Certification Based on Operational Risk Assessment

In plain language

If the aviation authority decides after reviewing the operational risk assessment that your specific category operation is too risky to fly without a certified drone, the UAS must be certified.

Requirement as structured

The design, production, and maintenance of a UAS must be certified if the competent authority concludes, based on an operational risk assessment, that the risks cannot be adequately mitigated without certification.

Original regulatory text

it is intended to be used in the ‘specific’ category of operations defined in Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and the competent authority has concluded, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/947, on the basis of the risk assessment conducted by UAS operator in accordance with Article 11 of that Regulation, that the risk of the operation cannot be adequately mitigated without the certification of the UAS.

Applies when

operation

specific

regulatory category

General