Legitimate holders of an IP address prefix assigned or allocated directly by the RIPE NCC, may be assigned their first AS Number without providing a needs justification.
There's a lot more to unpack in this sentence than is immediately obvious. 1. Should this not be "allocated or assigned directly by the RIPE NCC"? What's the intent here? Is it that this should only apply to addressing resources which ultimately come from the RIPE NCC? 2. is the intent of this policy to be one-easily-obtainable-asn-per-lir, or one-easily-obtainable-asn-per-organisation, or one-easily-obtainable-asn-per-organisation-group. I.e. what happens if you have a group of companies and each company within the group has their own IP assignment in that group? Is it really the intention to allow each individual company / LIR to get their own asn before asking questions? Nick