EU Regulation 2021/1166: Postponing UAS standard scenarios

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The European Commission has adopted the mentioned Regulation, postponing UAS standard scenarios, that includes the following modifications of the IR 2019/947:

Article 1

‘’In Article 23 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 are replaced by the following. Article 5(5) shall apply from 3 December 2023.

3. Point (2)(g) of point UAS.OPEN.060 of the Annex and point (1)(l) of point UAS.SPEC.050 of the Annex shall apply from 1 July 2022.

4. Without prejudice to Article 21(1), until 2 December 2023 Member States may accept declarations made by UAS operators by Article 5(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 2025.’’

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.’’

To adopt the regulation, it has considered different issues such as:

‘’According to Article 23(4) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 Member States may only accept declarations made by UAS operators following Article 5(5) of that Implementing Regulation for an operation complying with one of the two standard scenarios set out in Appendix 1 to the Annex of that Implementing Regulation.

UAS manufacturers consider harmonized standards an important instrument that enables them to place compliant UAS on the market.

The measures provided in this Regulation are based on the committee’s opinion established by Article 127 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139’’.

You can consult the rest of the considerations at the following link: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1166.