The request to renew the registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is made before 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 registration certificate 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 registration certificate in the National Register of Phonograms is done when there are changes, e.g. headquarters, company name, adding a field of activity and/or completing the documents on the basis of which the initial registration was made, according to art.36 paragraph 6 of the Ordinance.

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

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

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

Fees for registration operations are provided by H.G.1086/2008 and Order no.2029/2009, as follows - issuance of a new registration certificate, before the expiration 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 changes in the identification data of the economic operator - 50 lei

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