We did not convert to PA. But unfortunately they did not know that it was necessary to keep Sponsoring with a third party.
I'm a bit confused. What exactly are you doing? - Is the legal entity that was an LIR stopping? If the legal entity disappears then the resources go back to the NCC - Is the legal entity cancelling its RIPE NCC membership? In that case the resources can still be assigned to the legal entity and you should be able to find another sponsoring LIR - Did the NCC end the membership for violation of policies or non-payment? In that case: yes, you don't have any rights to those resources anymore - Something else? Without any mor information we're just guessing, which isn't very useful. I urge you to talk to the NCC to work this out, and if you can't work it out there is always the arbitration procedure... I don't think this is something that can be solved on APWG though. Full disclosure: I'm an arbiter on the NCC arbitration panel Cheers, Sander