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European flag*
country	Europe
used by	1) Council of Europe 2) European Union
current since	1) 9 december 1955 2) 1983 (European Parliament), 1986 (European Communities)
created by	Council of Europe
format	2:3
shape	rectangular
colours	Blue: Pantone Reflex Blue (CMYK: 100% Cyan, 80% Magenta; RGB: 0/51/153; hexadecimal: 003399) Yellow: Pantone Yellow (CMYK: 100% Yellow; RGB: 255/204/0; hexadecimal: FFCC00)
other characteristics	flag contains 12 stars special formation: five-point-stars, all upright, equally spaced on a central circle whose radius is one 3^rd of the flag height (like the 12 hours on a circular clock); each star is regular and placed on a circle whose radius is one 18^th of the flag height.

1 Summary
2 Licensing
- 2.1 Original graphical design and permission of use
- 2.2 For the file format and data

Summary

English: European flag

Español: Bandera europea

Français : Drapeau européen

Português: Bandeira Européia

The European flag was originally the flag of the Council of Europe, which is a different international organisation covering the whole Europe with 47 member states, including Turkey, Russia, and many others. However later the European flag became the common flag of the Council of Europe and the European Community which became European Union.

The number of stars has nothing to do with the number of Member States. There are twelve stars because the number twelve is traditionally the symbol of perfection, completeness and unity. The flag therefore remains unchanged regardless of EU enlargements.

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Licensing

Original graphical design and permission of use

The Council of Europe owns the intellectual property of the European flag.

Requests shall be addressed to the Legal Affairs Directorate of the Council of Europe: [F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex; tel. +33-388 41 20 00; fax +33-388 41 20 52]

The European emblem may be used only if:

there is no likelihood of the user of the emblem being confused with the European Community or the Council of Europe;
the emblem is not used in connection with objectives or activities which are incompatible with the aims and principles of the European Community or of the Council of Europe.

Permission to use the European emblem does not confer on those to whom it is granted any right of exclusive use, nor does it allow them to appropriate the emblem or any similar trademark or logo, either by registration or any other means. Each case will be examined individually to ascertain whether it satisfies the criteria set out above. This will be unlikely in a commercial context if the European emblem is used in conjunction with a company's own logo, name or trade mark.

(See: Official copyright and legal statement)

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

For the file format and data

The following licence only covers the creation of the file, not the flag's graphical design itself.

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

In case this is not legally possible:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. If that release is invalidated for any reason I also grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation if I upload the picture after May 12 2007.

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