An overview of the European regulatory environment on unmanned aircraft systems Part 2: An introduction of the specific and certified categories
Abstract
The objective is to provide a clear overview and wide description of the 2019/947 commission implementing regulation on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft systems, based on the delegated regulation 2019/945., developed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and adopted by the European Commission in 2019, thus helping to prepare for the application in Hungary of the regulations at the state level, the entry into force of which was postponed from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of the writing of this paper (July-August 2020), the amendments 2020/639 and 2020/1058 were also published, which prescribe the establishment of two additional standard scenarios (STS-01 and STS-02) and two new unmanned aircraft systems classes (C5 and C6) assigned to them. The adequate integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the airspace is a key pan-European task and a common interest.
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