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Membership Fees
Service Fees
The RIPE NCC is a not-for-profit membership organisation. Members are charged a fixed yearly fee of €1,800. Additionally, we charge an annual fee of €50 for each Provider Independent (PI) resource assignment.

Sign-up Fee

In addition to the yearly service fees, all new members pay a one-time sign-up fee of €2,000. You will be charged for this on your first invoice.

Fee schedule

The fees associated with becoming a member vary depending on the time of year your application is processed:

New LIR Established During:
Total Fee
How the Fee is Made Up
First Quarter
€3,800
Sign-up Fee (€2,000)
+ Service Fee (€1,800)
Second Quarter
€3,350
Sign-up Fee (€2,000)
+ Service Fee (€1,350)
Third Quarter
€2,900
Sign-up Fee (€2,000)
+ Service Fee (€900)
Fourth Quarter
€2,450
Sign-up Fee (€2,000)
+ Service Fee (€450)
Additionally, a €50 fee will be charged for each Provider Independent (PI) assignment. PI resources include Provider Independent IPv4 and IPv6 address assignments, anycasting assignments and IXP IPv4 and IXP IPv6 address assignments. Provider Independent (PI) IPv4 and IPv6 assignments made on the same day to the same customer will have a single charge of €50.

Before you complete the membership application form, please make sure you have the following information ready:

Legal Information
The full legal name of the organisation
This is the name that is shown on official registration papers
This name should include the organisation's legal status, such as Ltd, GmbH, Plc, BV, S.A, S.R.L., etc.
If your organisation is not a registered company, please use the trading name, for example Joe Bloggs, trading as “SuperISP”.
The legal, registered address of your organisation
We cannot accept a "PO Box" number
This address must be the same as the one that appears on your organisation's registration papers
The name of the "Chamber of Commerce" where your company is registered

For example, Companies House, KvK etc.

The name of the person who will sign the contract with the RIPE NCC

This person must be authorised to sign contracts on behalf of your organisation

Financial Information
The organisation's billing address, if different from the legal address
This is where we will send paper copies of your invoices
The email address to which the electronic copies of your invoices will be sent
If your organisation is registered in the EU, we will need the VAT number that is registered to your organisation with the local tax authority, including the international code.
This VAT number must be registered to the organisation applying for RIPE NCC membership
Contact Information
The organisation's postal address, if different from the legal address

We will send the Standard Service Agreements to this address

The organisation's general telephone number

The organisation's fax number

The organisation's general email address

Please use a generic email address if possible

Business Information
A list of all the countries in which your organisation provides its services

You will be asked to select these countries from a list