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        style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dear PDWG</span></p>
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        style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">AFRINIC has received partial feedback to its query and would like to report on the feedback received to the community.  To note that the proposal   AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT03 was also shared with the RIRs when it was submitted in Sep 2020.</span></p>
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        style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">AFRINIC - You will find  that both AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT02 & AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT03, versions that were shared with the RIRs contain this statement.</span></p>
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        style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">AFRINIC - You will find  that AFPUB-2019-V4-003-DRAFT02 version that was shared with the RIRs also contain this statement.</span></p>
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        72pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> "Only Legacy resources and resources transferred in from other regions will be transferable out of the AFRINIC service region."</span></p>
      <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:
        72pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Not compatible as it is not fully reciprocal and bi-directional in nature. The proposal only allows transfer of legacy resources and resources that been transferred into AFRINIC, and NOT resources from the AFRINIC pool. In principle, APNIC allows outgoing transfer of resources from the APNIC pool, but has a 5-year transfer restriction for 103/8 space.</span></p>
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      <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-left:
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        style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">At the AFRINIC discretion, in the case where over 50% of the IPv4 resources associated with an ASN are being transferred, that ASN may also be transferred at the same time."</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight:normal;" id="docs-internal-guid-a16e1e94-7fff-4dc9-af52-75bdb7141d10"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span></b>To conclude , please note that as we receive further updates from the RIRs, we shall keep the working group informed.  Should the authors of the 3 policy proposals require further inputs and clarifications  regarding reciprocity/compatibility, we recommend  that they submit same to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pdwg@afrinic.net">pdwg@afrinic.net</a> . We shall then do the needful and liaise with the RIRs.</span><b
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/09/2020 9:51 AM, Madhvi Gokool
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      <p>During the Policy discussions in the AFRINIC-32 PPM  on 17 Sep
        2020, there was a debate regarding the reciprocity of one
        inter-RIR transfer policy proposal with ARIN. The Policy Liaison
        had responded that since there are 3 policy proposals under
        discussion and that two of them had undergone revision in 2020 ,
        AFRINIC shall contact ARIN to get their authoritative response
        in regard to the reciprocity of all the <b>3 proposals</b>.</p>
      <p>Since the  LACNIC, RIPE and APNIC RIRs all have inter-RIR
        transfer policies, and we, AFRINIC do not have their assessment
        of the reciprocity of the 3 policy proposals under discussion on
        record,  AFRINIC has therefore reached out to all  4 RIRs to 
        get their inputs regarding the reciprocity of the<b> three </b>policy
        proposals that were discussed in the AFRINIC PPM last week.</p>
      <p>We shall update you once we have received the updates from the 
        4 RIRs. "<br>
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      <p>Kind Regards</p>
      Madhvi <br>
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