10. Policies Relating to the Exhaustion of IPv4 Address Space

The following policies relate to the IPv4 address space exhaustion process.

10.1. Special IPv4 Allocations/Assignments Reserved for New Members

When IANA’s pool of IPv4 addresses is exhausted or when the remaining available space cannot be allocated to the RIRs and LACNIC has in its custody the equivalent of a /12, LACNIC will begin to apply exclusively the following criteria for allocating and assigning IPv4 addresses:

1. Only allocations larger than or equal to a /24 and smaller than or equal to a /22 will be made.
2. No allocations will be made to organizations that already have IPv4 addresses allocated by LACNIC or by the organizations that preceded LACNIC in the region currently serviced by LACNIC.
3. /22 blocks will only be allocated to new ISPs that have not been allocated IPv4 addresses by LACNIC or by their upstream providers, and that can prove the need for at least a /24 during the following 12 months.
4. /24 blocks will be assigned to critical infrastructure with no other requirement than that of being critical infrastructure in accordance with the definitions contained in LACNIC’s policies. These organizations may receive up to a /22 if they can prove their need during the following 12 months.
5. Those organizations that receive IPv4 addresses from LACNIC under the conditions established in items 3 and 4 of the present policy will not be able to receive future IPv4 allocations or assignments from LACNIC.