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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-945/annex/part-6",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/945",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 12 March 2019 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-945",
  "path": "annex/part/6",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Requirements for a direct remote identification add-on",
  "text": "A direct remote identification add-on shall comply with the following:\n(1) allow the upload of the UAS operator registration number required in accordance with Article 14 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and any additional number provided by the registration system; the system shall perform a consistency check verifying the integrity of the full string provided to the UAS operator at the time of registration; in case of inconsistency, the system shall emit an error message to the UAS operator;\n(2) have a unique serial number compliant with standard ANSI/CTA-2063-A-2019, Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Serial Numbers, 2019, affixed to the add-on and its packaging or its manufacturer’s instructions in a legible manner;\n(3) ensure, in real time during the whole duration of the flight, the direct periodic broadcast from the UA using an open and documented transmission protocol, in a way that it can be received directly by existing mobile devices within the broadcasting range, of at least the following data:\ni the UAS operator registration number and the verification code provided by the CAA the during the registration process unless the consistency check defined in point (a) is not passed;\nii the unique serial number of the add-on compliant with point (2);\niii the time stamp, the geographical position of the UA and its height above the surface or take-off point;\niv the route course measured clockwise from true north and ground speed of the UA; and\nv the geographical position of the remote pilot or, if not available, the take-off point;\n(4) reduce the ability of tampering the functionality of the direct remote identification system; and\n(5) be placed on the market with manufacturer’s instructions providing the reference of the transmission protocol used for the direct remote identification emission and the instruction to:\n(a) install the module on the UA; and\n(b) upload the UAS operator registration number.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1058 of 27 April 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 as regards the introduction of two new unmanned aircraft systems classes."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex Pt. 6 point (3)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 51"
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