{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-945/article-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-945/article-41.json",
  "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": "article/41",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Third-country UAS operators",
  "text": "1. UAS operators that have their principal place of business, are established, or reside in a third country, shall comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 for the purpose of UAS operations in the United Kingdom.\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a certificate of the remote pilot competency or UAS operator in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, or an equivalent document, may be recognised by the CAA for the purpose of operation within, to, and out of the United Kingdom provided that:\n(a) the third country asked for such recognition;\n(b) the certificate of the remote pilot competency or the UAS operator's certificate are valid documents of the State of issue; and\n(c) the CAA, has ensured that the requirements on the basis of which such certificates have been issued provide the same level of safety as this Regulation does.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 41(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 43(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 41(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 43(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 41(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 43(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 41(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 43(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 41(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 43(4)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/945/article/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:20.104396+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}