Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/639 of 12 May 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 as regards standard scenarios for operations executed in or beyond the visual line of sight (Text with EEA relevance)

‘5 Where the UAS operator submits a declaration to the competent authority of the Member State of registration in accordance with point UAS.SPEC.020 laid down in Part B of the Annex for an operation complying with a standard scenario set out in Appendix 1 to that Annex, the UAS operator shall not be required to obtain an operational authorisation in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article and the procedure laid down in paragraph 5 of Article 12 shall apply. The UAS operator shall use the declaration referred to in Appendix 2 to that Annex.’;

‘4 Where a UAS operator holding an LUC with privileges in accordance with point UAS.LUC.060 of the Annex intends to conduct an operation in the “specific category” taking place partially or entirely in the airspace of a Member State other than the Member State of registration, the UAS operator shall provide the competent authority of the Member State of intended operation with the following information: (a) a copy of the term of approval received in accordance with point UAS.LUC.050 of the Annex; and (b) the location or locations of the intended operation in accordance with paragraph 1(b) of this Article.’;

‘9 In addition to the data defined in point (2) Member States may collect additional identity information from the UAS operators.’;

Without prejudice to Article 20, the use of UAS in the “open” category which do not comply with the requirements of Parts 1 to 5 of the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 shall be allowed for a transitional period of two years starting one year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, subject to the following conditions: (a) unmanned aircraft with a take-off mass of less than 500 g are operated within the operational requirements set out in points UAS.OPEN.020(1) of Part A of the Annex by a remote pilot having competency level defined by the Member State concerned; (b) unmanned aircraft with a take-off mass of less than 2 kg is operated by keeping a minimum horizontal distance of 50 meters from people and the remote pilots have a competency level at least equivalent to the one set out in point UAS.OPEN.030(2) of Part A of the Annex; (c) unmanned aircraft with a take-off mass of less than 25 kg is operated within the operational requirements set out in point UAS.OPEN.040(1) and (2) and the remote pilots have a competency level at least equivalent to the one set out in point UAS.OPEN.020(4)(b) of Part A of the Annex.

1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 July 2020.

2 Paragraph 5 of Article 5 and point (1)(l) of point UAS.SPEC.050 shall apply from 2 December 2021;

3 Point (2)(g) of point UAS.OPEN.060 shall apply from 1 July 2022.

4 Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of Article 21, until 2 December 2021 Member States may accept declarations made by UAS operators in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 5, based on national standard scenarios or equivalent, if those national scenarios meet the requirements of point UAS.SPEC.020 of the Annex. Such declarations shall cease to be valid from 2 December 2023.

5 Paragraph 3 of Article 15 shall apply from 1 July 2021.’;

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.