Article 3 Categories of UAS operations

UAS operations shall be performed in the ‘open’, ‘specific’ or ‘certified’ category defined respectively in Articles 4, 5 and 6, subject to the following conditions:

1. (a)

   UAS operations in the ‘open’ category shall not be subject to any prior operational authorisation F1... before the operation takes place;

2. (b)

   UAS operations in the ‘specific’ category shall require an operational authorisation issued by the F2CAA pursuant to Article 12 or an authorisation received in accordance with Article 16 F3... ;

3. (c)

   UAS operations in the ‘certified’ category shall require the certification of the UAS pursuant to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 and the certification of the operator and, where applicable, the licensing of the remote pilot.