- Law no. 111/1995 on the legal Deposit of documents, republished. At the national level, the legal deposit is organised by the National Library of Romania and has as beneficiaries a number of six libraries, including that of the Romanian Academy and three main university libraries. The legal deposit extends to electronic documents, but does not cover cinematographic films and internet content (with a digital origin).
- Law no. 334/2002 on public libraries, republished. This law creates the general framework for the organisation and functioning of all types of public libraries and establishes their respective missions. It preserves and strengthens the traditional architecture of the national system of libraries whereby the National Library of Romania has an overall methodological role. It also establishes the National Commission of Libraries as a standing entity coordinated by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture with national scientific authority.
- Law no. 186/2003 for the support and promotion of written culture, republished. The law provides a large array of support measures that may be used by the Ministry of Culture and by any local authority with a view to financing the publishing of important works, such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, critical editions of classical works, literary debuts and children’s books.
- Law no. 136/2015 on financing representative cultural magazines of Romania. Its provisions have been described in paragraph 5.1.3 (supra).
There are no rules concerning fixed book price. The operationalization of the public loan rights has not been concluded.
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