[1][2] The flag shows the coat of arms adopted in 1989 in the variant with green writing and red bar on a white background.

Currently the banner does not enjoy official legislative status, but is currently used in ceremonial context since the end of the 90s: for November 4, 1995, the national day of the Armed Forces, the President of the Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro wanted to exhibit in a Sala del Quirinale the flags of all Italian regions, but many of them, including Emilia-Romagna, did not have specific laws regarding the adoption of a banner.

In this case the flag was outlined by overlapping the official coat of arms on a simple white background in the shape of a rectangle of proportions 2:3 (height x base).

The figure, placed symmetrically in the center of the element, occupies a total of 3/5 of the height of the entire field and the colors, as well as the graphics, correspond to the indications and standards dictated by the coordinated image manual.

The banner, at first used exclusively on rare occasions, has progressively spread over time and today is displayed by various public administrations and institutions (mostly municipalities and provinces) within the Emilia-Romagna territory as well as in the official headquarters of the region in Bologna and in the buildings occupied by the Legislative Assembly and the council.

At the same time, there was also a maritime trade flag (after the successful incorporation of Massa-Carrara in 1829, the principality had an outlet to the sea), which differed from the state by the lack of a ducal coat of arms.

The decree of 29 January 1848 establishes a yellow and blue cockade and it can be assumed that the same colours were used on the flag with horizontal stripes.

The national flag defined by the decree of Charles III of 15 August 1851 and lasted until the annexation of the Duchy to United Provinces of Central Italy on 9 June 1859.

[6] The Republic of Rose Island was a short-lived micronation[7] on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) off the coast of the province of Rimini.

[8][9] Rose Island had its own government, currency, post office, and commercial establishments, and the official language was Esperanto.