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The coat of arms of the Flemish Community is a heraldic symbol used by Flanders, Belgium. Although the lion has been in use for almost nine hundred years as the arms of the Count of Flanders, it only became the official symbol of the Flemish Community in 1973. At present its form and use is subject to the Decree of 7 November 1990.