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Romania

România

2:3 , by Antonio Martins

About the flag
- Colours of the flag
- Likeness to other blue-yellow-red flags
An Erroneous Romanian Flag

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Romania: Index of all pages

About the flag

A blue-yellow-red vertical tricolour. Adopted 27 Dec 1989 (do we know what legislation?). Smith (1982) mentions that the first tricolours were allowed in 1834 by the Ottoman sultan, that in 1848 the tricolour (but not in current in "French" pattern) was popularized and finally officially adopted in 1859. The tricolour has been used since as national flag, war ensign (also state flag?) with coat of arms, and the vertical version was adopted in 1866 (Mario Fabretto, FOTW). After WWII, in 1948 all the variants of the flag (civil, state, military) were defaced with the emblem ("coat of arms") that was changed several times and finally cut out (literally) and plain tricolour was re-established in 1989.
Zeljko Heimer, 21 December 2002

The Constitution of Romania, adopted on 21 November 1991, effective on 8 December 1991, says:
Title I: General Principles
Article 12. National Emblems
1. Romania's flag is a tricolour, consisting of vertical stripes: blue, yellow, and red, in this order, from the mast.[...]
4. The coat of arms of the country and the state seal are established by statutory laws.
Source: Vagnat & Poels (2000). Constitutions - what they tell us about national flags and coats of arms
Ivan Sache, 23 Decembe