(1)The national flag of Latvia is carmine with a white horizontal stripe.
(2) The red-white-red stripe ratio of the national flag of Latvia is 2:1:2.
(3) The width to length ratio of the national flag of Latvia is 1:2.
(4) The red-white-red stripe ratio of the national flag of Latvia and also the width to length ratio of the flag shall conform to the sample indicated in Annex 1 to this Law irrespective of the dimensions of the flag.
(5) The national flag of Latvia is a Latvian State symbol.
— from Section 2, Chapter 1 of the Law on the National Flag of Latvia
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