THE MOBILITY AND AUTOMOBILE REGIONS
1) The 4 Automobile Mobility and Tourism Regions shall be:
Region I – Europe, Middle East and Africa
Region II – Asia and Pacific
Region III – North America
Region IV – South America
2) Each region shall adopt Regional Internal Regulations. These regulations and any subsequent amendments must be approved by the World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism and ratified by the FIA General Assembly. The Regional Internal Regulations must not contain any provisions contravening the statutes of the FIA, nor may a region be a legal entity.
3) Membership of the Region is open to any FIA Member ACN (Article 3.1) or Member Club (Article 3.2) from the relevant region. Newly affiliated Members shall automatically be Members of the Region concerned, that Region having given its opinion beforehand in pursuance of article 26 of these Statutes.
4) Each Region shall elect a Regional Council and a President. The Region shall also propose its representatives to the World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism for election by the General Assembly.
5) Each Region shall determine autonomously its operating budget derived from the contributions of its own Members. The Region shall be authorised by the FIA to open a bank account in its own name, which it may operate under its own responsibility, the members of the Region being responsible severally in proportion to their membership fee share in the overall membership income should the Region be unable to honour its commitments.
6) Each Region may carry out joint activities among member Clubs within the Region provided that these are consistent with both the objects of the FIA as set out in Article 2, and the general policies of the FIA as determined by the World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism and the General Assembly.
7) Each Regional Council may establish Permanent or Ad Hoc Regional or sub-Regional Councils, Commissions, or Working Groups to assist its work as required.
8) Each Region shall report on its activities at least annually to the World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism.
9) A Region may not be terminated except by the General Assembly following a proposal formulated by a Plenary Assembly of the Region at which no less than two-thirds of the active members are present or validly represented and by a majority vote. Regional Internal Regulations shall determine the applicable procedure. In the event of the termination of a Region their elected representatives lose their mandates, and the Secretary General for Automobile Mobility and Tourism of the FIA shall, with the guidance of the World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism take such steps as are necessary to maintain a transitional regional structure. In the event of the termination of a Region the General Assembly on a recommendation of the World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism shall review the Regional structure of the FIA and decide upon its re-apportionment.