{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-947/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-947/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/947",
  "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-947",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Categories of UAS operations",
  "text": "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:\n(a)UAS operations in the ‘open’ category shall not be subject to any prior operational authorisation ... before the operation takes place;\n(b)UAS operations in the ‘specific’ category shall require an operational authorisation issued by the CAA pursuant to Article 12 or an authorisation received in accordance with Article 16 ... ;\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 60(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 3(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 60(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 60(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/947/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:19.880104+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."
}