The RIPE NCC today announced that they have basically reached the end of their IPv4 reserve pool. When RIPE received its last /8 allocation from IANA they choose to allocate this block in /22 increments to new LIR’s (Local Internet Registries). They have now allocated the last /22 contigious block and are now in the process of allocating equivalently /22s made up of /23 and /24 blocks.

If you thought there was still time at RIPE to get in line as a new applicant to get a /22 unfortunately you likely have missed the boat. RIPE saw a increase in the number of LIR applications (basically a run on the bank as the pool emptied) and noted that due to the back log of applicants some current applicants will likely not receive a /22 but may get a /24 from the wait-list in the future.

https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/update-approaching-ipv4-run-out