COMMITTEE

1) The Committee of the FIA shall consist of the President of the FIA, the President of the Senate, the members of the World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism and the members of the World Motor Sport Council, including the respective Deputy Presidents; the two World Councils may meet separately. However, whenever the President considers it to be necessary, and at least once a year, he. shall call a meeting of the Committee.
 
If, in the course of his term of office, the President of the FIA is permanently prevented from fulfilling his duties, or if he resigns, the Senate shall convene an Extraordinary General Assembly for the election of the President alone, to be held no less than 2 months and no more than 4 months from the date of such prevention or resignation.
 
This Extraordinary General Assembly shall elect, for the remainder of that term of office, the President of the FIA from among the candidates that the FIA member clubs will propose to fill that position. This residual term of office shall not count as a term of office for the purposes of the last sentence of Article 19.
 
If, in the course of his term of office, a Member of the Committee or of any other body of the FIA should cease to belong to the delegation of his Club, Association or Federation, the term of office of this Member would be terminated ipso facto.
 
2) Candidates proposed by the Clubs, Associations or Federations in a written statement, are eligible to stand for election to the Committee and to the Senate. They shall be elected for 4 years, except in situations provided for in Article 22: Interruption of Terms of Office, and shall be eligible for re-election.
 
3) Presidents of the Commissions: The Presidents of the Commissions of the FIA who are not Members of a World Council may be invited to attend sessions of the appropriate Council, but without being entitled to vote.
 
4) Convening Notice: Notices convening a World Council meeting shall be addressed by the President of the FIA to Members no less than 30 days prior to the meeting, save in the event of an emergency, when the time may be reduced to 10 days.
 
5) Voting at the Committee and at World Councils: The decisions of the Committee or of the World Councils shall be carried by an absolute majority. In the event of equality, the President (or in his absence, the relevant Deputy President) shall have the casting vote.
 
Any Titular Delegate to a World Council unable to vote in person can give a proxy to his Deputy or to another Member to represent him at that Council, whose name he must communicate in writing to the secretariat of the FIA prior to the meeting. Each Member can receive only one proxy.
 
6) Presentation of Accounts: Each World Council shall present for approval by the Annual General Assembly its accounts for the past financial year and the draft budget for the next financial year, based on the report of the Senate.