The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement Document ID: ripe-258 Date: 20 September 2002 Obsoletes: ripe-221 ____________________________________________________________________________ The undersigned Organisation Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre Association Singel 258 1016 AB Amsterdam The Netherlands Legal Form Association Registered Singel 258 Office 1016 AB Amsterdam The Netherlands Registered with Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce #40539632 hereinafter "RIPE NCC", and Organisation Legal Form Registered Office Registered with Registry ID Debtor No. (do not fill this out; assigned by RIPE NCC) Billing Category (see Section 3.4) hereinafter "Contributor". Whereas: * RIPE NCC has, as a Regional Internet Registry (RIR), the authority to delegate Internet Protocol (IP) numbers and to provide related services in its service region (Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and African countries located north of the equator); * RIPE NCC performs its activities for the benefit of the Contributor and other Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and therefore observes strict neutrality and impartiality with respect to individual service providers; * Contributor wishes to obtain IP numbers from RIPE NCC as well as related services. Have agreed as follows: Article 1 - Scope of the Agreement 1.1 RIPE NCC hereby undertakes to provide the RIPE NCC services to Contributor as defined by the RIPE NCC membership in the current version of the "RIPE NCC Activities, Expenditure and Charging Scheme" document. 1.2 Contributor hereby acknowledges and accepts that it has obtained the right to use and the obligation to pay for the RIPE NCC services in accordance with this agreement. 1.3 Contributor acknowledges and accepts that it shall automatically become a (candidate) member of RIPE NCC by signing this agreement, unless there are statutory provisions imposed upon Contributor that prohibits Contributor to become a (candidate) member of the RIPE NCC. In the latter case, Contributor shall notify RIPE NCC immediately when the Contributor becomes aware of such a situation. Article 2 - Rights and Obligations 2.1 Contributor acknowledges applicability of and adheres to the "RIPE NCC General Terms and Conditions". 2.2 Contributor acknowledges applicability of and adheres to the Internet Registry Policies and Procedures as outlined in the policy documents. Article 3 - Finances 3.1 RIPE NCC charges the RIPE NCC services to Contributor according to the current version of the "RIPE NCC Activities, Expenditure and Charging Scheme" document as adopted by the membership. Contributor agrees to adhere to the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme. 3.2 Contributor commits to pay the agreed tariffs, and adheres to the documented billing procedures, for the services of the RIPE NCC as specified in the current version of the "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule" document. 3.3 If RIPE NCC renders any additional services to Contributor, these additional services shall be charged separately on the basis of the then current tariffs of RIPE NCC. 3.4 There are different billing categories listed in the current version of the "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule" document. New contributors will normally be categorised as SMALL. Contributor may request to be assigned to a billing category larger than the category designated by the principle described in the current version of the "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule" document. 3.5 The RIPE NCC will maintain a Clearing House. For that purpose RIPE NCC and Contributor agree that RIPE NCC maintains a current account for Contributor. The General Terms and Conditions outline the rights and obligations pursuant to the Clearing House. Article 4 - Term and Termination of the Agreement 4.1 This agreement enters into force when signed by both parties. 4.2 This agreement has been entered into for an indefinite period of time, unless terminated by either party with a notice period of three months. Article 5 - General Remarks 5.1 All the documents referred to in this service agreement are publicly available from the RIPE NCC document store. These documents which may be revised and updated from time to time, form an integral part of and apply fully to this service agreement. Each revised document will receive a new document number. As of 10 September 2002 the documents were the following: RIPE NCC General Terms and Conditions IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies in the RIPE NCC Service Region Policy for Reverse Address Delegation under in-addr.arpa in the RIPE NCC Service Region Autonomous System (AS) Number Assignment Policies and Procedures IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy RIPE NCC Activities, Expenditures and Charging Scheme (current version) RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule (current version) Thus agreed and signed in duplicate by persons duly authorised to represent both parties: Contributor RIPE NCC Place Place Amsterdam Date Date Name(s) Name Position(s) Position Signature(s) Signature