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For answer  A 

Road legislation provides the measure of retention both for the driving licence and for the registration or record certificate.

For answer  B 

The registration certificate of a vehicle will be retained by the traffic police officer if the motor vehicle or the trailer driven on public roads presents technical defects that endanger traffic safety, among which are also major or dangerous deficiencies in the braking system or in the steering mechanism. And if it presents dangerous deficiencies in the braking system or in the steering mechanism, immobilisation of the vehicle will also be ordered.

For answer  C 

The registration certificate of a vehicle is not retained for a certain period of time; it is retained until the reason for which it was retained ceases. The retained registration certificate is returned only after proof is provided that the reason for which it was retained has ceased.

The correct answer is: B

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For answer  A 

OUG* - Article 97

(1) In the cases provided in this emergency ordinance, the traffic police officer also orders one of the following technical-administrative measures:
a) retention of the driving licence and/or of the registration or record certificate or, as the case may be, of their replacement proof;
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OUG* - Article 112

(1) The registration or record certificate or its replacement proof is retained by the traffic police in the following cases:

From a) ... to y)

For answer  B 

OUG* - Article 112

(1) The registration or record certificate or its replacement proof is retained by the traffic police in the following cases:
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d) the vehicle circulates with major or dangerous deficiencies in the lighting-signalling systems or with other devices than the approved ones;
e) the service braking system presents major or dangerous deficiencies;
f) the safety or parking braking system presents major or dangerous deficiencies;
g) the steering mechanism presents major or dangerous deficiencies;
h) the tyres have other dimensions or characteristics than those provided in the vehicle identity card, present cuts or breaks of the cord or are worn out beyond the legally permitted limit;
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k) the elements of the coupling device for towing present pronounced wear or are not compatible, being likely to cause the detachment of the trailer or imbalance of the assembly;
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v) the vehicle lacks bodywork elements or it is in an advanced state of degradation;
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2) In the situations provided in paragraph (1) letters b), c), e), g), h^1), k), o), p), r) and s), upon retention of the registration or record certificate, the traffic police officer issues to the driver of the vehicle a replacement proof without the right of circulation, and in the cases provided in paragraph (1) letters a), d), f), h), i), j), l), m), n), t), u), v) and x), a replacement proof with the right of circulation for 15 days.
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OUG* - Article 117

(1) Immobilisation of a vehicle is ordered by the traffic police officer in the case of committing by its driver one of the following acts:
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b) driving a vehicle that damages the public road or affects the environment or that presents dangerous deficiencies in the braking system or in the steering mechanism;
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For answer  C 

OUG* - Article 112

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(4) The registration or record certificate and the licence plates, except those that do not meet the standards, are returned to the owner, the vehicle user or their conventional representative by the traffic police, upon presentation by them of proof of cessation of the reason for which the document was retained, under the conditions provided in the regulation, as well as upon cessation of the suspension of the vehicle registration.
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* OUG = EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)