At the UAS Stakeholders Meeting that took place at EASA headquarters on 20 June 2016, EASA announced that it would publish “Prototype Rules” for UAS in the very near future.
EASA indicated that they would be called “prototype” because it does not yet have the competence to regulate aircraft with a mass below 150 kg.
EASA further indicated that these “prototype” rules were being published in order to not waste time (waiting for the implementation of the new EASA basic regulation granting EASA the missing competence) and to speed up the process.
On 22 August 2016, EASA published the following documents:
– “Prototype” Commission Regulation on Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Operations
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– Explanatory Note regarding the “Prototype” Commission Regulation on UA Operations
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It is strongly recommended that the Unmanned Aircraft community take notice of these documents, which brings Europe an additional step closer to harmonized EU regulation.