| CHAPTER 3 - RECOGNITION, RECORDING AND PUBLICATION |
| Art. 229 Jurisdiction and conditions of recognition Each ASN will make a decision as regards applications for recognition of records established on its territory; the FIA will make a decision as regards applications for recognition of international and world records submitted by the ASNs concerned (art. 98). The same record may be recognised in all types of records admitted (art. 217) and run under the same regulations (art. 100). A record cannot be recognised in categories, groups and classes of vehicles (art. 218) different from those to which the car used for the attempt belongs (art. 101). A national class record may, nevertheless, be recognised as an absolute national record, and an international record may be recognised as a world record. In any case, the recognition of a record is subject to the following conditions (art. 105). 1) The attempt must have been made in compliance with the prescriptions of art. 220 to 228. 2) The performance must represent an increase of at least 1 % of the average speed of the previous record, if there is one. The holder of the record (art. 38) and whose name will be mentioned on the certificate of recognition will be the competitor (art. 222), holder of the engagement form (if the attempt takes place during an event) or of the attempt permit (if the attempt takes place outside an event). Art. 230 Recognition clauses At the end of an attempt, the ASN will ascertain, according to the conclusive report and, if need be, after further inquiries, that the attempt was run in compliance with the regulations. For International class and World records, the ASN shall, within 3 days, send to the FIA a preliminary report irrespective of a record being broken or not. The final report shall be sent to the FIA within 30 days. The FIA may, at its discretion, vary these requirements. As soon as complete documentation of the event is received by the FIA, the report will be studied by its Record Commission for determination of a new record/records having been established. Only then will such new records be confirmed by their publication in the Bulletin of the FIA (Art. 233). The FIA will then deliver to the competitor, through the applying ASN, and with a copy to the ASN for registration purposes, a certificate of recognition. For local and national records, the ASN shall recognise the records established in accordance with its own regulations and art. 217. Art. 231 Certificate of recognition The certificate for national, international and world records shall include the following information : 1) Type of record and, except for absolute national and world records, its classification according to the category group and class of the car. 2) Date and venue of the attempt. 3) Name and surname of the competitor and of the driver(s) or of the driver team. 4) Make and type of the declared car and engine. 5) List of the records established or broken, with indication of the distance and duration, time and average speed. Art. 232 Registration of records Each ASN shall keep an up-to-date register of all records established or broken on its own territory. The FIA will keep an up-to-date register of all international and world records (art. 106). National, international and world records will be registered by types of recognised records, in conformity with art. 217. Excepting absolute national and world records, each type shall be divided, in compliance with Appendix B, into categories and groups of cars, each group being subdivided into classes. Finally, each record will be entered on the list in accordance withart. 231.2, 3, 4 and 5 in increasing order of distance and duration (art. 219). Art. 233 Publication of records Whilst awaiting recognition, the competitor may not (art. 107) publish, or have published, distribute or have distributed the results of an attempt at a national, international or world record except with the authorisation of the ASN of the country where the attempt was run. Even with this authorisation, the results may not be published or circulated without the statement "Subject to FIA (or ASN) recognition" in clearly visible letters. Non-compliance with this prescription may entail the refusal of the recognition, in addition to the penalties which the ASN may inflict. Once the record(s) is (are) recognised (homologated), all publication and circulation must clearly include the statement "FIA approved". Art. 234 Certificates and medals On the proposal of an ASN, the FIA may grant official certificates or medals to the drivers having established or broken during the year. The granting of these certificates or medals will be subject to separate regulations. Art. 235 Validity This edition of Appendix D will become valid from 1st January 1997. At this date Appendix B and other relevant articles of the Code will be updated. The official list of all international, and world records will be updated as follows: 1) of the absolute international and world records existing on the 1st January 1970 only records established for the distances and times under art. 219 will be retained. 2) of the international class records existing on the 1st January 1970 will only be retained as category A records, records established for the distances and times under art. 219. 3) of the international class records existing on the 31st December 1972 records over 1,000 miles and 6 hours in Groups II, IV and VI will be re-classified and distributed within Category A. |