The request for renewal of the registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is made until the expiration date of the previous certificate and involves issuing a new certificate with the existing data in the database. The validity period of the registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is 1 year from the date of issuance, according to art.36 para 5 of the Ordinance.

The replacement of the registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is done when there are changes, e.g. headquarters, company name, addition of activity object and/or supplements to the documents on the basis of which the initial registration was made, according to art.36 para.6 of the Ordinance.

The documents for registration must contain the following:

Standard applications - For renewal: Form 4; For replacement Form 4, Form 2 is submitted only if completing the Annex with new work points/storage spaces.

Documents: Copies of:

-the modification documents e.g. headquarters, organization form change etc. and/or supplements to the documents on the basis of which the registration was made

-CUI copy

-the previous certificate and its Annexes, issued by the Romanian Copyright Office, the original will be submitted at the time of picking up the new certificate

-copy of the invoice/payment order regarding the payment for the registration operation in the register.

The fees for registration operations are provided by H.G.1086/2008 and Order no. 2029/2009, as follows:

-issuance of a new registration certificate, until the expiration date of the previous certificate validity period 25 lei/activity

-if the certificate has expired 50 lei per activity, 20 lei/work point, 20 lei/storage space

-replacement of the registration certificate as a result of changing the identification data of the economic operator - 50 lei

-if the registration of a new activity is requested if the initial certificate has not expired 50 lei

-emergency fee/per request additional fee 300 lei.