Grounds for Rescission of Declaration of Compliance Acceptance

Verified from official sources
14 CFR § 89.540Version 1Effective -Verified 22 August 2026

In plain language

If the manufacturer's declaration of compliance for your drone or broadcast module is rescinded by the FAA because it fails to meet standards, the device may no longer be legally used for operations requiring remote identification.

Requirement as structured

The FAA may rescind acceptance of a declaration of compliance if the associated unmanned aircraft or broadcast module fails to meet performance requirements, the declaration fails to meet subpart requirements, or the underlying means of compliance is rescinded.

Original regulatory text

The Administrator may rescind acceptance of a declaration of compliance under circumstances including but not limited to the following: (i) A standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast module listed under an accepted declaration of compliance does not meet the minimum performance requirements of § 89.310 or § 89.320. (ii) A previously FAA-accepted declaration of compliance does not meet a requirement of this subpart; or (iii) The FAA rescinds acceptance of the means of compliance listed in an FAA-accepted declaration of compliance.

Applies when

entity
Declaration of Compliance submitter
country
United States
operation
Remote identification of unmanned aircraft
regulatory area
remote_id
aircraft category
unmanned aircraft required to be registered
regulatory category
General