Category II applications: website-listed aircraft and website-listed private skill certification shortcuts ended 18 December 2025
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MLIT amended the Category II flight permission/approval review guidelines to end the practice under which parts of the application procedure could be omitted for 'unmanned aircraft listed on the MLIT website' and 'skill certifications issued by training organisations listed on the MLIT website', effective 18 December 2025. Only those omitted steps end; the Category II permission and approval application route itself continues.
Requirement as structured
MLIT amended the Category II flight permission/approval review guidelines to end the practice under which parts of the application procedure could be omitted for 'unmanned aircraft listed on the MLIT website' and 'skill certifications issued by training organisations listed on the MLIT website', effective 18 December 2025. Only those omitted steps end; the Category II permission and approval application route itself continues.
Original regulatory text
カテゴリーⅡ飛行に関する許可・承認の審査要領について、許可・承認の申請手続の一部を省略可能としていた「ホームページ掲載無人航空機」及び「ホームページ掲載講習団体等が行う技能認証」に係る運用を廃止する旨の改正内容を公布しましたのでお知らせします。 なお、施行は令和7年12月18日となります。
Applies when
- country
- Japan
- subcategory
- Category II
- effective from
- 2025-12-18
- regulatory category
- Specific