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1. BASIC REGULATIONS<br />
BR 1.00<br />
Title<br />
The title of this organization shall be the Comité International de Patinage Artistique. It is the artistic roller<br />
skating technical committee of the Federation Internationale de Roller Sports, the world governing body of<br />
competitive roller sports.<br />
BR 1.01<br />
Office<br />
1.01.01 The central office shall be at the residence of its President or at any other place the President may<br />
choose.<br />
1.01.02 All CIPA files, letters, copies of administrative and technical documents and other such records<br />
shall be maintained and stored at the CIPA office. The care of these documents is the responsibility<br />
of the President, and they must be surrendered to the new President within sixty (60) days of the<br />
date of the election.<br />
BR 1.02<br />
General Assembly<br />
1.02.01 The General Assembly of the CIPA shall consist of one.<br />
delegate from each National Federation in good standing which is recognized by FIRS as the<br />
directing federation for that discipline.<br />
1.02.02 Each National Federation directing artistic roller skating shall be able to cast one vote at a CIPA<br />
General Assembly, providing that they have participated in the past two years in a World<br />
Championships.<br />
1.02.03 The CIPA President is responsible to the General Assembly on all technical and official subjects<br />
but, as a whole, is responsible to the FIRS President as chief of the Executive Committee and the<br />
Congress.<br />
1.02.04 The length of office for members of the CIPA Executive Committee is four (4) years. Each<br />
member must be proposed by their National Federation during the full tenure of office.<br />
1.02.05 Executive Committee members are selected by the President, who is in turn elected by the General<br />
Assembly.<br />
1.02.06 In the event a replacement is needed for a member of the Executive Committee, the CIPA<br />
President will make the selection and that selected member will remain in office for the remainder<br />
of the term.<br />
1.02.07 In the event of a replacement, the National Federation of the member being replaced has the right<br />
to propose a replacement.<br />
1.02.08 In the event of resignation or for any other reason the office of CIPA President becomes vacant,<br />
the Vice President will automatically take over the position of President. An associate member will<br />
then be selected to take the place of the Vice President.<br />
1.02.09 The CIPA Executive Committee members are to be identified by the FIRS silver emblem jacket<br />
patch, while the President, as a member of the Central Committee, will be identified by the FIRS<br />
gold emblem jacket patch.<br />
1.02.10 The CIPA General Assembly consists of such National Federations who have paid the basic fees<br />
and the respective additional fees for this discipline within the time limits as stated in Article 7 of<br />
the FIRS Statutes.<br />
1.02.11 The CIPA General Assembly shall take place regularly every two (2) years in conjunction with the<br />
world championships.<br />
1.02.12 All matters regarding the announcement of a General Assembly, the agenda and nominations and<br />
elections, shall be governed by FIRS Statutes.<br />
CIPA RULE BOOK 2013 10
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