Dear all,

At its 188th RIPE NCC meeting on 4-5 September 2025, the RIPE NCC Executive Board approved amendments to the RIPE Database Terms and Conditions.

These changes are in response to the EU regulation Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) which came into effect in January 2025. While the requirements apply to financial institutions, the RIPE NCC aims to facilitate the implementation of this regulation for those entities that are RIPE NCC members to a reasonable extent. 

The following changes include:

• Adding details of how we manage planned maintenance and how incidents can be reported. We also added information about security measures and audits (articles 5.5-5.9)

•  Adding subcontractor, service level and data protection information (articles 8.4-8.6)

The updated RIPE Database Terms and Conditions are available at: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/documentation/terms

You can find more information about DORA and other relevant regulations in the RIPE NCC Trust Portal:
https://trust.ripe.net/legal-compliance/

The RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting minutes are available at:

https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2025/188th-executive-board-meeting-minutes/ 

The amendment will come into effect on 13/11/2025. 

Kind regards,

Karolina Bochenek
RIPE NCC