ADMISSIONS

Clubs, Associations or Federations wishing to join the FIA must send to its Secretariat an application in due form signed by the President and 1 of the Members of the Committee or the Board of Directors. They must also send 2 copies of their Statutes and a membership list of their Committee or their Board of Directors, as well as any information that might be asked of them.
 
If the Association presenting the request belongs to a country where the FIA is already represented, the Secretariat of the FIA shall inform any member Club, Association or Federation of that country and the Region concerned in accordance with article 20 which shall state, within one month, whether they object to this request. The position adopted by such Club, Association or Federation and the Region concerned shall be communicated to the Committee, for its opinion, and subsequently submitted to the General Assembly which shall decide by sovereign right.  
 
Admissions are granted provisionally by the General Assembly for 2 years on recommendation of the appropriate World Council. At the expiry of that period, a further vote is required for the admission to become final. If the vote relating to the final admission is not carried, the applicant may be maintained under temporary affiliation. Members affiliated provisionally have the status of Associate Members.