Regulations

Correct representation

Against the background of blue sky, twelve golden stars form a circle, representing the union of the peoples of Europe. The number of stars is fixed, twelve being the symbol of perfection and unity and do not (now or in the past) stand for the number of countries in the union.

The emblem is in the form of a blue rectangular flag of which the fly is one and a half times the length of the hoist. Twelve gold stars situated at equal intervals form an invisible circle whose centre is the point of intersection of the diagonals of the rectangle. The radius of the circle is equal to one-third of the height of the hoist. Each of the stars has five points which are situated on the circumference of an invisible circle whose radius is equal to one-eighteenth of the height of the hoist. All the stars are upright - that is to say, with the one point vertical and two points in a straight line at right angles to the mast. The circle is arranged so that the stars appear in the position of the hours on the face of a clock. Their number is invariable.
The emblem is in the following colours:
PANTONE REFLEX BLUE for the surface of the rectangle; PANTONE YELLOW for the stars. PANTONE REFLEX BLUE corresponds in the web-palette colour RGB:0/0/153 (hexadecimal: 000099) and PANTONE YELLOW corresponds in the web-palette colour RGB:255/204/0 (hexadecimal: FFCC00).

Mistakes

The emblem is upside down.

The stars are wrongly positioned in the circle: they must appear in the position of the hours on the face of a clock.

The stars are wrongly positioned in the circle: they must appear in the position of the hours on the face of a clock. Adittionally, this incorrect emblem is upside down.

The stars are not upright. All the stars should have one pint upwards and two downwards.

The scale of the stars in incorrect: They are too big. The correct scale for the radius is 1/18 of the shorter side of the flag.

The scale of the stars in incorrect: They are too big. The correct scale for the radius is 1/18 of the shorter side of the flag. Adittionally, this incorrect emblem is upside down.