Division (1) UAS operations in STS-01 shall meet all of the following conditions:

be conducted with the unmanned aircraft kept in VLOS at all times;

be conducted in accordance with the operations manual referred to in point (1) of point UAS.STS-01.030;

be conducted over a controlled ground area comprising:

1. (i)

   for the operation of an untethered unmanned aircraft:

   1. (A)

      the flight geography area;

   2. (B)

      the contingency area, with its external limit(s) at least 10 m beyond the limit(s) of the flight geography area; and

   3. (C)

      the ground risk buffer, which shall cover a distance beyond the external limit(s) of the contingency area that meets at least the following parameters:

      	Minimum distance to be covered by the ground risk buffer for untethered unmanned aircraft
      Maximum height above ground	with an MTOM up to 10 kg	with an MTOM above 10 kg
      30 m	10 m	20 m
      60 m	15 m	30 m
      90 m	20 m	45 m
      120 m	25 m	60 m

2. (ii)

   for operation of a tethered unmanned aircraft, a radius equal to the tether length plus 5 m and centred on the point where the tether is fixed over the surface of the earth.

be conducted at a ground speed of less than 5 m/s in the case of untethered unmanned aircraft;

be conducted by a remote pilot who:

1. (i)

   holds a certificate of remote pilot theoretical knowledge in accordance with Attachment A to this Chapter for operations in the standard scenarios issued by the competent authority or by an entity designated by the competent authority of a Member State;

2. (ii)

   holds an accreditation of completion of the STS-01 practical skill training, in accordance with Attachment A to this Chapter and issued by:

   1. (A)

      an entity that has declared compliance with the requirements in Appendix 3 and is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State; or

   2. (B)

      an UAS operator that has declared to the competent authority of the Member State of registration, compliance with STS-01 and that has declared compliance with the requirements in Appendix 3; and

be conducted with an unmanned aircraft which is marked as class C5 and complies with the requirements of that class, as defined in Part 16 of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945, and is operated with active and updated direct remote identification system.