Template:GeneralRules
EU Drone Regulation
The EU Drone Regulation generally specifies the following rules[1]:
- Liability insurance
- Private liability insurance usually does not cover drone accidents. Here you need your own drone insurance.
- Mandatory registration
- Registration of all drone pilots. Also applies to drones under 249g. This electronic UAS operator ID (eID) must then be visibly attached to the drone (instead of the owner's name and address as before) by means of a drone badge.
- Legal minimum age'
- Minimum age of 16 years. In the presence of an authorized pilot) a drone may be flown even at a younger age.
- Maximum flight altitude for drones set at 120 meters above ground.
- In general the new regulation mainly prohibits flying beyond visual range.
- drone license'
- small drone license (EU certificate of competence) is required for all drones.
- Exception: stock drones with a take-off mass below 250 grams or classified drones of class C0.
- The large drone license (EU Remote Pilot Certificate) is optionally required for drones in transition between 500 grams to 2kg or certified drones of class C2 in addition to the category OPEN A3 also want to fly in OPEN A2.
- small drone license (EU certificate of competence) is required for all drones.
- Privacy must be respected - no recording of people without permission (enshrined in state law, not in EU drone law).
- Sufficient (depending on the weight of the device or classes correspondingly large) Safety distance to people