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"FIDE Handbook"
Art. 14 Affiliated Organisations
14.1 The General Assembly, following an advisory opinion of the Council, can be admitted as Affiliated Organisations:
a) organisations grouping Member Federations;
b) associations or organisations which represent some regions or transnational territories;
c) associations or other organisations representing people with a common ground or with same interests on some specific chess activities.
14.2 Affiliated Organisations have the right to take part in FIDE Congresses and in the General Assembly, without voting.
14.3 Affiliated Organisations can organise and participate in some specific FIDE competitions or events, according with FIDE rules and regulations.
14.4 Affiliated Organisations can be authorised to organise events under the auspices of FIDE.
14.5 Affiliated Organisations can be temporarily suspended or permanently expelled by the General Assembly, for just cause.
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1. Affiliated Members
1.1 Any association or organisation which represents some regions and is admitted in FIDE in accordance with art. 14 of the FIDE Charter organisation, is titled as an Affiliated Member if it:
represents a specific territory located within no more than one Member Federation;
provides a consent of the FIDE Member Federation representing the state on which territory the Affiliated Member is located;
provides a due geographical or historical basis explaining and confirming its specificities;
may demonstrate a reasonable autonomy and structural organisation;
complies with active chess community standards, such as minimum amount of active chess players requirements or other indicators of chess community if any specified by the Council.
1.2 The attributed title of Affiliated Member can be used alongside or in alternative with the title of Affiliated Organisation.