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by Zeljko Heimer, 31 March 2001


by Zeljko Heimer, 31 March 2001

At <www.hoo.tel.hr>, there is an official text concerning the flag and the emblem of the Olympic Croatian Committee, but I didn't understand the text. . I don't know how the flag looks like, probably white with the logo at the top of the page.
Pascal Vagnat, 8 December 1998

Usually they call themselves in English "Croatian Olympic Committee" - COC in short. Let me see what is there to provide some translation. It is "Pravilnik o zastavi i znaku Hrvatskog olimpijskog odbora" - Rules on flag and symbol of COC.
Art. 6 detrmines the flag: "The flag of COC is determined with COC Graphic Standards Manual. The flag background is white with centrally set COC symbol. The flag format [i.e. size, ratio. ZH] is defined by standards set for the flags. The flag colour is also determined by the COC Graphic Standards Manual."
Art. 7 prescribes that COC flag should always be used with the flag of the Republic of Croatia.
Art. 8. defined the COC symbol: "The basic graphic standard of COC visual identity is COC symbol approved by the International Olympic Commettee on 24-APR-1992 (letter no 2110/92/jm9). The symbol is unique grapic presentation of five olympic rings, six red and three white squares and text "Hrvatski olimpijski odbor" on white background bordered in shape of a shield."

I'll check the flag on COC building in next few days, I use to pass over there often and the flags are always hoisted on it (left to right IOC, HR, COC). It seems that national olympic symbols (or any other using olympic rings) should be approved by IOC.
Another point that I have regarding this article is "three white squares", which are very often wrongly made transparent, so to say, and symbol under rings consists only of six red squares. The same error is made also on the COC page with this Rules (sic!).

Art 15. determined that this Rules becomes vaild with the day of their acceptance, and that is 10-SEP-1993. Possibly similar set of rules was adopted earlier, and these rules did not chance the essence of it, regarding the look of the flag and symbol. In any case, I believe that t