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

The replacement of the certificate of registration in the National Register of Phonograms is carried out when there are changes such as headquarters, company name, addition of activity object and/or completion of documents on the basis of which the initial registration was made, according to art. 36 paragraph 6 of the Ordinance.

The documents for registration must contain the following:

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

Documents: Copies of:

-documents regarding changes such as headquarters, organizational form, etc. and/or completion of documents on the basis of which registration was made

-copy of the CUI

-the previous certificate and its Annexes, issued by the Romanian Copyright Office, the original is to be submitted when the new certificate is collected

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

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

-issuance of a new registration certificate, until the expiration of the previous certificate’s 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 the modification of the economic operator's identification data-50 lei

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

-urgent application/extra fee 300 lei.