Authority-Determined 'Certified' Category Classification

In plain language

Even if your operation does not meet the standard criteria for the 'certified' category, the authority can still classify it as 'certified' if a risk assessment shows that certification and licensing are necessary to fly safely.

Requirement as structured

UAS operations must be classified in the 'certified' category if the competent authority determines, based on an Article 11 risk assessment, that the risks cannot be adequately mitigated without certification of the UAS, the operator, and potentially the licensing of the remote pilot.

Original regulatory text

In addition, UAS operations shall be classified as UAS operations in the ‘certified’ category where the competent authority, based on the risk assessment provided for in Article 11, considers that the risk of the operation cannot be adequately mitigated without the certification of the UAS and of the UAS operator and, where applicable, without the licensing of the remote pilot.

Applies when

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Certified