File:Coat of arms of PCR.svg

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Description

Emblem of Communist Party of Romania

Source

Own work, photo source: [1], [2], [3].

Author

Alex:D

Permission
(Reusing this file)

According to the Romanian Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Law no. 8/1996 of March 14, 1996 with further amendments Chapter 3 Article 9 the following documents shall not benefit from the legal protection accorded to copyright:

(a) the ideas, theories, concepts, scientific discoveries, procedures, working methods, or mathematical concepts as such and inventions, contained in a work, whatever the manner of the adoption, writing, explanation or expression thereof;
(b) official texts of a political, legislative, administrative or judicial nature, and official translations thereof;
(c) official symbols of the State, public authorities and organizations, such as armorial bearings, seals, flags, emblems, shields, badges and medals;
(d) means of payment;
(e) news and press information;
(f) simple facts and data.

Also, according to Chapter 10 Article 85 Paragraph 2,

The photographs of letters, deeds, documents of any kind, technical drawings and other similar papers shall not benefit from the legal protection accorded to copyright.

Therefore this image is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide, although some of the above categories may be subject to usage restrictions within Romania.

Legal disclaimer
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Hungary: Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code, Section 335
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Security Act (prohibited for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle^en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:11, 29 December 2023	916 × 1,084 (120 KB)	Alex:D	The official representation of the emblem on posters is red on white
	06:35, 25 November 2021	600 × 600 (127 KB)	GeorgiPergelov2009	Official Emblem of Romanian Communist Party
	08:39, 29 March 2021	916 × 1,084 (120 KB)	Alex:D	Traced after official drawing
	13:25, 16 July 2014	474 × 584 (17 KB)	Ericmetro	Without background, per source: [http://www.cnsas.ro/imagini/istoria_comunism/congrese/1974%20Directivele%20Congresului%20al%20XI-lea.jpg], [http://images5.okr.ro/auctions.v3/700_700/2010/09/04/e/b/60898695526110365321975-5567021-700_700.jpg].
	10:31, 12 September 2012	600 × 600 (10 KB)	Palosirkka	Scrubbed with http://codedread.com/scour/
	18:50, 22 February 2008	600 × 600 (12 KB)	Alex:D	{{Information \|Description=Emblem of Communist Party of Romania \|Source=self-made \|Date= \|Author= Alex:D \|Permission= \|other_versions= }} {{PD-RomaniaGov}} Category:Coats of arms of Communist Romania [[Category:Hammer and sickle in he