns or controls the other, or both are under 
>>>> common ownership or control. This restriction does not include M&A 
>>>> transfers."
>>>> 
>>>> Comments: Organizations that obtain a 24 month supply of IP addresses via 
>>>> the transfer market and then have an unexpected change in business plan 
>>>> are unable to move IP addresses to the proper RIR within the first 12 
>>>> months of receipt. The need to move the resources does not flow from ARIN 
>>>> policy, but rather from the requirement of certain registries outside the 
>>>> ARIN region to have the resources moved in order to be used there.
>>>> 
>>>> The intention of this change is to allow organizations to perform 
>>>> inter-RIR transfers of space received via an 8.3 transfer regardless of 
>>>> the date transferred to ARIN. A common example is that an organization 
>>>> acquires a block located in the ARIN region, transfers it to ARIN, then 3 
>>>> months later, the organization announces that it wants to launch new 
>>>> services out of region. Under current policy, the organization is 
>>>> prohibited from moving some or all of those addresses to that region's 
>>>> Whois if there is a need to move them to satisfy the rules of the other 
>>>> region requiring the movement of the resources to that region in order for 
>>>> them to be used there. Instead, the numbers are locked in ARIN's Whois. 
>>>> It's important to note that 8.3 transfers are approved for a 24 month 
>>>> supply, and it would not be unheard of for a business model to change 
>>>> within the first 12 months after approval. The proposal also introduces a 
>>>> requirement for an affiliation relationship between the source and 
>>>> recipient entity, based on established corporate law principles, so as to 
>>>> make it reasonably likely that eliminating the 12 month anti-flip period 
>>>> in that situation will meet the needs of organizations that operate 
>>>> networks in more than one region without encouraging abuse.
>>>> 
>>>> a. Timetable for implementation: Immediate
>>>> 
>>>> b. Anything else: N/A
>>>> 
>>>> #####
>>>> 
>>>> ARIN STAFF & LEGAL ASSESSMENT
>>>> Draft Policy ARIN-2015-2
>>>> MODIFY 8.4 (INTER-RIR TRANSFERS TO SPECIFIED RECIPIENTS)
>>>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2015_2.html
>>>> 
>>>> Date of Assessment: 17 May 2016
>>>> 
>>>> ___
>>>> 1. Summary (Staff Understanding)
>>>> 
>>>> Currently, organizations are unable to act as a source on an 8.4 transfer 
>>>> of IPv4 address space if they have received IPv4 address space in the past 
>>>> 12 months from ARIN's IPv4 free pool, the waiting list for unmet requests, 
>>>> or an 8.3 transfer. This draft policy lifts the 12-month restriction in 
>>>> cases when the source or recipient entity owns or controls the other, or 
>>>> both are under common ownership or control.
>>>> 
>>>> ___
>>>> 2. Comments
>>>> 
>>>> A. ARIN Staff Comments
>>>> 
>>>> * If this policy is implemented, ARIN staff would no longer apply a 
>>>> 12-month time restriction to organizations who wish to 8.4 transfer IPv4 
>>>> addresses to themselves or in cases when the source or recipient entity 
>>>> owns or controls the other, or both are under common ownership or control.
>>>> 
>>>> * This policy could be implemented as written.
>>>> 
>>>> B. ARIN General Counsel – Legal Assessment
>>>> 
>>>> Concerns raised by the GC regarding previous versions of this policy have 
>>>> been satisfactorily addressed in the current draft. The current proposed 
>>>> draft does not create material legal issues for ARIN. In order to 
>>>> determine when entities are under common ownership or control, traditional 
>>>> legal standards will be applied by ARIN.
>>>> 
>>>> ___
>>>> 3. Resource Impact
>>>> 
>>>> Implementation of this policy would have minimal resource impact. It is 
>>>> estimated that implementation would occur within 3 months after 
>>>> ratification by the ARIN Board of Trustees. The following would be needed 
>>>> in order to implement:
>>>> 
>>>> * Updated guidelines and internal procedures
>>>> 
>>>> * Staff training
>>>> 
>>>> ___
>>>> 4. Proposal / Draft Policy Text Assessed
>>>> 
>>>> Draft Policy ARIN 2015-2
>>>> Modify 8.4 (Inter-RIR Transfers to Specified Recipients)
>>>> 
>>>> Date: 11 May 2016
>>>> 
>>>> Problem Statement:
>>>> 
>>>> Organizations that obtain a 24 month supply of IP addresses via the 
>>>> transfer market and then have an unexpected change in business plan are 
>>>> unable to move IP addresses to the proper RIR within the first 12 months 
>>>> of receipt.
>>>> 
>>>> Policy statement:
>>>> 
>>>> Replace 8.4, bullet 4, to read: "Source entities within the ARIN region 
>>>> must not have received a transfer, allocation, or assignment of IPv4 
>>>> number resources from ARIN for the 12 months prior to the approval of a 
>>>> transfer request, unless either the source or recipient entity owns or 
>>>> controls the other, or both are under common ownership or control. This 
>>>> restriction does not include M&A transfers."
>>>> 
>>>> Comments: Organizations that obtain a 24 month supply of IP addresses via 
>>>> the transfer market and then have an unexpected change in business plan 
>>>> are unable to move IP addresses to the proper RIR within the first 12 
>>>> months of receipt. The need to move the resources does not flow from ARIN 
>>>> policy, but rather from the requirement of certain registries outside the 
>>>> ARIN region to have the resources moved in order to be used there.
>>>> 
>>>> The intention of this change is to allow organizations to perform 
>>>> inter-RIR transfers of space received via an 8.3 transfer regardless of 
>>>> the date transferred to ARIN. A common example is that an organization 
>>>> acquires a block located in the ARIN region, transfers it to ARIN, then 3 
>>>> months later, the organization announces that it wants to launch new 
>>>> services out of region. Under current policy, the organization is 
>>>> prohibited from moving some or all of those addresses to that region's 
>>>> Whois if there is a need to move them to satisfy the rules of the other 
>>>> region requiring the movement of the resources to that region in order for 
>>>> them to be used there. Instead, the numbers are locked in ARIN's Whois. 
>>>> It's important to note that 8.3 transfers are approved for a 24 month 
>>>> supply, and it would not be unheard of for a business model to change 
>>>> within the first 12 months after approval. The proposal also introduces a 
>>>> requirement for an affiliation relationship between the source and 
>>>> recipient entity, based on established corporate law principles, so as to 
>>>> make it reasonably likely that eliminating the 12 month anti-flip period 
>>>> in that situation will meet the needs of organizations that operate 
>>>> networks in more than one region without encouraging abuse.
>>>> 
>>>> a. Timetable for implementation: Immediate
>>>> b. Anything else: N/A
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