____________________________________________________ The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement Document: ripe-191 If possible, please use the PostScript version. The undersigned +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Organisation | Reseaux IP Europeens | | | Network Coordination Centre | | | | |Legal Form | Association | | | | |Registered | Singel 258 | |Office | 1016 AB Amsterdam | | | The Netherlands | | | | |Registered | Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce | |with | #40539632 | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ hereinafter "RIPE NCC", and +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Organisation | | | | | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Legal Form | | | | | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Registered | | |Office | | | | | | | | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Registered | | |with | | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Registry ID | | | | | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Billing | (see secion 3.4) | |Category | (SMALL for new contributors) | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ hereinafter "Contributor". ____________________________________________________ ripe-191.txt Page 1 The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement ____________________________________________________ Whereas: * RIPE NCC has, as Regional Internet Registry (RIR), the authority to delegate Internet Pro- tocol (IP) numbers for Europe and surrounding areas and to provide related services; * RIPE NCC performs its activities for the bene- fit of the Contributor and other Internet Ser- vice 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 "RIPE NCC Activities & Expen- diture" document. 1.2 Contributor hereby acknowledges and accepts that it has obtained the right to use and the obli- gation to pay for the RIPE NCC services in accor- dance 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 Contribu- tor becomes aware of such a situation. Article 2 - Rights and obligations 2.1 Contributor acknowledges applicability of and adheres to the "General Terms and Conditions of RIPE NCC". 2.2 Contributor acknowledges applicability of and adheres to the Internet Registry Policies and Proce- dures as outlined in the "European Internet Registry Policies and Procedures" document. ____________________________________________________ ripe-191.txt Page 2 The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement ____________________________________________________ Article 3 - Finances 3.1 RIPE NCC charges the RIPE NCC services to Con- tributor according to the "RIPE NCC 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 adhere to the documented billing procedures, for the services of the RIPE NCC as specified in the "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule" docu- ment. 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 "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule" document. New contributors will normally be cate- gorised as SMALL. Contributor may request to be assigned to a billing category larger than the cate- gory designated by the principle described in the "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule" docu- ment. 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 Contribu- tor. The Generals 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. ____________________________________________________ ripe-191.txt Page 3 The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement ____________________________________________________ Article 5 - General Remarks 5.1 All the documents referred to in this service agreement are numbered and publically available from the RIPE NCC. 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 January 1st 2001 the documents had the follow- ing reference numbers: ripe-173 RIPE NCC General Terms and Conditions ripe-185 European Internet Registry, Policies and Procedures ripe-186 RIPE NCC Activities and Expenditures ripe-187 RIPE NCC Charging Scheme ripe-188 RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Scheme Thus agreed and signed in twofold 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ ____________________________________________________ ripe-191.txt Page 4