There are two types of policies: global and regional.

1. Global Policy

2. Regional Policy

1. Global Policy

Development Process

Any individual may submit a global proposal. Each RIR community must ratify an identical version of the proposed policy. The NRO Executive Council (NRO EC) then refers the coordinated proposal to the ASO Address Council (ASO AC), which reviews the process by which the proposal was developed and, under the terms of the ASO Memorandum of Understanding, passes it to the ICANN Board of Directors for ratification as a global policy.

Existing Policies

These policies have been approved by all RIR communities and ratified by the ICANN Board of Directors in accordance with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding.

Policy Proposals

 

Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space

Proposal status in RIRs

• AfriNIC
• APNIC
• ARIN
• LACNIC
• RIPE

End Policy for IANA IPv4 allocations to RIRs

Proposal status in RIRs

• AfriNIC
• APNIC (called "IPv4 Countdown Policy")
• ARIN
• LACNIC (earlier version called "IPv4 Countdown Policy")
• RIPE

2. Regional Policy

Development Process

Each RIR community develops its own policy development process. The links below provide more information on each RIR's specific processes.

Policies and Proposals

RIR Comparative Policy Overview

This document provides a comparative overview of policies across the RIR system. It is not a policy statement by the RIRs, but serves as a reference for the Internet community. It is updated quarterly.
RIR Comparative Policy Overview