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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of Romania (2003) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 84/1998 on Trademarks and Geographical Indications (2010) Law No. 350/2007 on Utility Models (2007) Law No. 280/2007 amending and supplementing Law No. 129/1992 on Protection of the Industrial Designs (2007) Law No. 28 of January 15, 2007 amending Law No. 64/1991 on Patents (2007) Law No. 255/1998 on the Protection of the New Plant Varieties (2007) Law No. 129/1992 on the Protection of Designs (2007) Amendment of the Law No. 64/1991 on Patents (2007) Law No. 64/1991 of October 11, 1991 on Patents (as last amended by Law No. 28/2007) (2007) Law No. 119 of May 4, 2006 amending and supplementing Law No. 255/1998 on the Protection of New Plant Varieties (2006) Law No. 8 of March 14, 1996 on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (2006) Law No. 16 of March 6, 1995 on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (2006) Law No. 337 of November 29, 2005 amending and supplementing Law No 16/1995 on the Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits (2005) Law No. 344/2005 on Specific Measures for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Customs Clearance Operations (2005) Law No. 280/2005 approving Government Emergency Ordinance No. 100/2005 on the Enforcement of the Industrial Property Rights (2005) Law No. 93 of May 13, 1998 on Transitional Protection of Patents for Inventions (1998) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 244/2002 of April 29, 2002 on Vineyards and Wines in the System of Common Organization of Vineyards and Wine Market (2007) Law No. 459 of December 6, 2006 amending and supplementing the Code of Civil Procedure (2006) Penal Code (Extract) (2006) Code of Civil Procedure (Extract) (2006) Law No. 21 of April 10, 1996 on Competition (2005) Law No. 11 of January 29, 1991 on the Repression of Unfair Competition (2003) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Government Decision No. 401/2006 with subsequent completions and modifications, on the organization, functioning, personnel structure and necessary inputs for fulfilling the attributions of the Copyright Office of Romania (2011) Government Decision No. 201 of September 26, 2010 Amending the Registration Forms of the Phonograms into the National Register of Phonograms and of the Videograms into the National Register of Videograms (2010) Emergency Ordinance No. 43/2010 amending certain laws to reduce or simplify administrative authorizations/approvals/procedures as a result of measures undertaken by the Romanian Government in the framework of the Plan to simplify the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and Romania, signed in Bucharest and Brussels on June 23, 2009 (2010) Government Decision No. 1086/2008 on the Establishment of Fees for Operations Performed by the Romanian Copyright Office and for Approval of Procedures for the Establishment, Terms of Fund Allocation and Use of Incentives for the Staff of the Romanian Copyright Office (2008) Ordinance No. 25/2006 on Strengthening the Administrative Capacity of the Romanian Office for Copyright (2008) Correction of Annex 1 to Ordinance No. 41/1998 on Industrial Property fees and use thereof (2006) Government Ordinance No. 41/1998 on Industrial Property fees and use thereof (2006) Law No. 381/2005 amending and supplementing Government Ordinance No. 41/1998 on Industrial Property fees and use thereof (2005) Emergency Ordinance No. 100/2005 on the Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights (2005) Decree No. 403 of June 6, 2001 promulgating the Law amending and supplementing Law No. 11/1991 on the Repression of Unfair Competition (2001)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Implementing Regulations of the Law No. 84/1998 on Trademarks and Geographical Indications (2010) Instruction No. 111/31.03.2010 (on supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products) (2010) Instruction No. 112/31.03.2010 (on supplementary protection certificates for pediatric drugs) (2010) Service Instructions on Filling the Documentary Research Reports-2009 (2009) Implementing Regulations of Law No. 350/2007 on Utility Models (2008) Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law No. 64/1991 (2008) Regulation for Implementing the Design Law No. 129/1992 (2008) Implementing Regulations of the Law No. 255/1998 on the Protection of the New Plant Varieties (2007) Regulation for Implementing the Law No. 16/1995 on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (2007) Instruction No. 146 of 28.12.2006 on Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medical Products and Supplementary Protection Certificate for Plant Protection Products (2006) Rules No. 242 of January 15, 1999 on Support for Patenting Romanian Inventions Abroad (1999)

Treaty Approvals	Laws / Decrees (Date of current version) Law No. 611 of November 13, 2002 on Romania's Accession to the European Patent Convention, Adopted in Munich on October 5, 1973 and its Revision Act, Adopted in Munich on November 29, 2000 (2002) Law No. 186 of October 27, 2000 on Romania's accession to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, revised on November 10, 1972 at Geneva, on October 23, 1978 and on March 19, 1991 (2000) Law No. 75 of May 3, 1999 on Romania's Accession to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, signed on April 28, 1977 and amended on September 26, 1980 (1999)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ... Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (March 16, 2009) Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (July 20, 2005) Patent Law Treaty (April 28, 2005) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (May 20, 2002) WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 6, 2002) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (September 25, 1999) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (March 31, 1999) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (October 22, 1998) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (October 1, 1998) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (July 28, 1998) Trademark Law Treaty (July 28, 1998) Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (June 30, 1998) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (June 30, 1998) Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (June 30, 1998) Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (July 18, 1992) Patent Cooperation Treaty (July 23, 1979) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (April 26, 1970) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (January 1, 1927) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (October 6, 1920) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (October 6, 1920) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (March 2, 2011) Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (November 24, 2009) Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (January 2, 2009) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 7, 2006) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (April 27, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (April 27, 2006) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 20, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (August 29, 2005) London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (August 4, 2005) Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (June 22, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (January 26, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (September 28, 2003) Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 30, 2001) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (March 16, 2001) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (February 10, 2001) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (January 16, 1997) Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (October 6, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) Convention on Biological Diversity (November 15, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (September 6, 1994) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (March 6, 1994) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (June 1, 1992) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (December 21, 1990) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (December 21, 1990) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (August 16, 1990) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 3, 1976) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (February 24, 1971) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (June 21, 1958) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (June 21, 1958) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (December 1, 1954) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (December 1, 1954) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (December 1, 1954) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (December 4, 1923) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPO) (March 1, 2003) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Protocol Relating to Trade Negotiations Among Developing Countries Agreement ... Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (April 19, 1989) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Chile and the Government of the Republic of Romania for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (August 27, 1997) Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of Romania for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (February 11, 1997) Agreement between the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of Romania on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (December 30, 1995) Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Albania for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (September 2, 1995) Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Argentina on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (May 1, 1995) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Paraguay and the Government of Romania on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (April 12, 1995) Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of Romania concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment (January 15, 1994)

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