Greece: The law on the national flag

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• Overview
• Article1. The national flag
• Article 2. Use of the national flag

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Overview

The Greek national flag and its use are prescribed by law # 851 On the National Flag, War Flags and the Insignia of the President of the Republic.

Article 1. The national flag

1. The national flag of Greece shall be blue and white. It shall consist of nine horizontal stripes of equal width, of which five (5) are blue and four (4) white, in such a way that the top and the bottom stripes are blue and the rest alternately white and blue.
   
2. On the top corner of the flag near the the flagstaff or flagpole there shall be an orthogonal white cross, whose vertical and horizontal arms are of equal length, extending to the four sides of a blue square encompassing it and covering, from top to bottom, three blue stripes and two white ones.
   
3. The width of the arms of the cross shall be equal to that of the stripes. The flag width to length ratio shall be two (2) to three (3); each stripe width shall measure one ninth (1/9) of the width of the whole flag.
   
4. The sizes of the National Flag as well as the heights of the flagstaffs and flagpoles on which the flag shall be flown, are listed on the table shown hereunder:

Size of flags	Length of flag (cm)	Width of flag (cm)	Width of stripes (cm)	Cross square side (cm)	Height of flagstaff* (m)	Length of flagpole** (m)
1st	648	432	48	240	15 up to 18	9 up to 12
2nd	409	270	30	150	10 up to 12	7 up to 8
3rd	297	198	22	110	7 up to 9	5 up to 6
4th	189	126	14	70