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Croatia adopted naval ensign and jack, series of rank flags for military and high government officials, and number of pennants (some two dozen flags).
It was issued in the official gazette of 13 October1999, efective with that date . The text of gazette is available at <www.NN.HR/1754.htm> and <www.NN.HR/1755.htm>. The first being the law on those flags (including some very rough images of the flags) and the other one is regulation signed by defence minister on their use.
Here is the translation of the text From "Narodne novine", nr. 105/99, 13.10.1999. (Act nr. 1754):
"The President of the Republic of Croatia Based on the article 100 line 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia and the article 63 line 2 of the Law on Defence (“Narodne novine” nr. 74/93 and 57/96), I make the DECISION on naval, command and rank flags and pennants on the naval ships of the Republic of Croatia

I. This Decision establishes the naval, command and rank flags and pennants on the naval ships of the Republic of Croatia.

II. The naval flags of the naval ships of the Republic of Croatia are:

1. ensign;
2. jack.

III. The command flags of the naval ships of the Republic of Croatia are:

1. flag of the supreme commander of the armed forces of the Republic of Croatia;
2. flag of the defence minister of the Republic of Croatia;
3. flag of the chief of the General staff of the armed forces of the Republic of Croatia;
4. flag of the commander-in-chief of the Croatian Navy.

IV.The command pennants of the naval ships of the Republic of Croatia
are:

1. pennant of the commander of a fleet of naval vessels;
2. pennant of the commander of a brigade of naval vessels;
3. pennant of the commander of a division of naval vessels;
4. pennant of the commander of a group of naval vessels;
5. pennant of the senior commander of a naval vessel on docking or harbour;
6. pennant of the commander of a naval vessel.

V. The rank flags of the naval ships of the Republic of Croatia are:

1. flag of the president of the Croatian State Sabor [Parliament]
2. flag of the president of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
3. flag of the staff admiral [fleet admiral] of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia;
4. flag of the admiral of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia;
5. flag of the vice admiral of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia;
6. flag of the rear admiral of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia;
7. flag of the commodore of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia;
8. flag of the general of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.

VI. The Defence Minster of the Republic of Croatia is entitled to prescribe the Rules on technical manufacturing conditions, procedures and manners of rising and hoisting of the flags and pennants on the naval ships of the Republic of Croatia defined by this Decision.

VII. Graphical layout of the naval, command and rank flags and pennants defined by this Decision is in the attachment to this Decision and forms its integral part.

VIII. This Decision is effective by the day of its issuing in “Narodne novine”. Nr: 01-04-99-361/2-A19

Zagreb, 18th August 1999.

President of the Republic and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
Vrhovnik dr. Franjo Tudjman, m.p.

[captions to the images attached to the Decision:]

[Modes of equipping of the rank and command flags and pennants of all sizes, and of the naval flags of sizes 2 though 5. The naval flags of the site 1 are equipped with a string [phy] = 6 mm. [showing the hoist heading of 2 cm, a string of phy=4 mm, length 20..30 cm on lower end and “eye” of 3 cm at upper end ]

Here is translation from the text From "Narodne novine", nr. 105/99, 13.10.1999. (Act nr. 1755)

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