It is anticipated that the quantity of RPAS operators and civil RPAS operations will increase substantially in the short to medium term.This expectation is based on the following:
a) The conclusions of the European Commission’s UAS Panel and the intent of the European RPAS Roadmap.
b) The continuously increasing number of approved commercial RPAS operators in countries where initial RPAS regulations have been put in place [In Europe: CZ, FR, IE, SE, UK – Outside of Europe: AU, CA, IL, JP];
c) The number of countries where initial regulations for non-State RPAS operations are in preparation [In Europe: BE, DK, ES, IT, NL, NO – Outside of Europe: BR, RU, SA, TR, US];
d) The growing amount of countries currently lacking national RPAS regulations, but where the national and/or regional aviation authorities are facilitating RPAS operations on a limited scale by granting experimental fight authorizations;
e) The growing amount of civil RPAS applications (commercial; non-commercial; corporate) that are being evaluated by RPAS operators.
Consequently, the topics of RPAS-related responsibility, liability & insurance should urgently be addressed on a European level. This fact was also highlighted in the European RPAS Roadmap.
Therefore, UVS International is initiating this Study Group as an “RPAS Community Supportive Action” (and in preparation for the implementation of the European RPAS Roadmap).
The following documents can be found under the “Study Groups” tab on www.uvs-info.com:
– The Call for Candidates for the Definition Team of the Study Group on RPAS-related Responsibility, Liability & Insurance.
This document explains the Study Group objectives and indicates the topics to be addressed. The Definition Team will be responsible for producing the Study Group’s Terms of Reference and define its structure, work plan & timelines.
The deadline for Definition Team Candidate Submissions is 30 September 2013.