Specific Category Insurance Limit (250g to 500kg)

In plain language

If you operate a drone weighing between 250g and 500kg in the Specific category in Latvia, you must have third-party liability insurance with a minimum coverage of 750,000 SDR.

Requirement as structured

This is guidance from the Civil Aviation Agency's insurance page, not law. Its Specific category table shows: drones under 250 g — no minimum liability limit; 250 g to 500 kg — 750 000 SDR, with no legal basis given for that figure; over 500 kg — 750 000 SDR, footnoted to Regulation (EC) No 785/2004. The binding rule is Cabinet Regulation No. 447 point 2.2.2, stated in its own rule: every Specific category flight must be insured to the limits in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 785/2004, with exemptions only under point 3. The table's single figure for drones over 500 kg should not be relied on in place of Article 7, and its under-250 g entry holds only where both conditions of point 3.1 are met.

Original regulatory text

SPECIFISKAJĀ KATEGORIJĀ <250g 250g...500kg >500kg Minimālais atbildības limits - 750000SDR 750000SDR* * – Atbilstoši Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes 2004. gada 21. aprīļa Regulas (EK) Nr. 785/2004 par apdrošināšanas prasībām. Speciālās aizņemumtiesības (SDR) ir Starptautiskā valūtas fonda norēķinvienība.

Applies when

operation

Specific

max mtom kg

500

min mtom kg

0.25