Territorial restriction for lowered minimum age pilots

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Article 9Article 9Version 1Effective -Verified 22 August 2026

In plain language

If you are flying at an age younger than 16 because a specific country lowered its age limit, you can only fly in that country. You cannot use that lower age limit to fly in other EU countries.

Requirement as structured

Where a Member State lowers the minimum age for remote pilots, those remote pilots shall only be allowed to operate a UAS on the territory of that Member State.

Original regulatory text

Where a Member State lowers the minimum age for remote pilots, those remote pilots shall only be allowed to operate a UAS on the territory of that Member State.

Applies when

regulatory category
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