Standard Criteria for Classification in the Certified Category

In plain language

Your operation falls into the 'certified' category if you are flying over assemblies of people, transporting people, or carrying high-risk dangerous goods, and your drone is certified for these operations.

Requirement as structured

UAS operations must be classified in the 'certified' category if the UAS is certified under Article 40(1)(a), (b), and (c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 and the operation involves flying over assemblies of people, transporting people, or carrying dangerous goods that present a high risk to third parties.

Original regulatory text

Operations shall be classified as UAS operations in the ‘certified’ category only where the following requirements are met: a the UAS is certified pursuant to points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 40 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945; and b the operation is conducted in any of the following conditions: over assemblies of people; involves the transport of people; involves the carriage of dangerous goods, that may result in high risk for third parties in case of accident.

Applies when

country

United Kingdom

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Certified