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[[European Olympic Committees]](../images/o/oly@eoc.gif)image by Zachary Harden, 8 February 2021

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The Flag

Established in 1968, the European Olympic Committees is a regional organization of European National Olympic Committees. Among other duties, the EOC organizes three major multi-sport events; the European Youth Olympic Festival, the Games of the Small States of Europe and the European Games. It is based in Rome, Italy, and consists of 50 members. List of members:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Olympic_Committees
Its flag is white with its logo in the middle of the flag.
Zoltan Horvath, 22 April 2012 and Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021

consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.

The current logo was unveiled at the 45th General Assembly of the EOC, held in Belarsian capital Minsk in October 2016. The logo work was done by JTA Design and the mosiac design is to signify the number of members that is a part of the EOC.
Zachary Harden, 8 February 2021

Previous Flag (2007-2016)

[[European Olympic Committees]](../images/o/oly@eoc07.gif)image by Zachary Harden, 8 February 2021

Here is the [previous] flag of the European Olympic Committee. The flag is white with logo.
Sources:image of flag at http://www.azembassy.qa/index.php?options=news
http://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/flagbearers-namig-adullayev-of-azerbaijan-thomas-bimis-nachrichtenfoto/476854384
Jens Pattke, 14 June 2015

The logo consists of blue abbreviation of organization over the French and English names, and Olympic rings.
Images of flag:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43767123@N02/6398888799/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43767123@N02/6398897077/
http://www.eurolympic.org/images/phocagallery/Sochi/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_dsc_0516.jpg
at:
http://www.eurolympic.org/media/category/32-40th-eoc-general-assembly-23-24-november-2011-sochi-rus.html(where you can find more images of this flag)
Home page: http://www.eurolympic.org/
Zoltan Horvath, 22 April 2012

The new flag can be seen at:
http://www.eurolympic.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EC_lausanne.jpg
http://www.hoc.gr/sites/default/files/IMG-20170126-WA0000_0.jpg
https://twitter.com/eyof2017erzurum/status/832977009768800257/photo/1
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/bde00c2e316640a7afab1b0228efd7b1/baku-azerbaijan-12th-june-2015-athletes-carry-the-flag-of-the-european-etbeeh.jpg
Tomislav Šipek, 26 January 2018

First Flag (1959)

[[European Olympic Committees]](../images/o/oly@eoc59.gif)image located by Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021

The EOC's first flag featured the first logo in blue, over a white horizontal background. The logo consists of the map of Europe above the Olympic Rings. (Source: "Flags and Logos of International Sports Federations, Associations and Organizations" by Dr By Andreas Herzfeld, 2000, ISBN 3-935131-00-3.)
Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021