Minimum Age for UAS Operator Registration

In plain language

To register as a drone operator in Latvia, you must meet the minimum age requirement for remote pilots set by EU regulations, which is generally 16 years old.

Requirement as structured

Under Cabinet Regulation No. 614 point 2, a natural person may register as a UAS operator if they have reached the minimum age set for remote pilots in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/947.

Original regulatory text

2. Fiziskai personai ir tiesības reģistrēties par ekspluatantu, ja tā ir sasniegusi Komisijas 2019. gada 24. maija Īstenošanas regulas (ES) 2019/947 par bezpilota gaisa kuģu sistēmu ekspluatācijas noteikumiem un procedūrām (turpmāk – regula Nr. 2019/947) 9. panta 1. punktā tālvadības pilotam noteikto vecumu.

Applies when

pilot age min

16