Drone insurance in Romania
Do I need drone insurance in Romania?
Drone insurance in Romania is published with a minimum third-party cover of 0.75 million SDR. Whether cover is required for a given flight depends on the published conditions below.
- Weight threshold
- 20 kg
- Minimum cover
- 0.75 million SDR
Whether third-party liability insurance is mandatory, and from which threshold.
Romania applies the European Union / EASA framework. Rules marked as framework rules below are inherited, not uniquely national — see the European Union / EASA answer.
What the rules say
Each line is resolved from published facts of Romania. "Not resolved" means the corpus does not answer it in a machine-checkable way — never that the law is silent.
- Insurance requiredConditional
- ScopeConditional
- Weight threshold20 kgConditional
- Commercial triggerNot resolved
- Minimum cover0.75 million SDRConditional
- ExceptionsNo
- Proof requiredNot resolved
What changes the answer
The published rules distinguish the certified, open and specific categories of operation.
- other
Insurance cover at or above 0.75 million SDR
- weight threshold
Take-off mass below 20 kg
The rules behind this answer
- Binding lawNational rule
UAS Operation Insurance Requirement
The UAS operator must ensure that valid insurance cover is in place at the start of the UAS operations.
- Binding lawNational rule
UAS Operator Compliance Declaration
The UAS operator must comply with all applicable Union and national rules regarding privacy, data protection, liability, insurance, security, environmental protection, Regulation (EU) 2019/947, and the specific limitations and conditions defined in the authorization issued by the AACR.
- Binding lawEU/EASA framework rule
Contents of an Operational Authorisation Application
The application for an operational authorisation shall be based on the risk assessment referred to in Article 11 and shall include the specified operator registration, manager name, risk assessment, mitigation measures, operations manual (if required), and insurance confirmation.
- Binding lawEU/EASA framework rule
Declared standard scenario operations require confirmation of insurance cover
A declaration by a UAS operator shall contain confirmation by the UAS operator that an appropriate insurance cover will be in place for every flight made under the declaration, if required by Union or national law.
- Binding lawEU/EASA framework rule
Minimum third-party liability insurance for aircraft below 500 kg MTOM
Insurance in respect of liability for third parties shall be at least 0,75 million SDRs per accident for aircraft in Category 1, meaning aircraft with a maximum take-off mass of less than 500 kg.
- Binding lawEU/EASA framework rule
Model aircraft under 20 kg are outside the EU aviation insurance regulation
Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 shall not apply to model aircraft with a maximum take-off mass of less than 20 kg.
- Binding lawEU/EASA framework rule
Operational authorisation applications require confirmation of insurance cover
An application for an operational authorisation shall include a confirmation that an appropriate insurance cover will be in place at the start of the UAS operations, if required by Union or national law.
- Binding lawEU/EASA framework rule
Operator registration records an insurance policy number where insurance is required
The registration systems for UAS operators shall provide the fields for introducing and exchanging an insurance policy number for UAS if required by Union or national law.
Official sources
Known limitations
- Binding law and official guidance disagree on insurance.operation_scope; the binding position is published.
- 2 dimension(s) of this topic are not expressed in a machine-resolvable way by the published corpus and are reported UNKNOWN, never FALSE.
Other drone rules in Romania
- Do I need to register my drone in Romania?Registration in Romania is governed by a published mass threshold of 0.25 kg, alongside the further conditions cited below. Whether it applies to a given flight depends on those conditions, each cited to its rule.
- When does a drone operation need authorisation in Romania?Whether an operation in Romania needs prior authorisation depends on the operational category, risk class or location: the published triggers below decide it.
- What training do I need to fly a drone in Romania?Remote pilot competency in Romania scales with the operation: which training, examination or proof of competency applies is set by the published conditions below.
Built around official regulatory sources
- Official sources
- Regulation-level citations
- Coverage and freshness checks
- Location-aware data where available
Built from 9 published facts (8 binding) held for Romania. Dataset ds_55k3jghy8xqzcekzeepwdmanya · generated 2026-09-02 · sources last verified 2026-08-25.
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