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  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 of 24 May 2019 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "kind": "division",
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  "heading": "UAS.OPEN.040 UAS operations in subcategory Far from People (A3)",
  "text": "UAS operations in subcategory Far from People (A3) shall comply with all of the following conditions:\n(A1)be conducted at a safe horizontal distance of at least 50 metres from uninvolved persons;\n(1) be conducted in an area where the remote pilot reasonably expects that no uninvolved person will be endangered within the range where the unmanned aircraft is flown during the entire time of the UAS operation;\n(2) be conducted at a safe horizontal distance of at least 150 metres from residential, commercial, industrial or recreational areas;\n(2A)be conducted at a safe horizontal distance of at least 50 metres from any building;\n(3) be performed by a remote pilot who is familiar with manufacturer’s instructions provided by the manufacturer of the UAS and who has completed an online training course and passed an online theoretical knowledge examination as defined in point (4)(b) of point UAS.OPEN.020;\n(4)be performed with an unmanned aircraft that:\n(za)has an MTOM of less than 25 kg, does not comply with the requirements in Parts 3, 4 or 5 of the Annex to the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 and was placed on the market before 1st January 2026; or\n(a)has an MTOM, including payload, of less than 25 kg, in the case of a privately built UAS, or\n(b)...\n(c)is marked as class UK2 and complies with the requirements of that class, as defined in Part 3 of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 and is operated with active and updated direct remote identification system and geo-awareness function or;\n(d)is marked as class UK3 and complies with the requirements of that class, as defined in Part 4 of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 and is operated with active and updated direct remote identification system and geo-awareness function; or\n(e)is marked as class UK4 and complies with the requirements of that class, as defined in Part 5 of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. A point UAS.OPEN.040 heading substituted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(c)(i)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt. A point UAS.OPEN.040 substituted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(c)(ii)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Annex Pt. A point UAS.OPEN.040(A1) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 28(a)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Annex Pt. A point UAS.OPEN.040(2A) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 28(b)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Annex Pt. A point UAS.OPEN.040(4)(za) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 28(c)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Annex Pt. A point UAS.OPEN.040(4)(b) omitted (1.1.2026) by virtue of The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 28(d)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in Annex Pt. A point UAS.OPEN.040(4)(c) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in Annex Pt. A UAS.OPEN.040 in point (4)(d) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 12"
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      "text": "Word in Annex Pt. A UAS.OPEN.040 in point (4)(e) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 13"
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