Pesticide Spraying Professional User Training

In plain language

If you use a drone to spray pesticides, you and your crew are legally classified as professional users and must complete the official training required under the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive.

Requirement as structured

UAS operators and personnel who use drones to spray pesticides must complete professional user training in accordance with Article 5 and Annex 1 of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUP) Directive.

Original regulatory text

According to Art. 5 of the SUP Directive the professional users (i.e. the UAS operator`s personnel) shall go through a training the elements of which are listed in Annex 1 to the SUP Directive.

Applies when

operation

Spraying