RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/96
27March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1243)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
REVIEW OFLEGISLATION
Questions Posed bytheEuropean Communities andtheirMember States
Bymeans ofacommunication fromthePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission,
dated 24March 1998, theSecretariat hasreceived thefollowing questions posed bytheEuropean
Communities andtheirMember States toRomania.
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QUESTIONS POSED TOROMANIA
1. Article 147oftheRomanian LawonCopyright andNeighbouring Rights provides forcertain
conditions inrelation totheprotection offoreign owners ofcopyright andneighbouring rights. The
previous Article, Article 146,setsoutcertain provisions which arelinked toRomanian citizenship
and/or theterritory ofRomania. Please clarify howthese twoArticles interact andwhether andhow
theycomply withArticle 3inconjunction withArticle 65.2oftheTRIPS Agreement.
2. Article 14.1 oftheLawonCopyright andNeighbouring Rights provides thattheterm
"reproduction" alsoincludes "themaking ofanaudio-visual recording ofthework". Article 9.1of
theTRIPS Agreement inconjunction withArticle 9.3oftheBerne Convention states that"anysound
orvisual recording shallbeconsidered asareproduction". Against thisbackground, please clarify
whether asolesound recording orasolevideo recording would beconsidered asareproduction under
Romanian law.
3. Please explain, whether andhowcompilations ofdataareprotected under Romanian legislation
(Article 10.2oftheTRIPS Agreement).
4. Please clarify theeffects ofthedistinction made between digital broadcasting andother types
ofbroadcasting inArticle 38,paragraphs 1and2oftheLawonCopyright andNeighbouring Rights.
5. Article85,paragraph2oftheLawonCopyrightandNeighbouringRightsexcludesphotographs
ofletters, deeds, documents ofanykind, technical drawings andother similar material fromthelegal
protection bycopyright. Please explain howthiscomplies withArticle 9oftheTRIPS Agreement
inconjunction withArticle 2,paragraph 1oftheBerne Convention which provides fortheprotection
ofphotographic works, irrespective ofthesubject matter andthepurpose forwhich theyaremade.
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6. Article 105oftheLawonCopyright andNeighbouring Rights liststhevarious rights granted
totheproducer ofsound recordings. Please clarify whether andhowsuchaproducer enjoys theright
toauthorize orprohibit theindirect reproduction oftheir phonograms (Article 14.2oftheTRIPS
Agreement).
7. Article 121oftheLawonCopyright andNeighbouring Rights provides that"retransmission
bycable without theconsent oftheowner ofrights andwithout payment ofaremuneration shallbe
permitted onlyinthecaseofprograms owned bypublic television andradio broadcasting organisations
ofnational scope andalsothose oftelevision andradiobroadcasting organisations thatareretransmitted
bycable compulsorily inaccordance withregulations inforce". Please explain thescope andmeaning
ofthisprovision.
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