1.3 Admittance of a new Member State shall require a simple majority vote of the Member States represented in the Board of Directors and the decision is taken as it is stated in Article 5.1 of the Statute. Should this majority vote not be obtained, an appeal may be made to the Institute by the applicant; the matter shall then be submitted to all the Member States, and an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the Member States shall be required for admittance.