____________________________________________________ The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement Document: ripe-221 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 | | | | (assigned by RIPE NCC) | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ | | (Do not fill this out | |Debtor No. | (assigned by RIPE NCC) | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Billing | (see 3.4) | |Category | (SMALL for new contributors) | +-------------+---------------------------------------------+ hereinafter "Contributor". ____________________________________________________ ripe-221.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 and Charging Scheme 2001" 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-221.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 2001" 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 2001" 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 "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule 2001" 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 "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule 2001" 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 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-221.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 publically 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 at January 1st 1999 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-213: RIPE NCC Activities , Expenditures and Charging Scheme 2001 ripe-215: RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule 2001 ____________________________________________________ ripe-221.txt Page 4 The Standard RIPE NCC Service Agreement ____________________________________________________ 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-221.txt Page 5