Publishing is a
special type of economic activity an in order to start up a company that
specializes in these field special regulations established by the law need to
be met.
The first step
in order to register a company specialized in publishing activities is
registering the company at the Trade Registry. In order to develop this type of
economic activity the Articles of Incorporation need to include when defining
the object of activity the following NACE CODES depending on the type of
publishing activity that the company will have 5811 publishing activities of
books, 5812 publishing activities of guides, lists and similar ASRE, 5813
Publishing activities of newspapers, 5814 Publishing activities of journals and
periodicals, 5819 Other publishing activities.
One of the most
important things that you need to take into consideration when it comes to
publishing activities is the fact that books and articles of any kind are the
subject of copyright.
According to the
Romanian legislation regulating copyright literary and journalistic writings,
lectures, sermons, pleadings, addresses and any other written or oral works,
scientific works, written or oral, such as communications, education,
university courses, textbooks, scientific projects and documentation are
subject of copyright. This means that these types of original works can be made
public only if the author decides to do so. Also the author is the one to
decide the name under which the creation will be made public, or whether the
original creation can be altered. The author of the original creation is the
one who will be compensated in case his rights are violated.Copyright gives the
author financial rights that arise from his/hers original work. So the
reproduction, distribution, renting, elaboration of derivative works give
financial rights to the author of the original work.
If you’re
planning on opening a publishing company in Romania you need to obtain ISBN
Codes from the National Library of Romania.ISBN is international code
identification for books.
So after
registering the company at the Trade Registry you need to register your
publishing company at the National Center of ISBN. This National center is
organized in the Romanian National Library. The necessary documents for the
registration at the National Center of ISBN are the following:
a)
The articles of incorporation
of the company;
b)
The certificate from the Trade
Registry;
c)
The standardized form that the
Romanian Library provides;
d)
The company’s stamp;
e)
The editorial plan.
At registration
the new publishing company will receive a total of 10 ISBN codes. The
registration of the Publishing Company will take place only in the presence of
the director or of the person designated to handle the editorial activity.
Obtaining the
ISBN for a book title confers no right of exclusivity for the name and / or
title of the book and the publishing company’s name.
To protect the
publisher's company name / title of the book is necessary to register them with
OSIM (State Office for Inventions and Trademarks).
Another
formality that needs to be taken into consideration is the fact that publishing
companies need to print the CIP Description provided by the National Library of
Romania on every book they publish. In order to obtain the CIP description from
the Romanian National Library the Publishing Company needs to submit a
standardized application.
The purpose of
the CIP Program is to promote Romanian editorial production and provide the
necessary information for the selection, acquisition and processing of new
editorial to the beneficiaries.
The CIP Program
beneficiaries are publishers, bookstores, libraries, book broadcasters, so by
doing so all the interested parties have the all the necessary information
regarding editorial appearances on the Romanian book market. The CIP standardized
application is filled by the publisher for each book title that is on the
prepublication faze.
The
main source for obtaining the necessaryinformation in order to fill the
standardized CIP application is the title page of the book. The bibliographic
data necessary to identify publications are: the author, title, publisher, and
place of publication, year of publication, ISBN, genre or topic briefly
summarized.
Another
imperative obligation for the publishing company is the procurement of literary
stamps. The literary stamp is worth 2% of the selling price of a book and is
added to that price. The Literary stamp is applied to each copy of books sold
by units of any kind, regardless if the book is edited or not in Romania.
The national
authority that issues the literary stamps is the Romanian Office for Copyright.
In order to obtain literary stamps for different books the publishing company
needs to place an order at the Romanian Office for Copyright for the necessary
number of literary stamps.
The sums paid by
the publishing companies for the literary stamps are used for certain
activities established by the law such as: supporting cultural projects of
national interest, participation in contests of interpretation and creation in
the country and abroad, promoting actions involving Romanians abroad, support
and protection of film, theater and music, adding funds to support the work of
young creators, performers etc.
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