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Unmanned aircraft systems Regulation

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  Directive

Unmanned aircraft systems Regulation ((EU) 2019/945)

  Scope

Chapter II of this Regulation applies to the following products:

  • UAS intended to be operated under the rules and conditions applicable to the ‘open’ category of UAS operations or to operational declarations under the ‘specific’ category of UAS operations pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/947, except privately built UAS, and bearing a class identification label as set out in Parts 1 to 5, 16 and 17 of the Annex to this Regulation indicating to which of the seven UAS classes referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 it belongs;
  • Class C5 accessories kits as set out in Part 16;
  • Remote identification add-ons as set out in Part 6 of the Annex to this Regulation.

Chapter III of this Regulation applies to UAS operated under the rules and conditions applicable to the ‘certified’ and ‘specific’ categories of UAS operations pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 except when conducted under a declaration.


Chapter IV of this Regulation applies to UAS operators that have their principal place of business, are established, or reside in a third country, if the UAS are operated in the Union

EXCLUSIONS

This Regulation does not apply to UAS intended to be exclusively operated indoors

DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

  • ‘Unmanned aircraft’ (‘UA’) means any aircraft operating or designed to operate autonomously or to be piloted remotely without a pilot on board;
  • ‘Equipment to control unmanned aircraft remotely’ means any instrument, equipment, mechanism, apparatus, appurtenance, software or accessory that is necessary for the safe operation of a UA other than a part and which is not carried on board that UA;
  • ‘Unmanned aircraft system’ (‘UAS’) means an unmanned aircraft and the equipment to control it remotely;
  • ‘Unmanned aircraft system operator’ (‘UAS operator’) means any legal or natural person operating or intending to operate one or more UAS;
  • ‘Open’ category' means a category of UAS operations that is defined in Article 4 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947;
  • ‘Specific’ category means a category of UAS operations that is defined in Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947;
  • ‘Certified’ category means a category of UAS operation that is defined in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947;
  • ‘Privately built UAS’ means a UAS assembled or manufactured for the builder's own use, not including UAS assembled from a set of parts placed on the market by the manufacturer as a single ready to-assemble kit;

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