Law Enforcement and Competent Authorities

The Closure Procedure describes the valid reasons for terminating the RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement (SSA) that leads to the closure of a member, the procedure that applies in each circumstance, and the consequences of termination.

We have a mandate from the RIPE community to keep an up-to-date and correct Internet number resource registry. In order to comply with this mandate, we perform due diligence on the organisations that we register Internet number resources to. 

The Due Diligence procedure outlines the minimum information and documentation that we  require to make sure that the registration data is valid and up-to-date while complying with the applicable legislation as an association under Dutch law.

We have developed guidelines for Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) which provide a clear and accessible overview of who we are, what we do, what information we hold, and how LEAs can request non-public information through appropriate legal channels.

We strive to protect the interests of our members. We will not provide any confidential or private information about members to Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) without a court order or other legally binding and enforceable order or request under Dutch law. The following document outlines the procedure we follow when presented with requests from LEAs.

After Internet number resources have been registered, we perform regular audits to ensure compliance with RIPE policies and to actively check the quality and validity of the data in the RIPE Registry.

We receive information requests from law enforcement agencies and try to facilitate the provision of any required publicly available information. 

We publish an annual transparency report with statistics on the requests received from LEAs over the previous year.