The request for renewal of the registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is made before the expiry 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 registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is 1 year from the date of issue, according to art.36 para 5 of the Ordinance.

The replacement of the registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is carried out when there are changes such as headquarters, company name, addition of activity objects and/or additions 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 include the following:

Standard forms - 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 of change e.g. headquarters, change of form of organization, etc. and/or completion of the documents on the basis of which the registration was made

-copy of the CUI-the previous certificate and its Annexes, issued by the Romanian Copyright Office, the original will be submitted when collecting the new certificate

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

The fees for registration operations are provided by H.G.1086/2008 and Order no. 2029/2009, being the following- issuance of a new registration certificate, before the expiry date of the validity period of the previous certificate 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

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