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Appendix
EXAMPLES OF STATE/REGIONAL UAS INITIATIVES
GENERAL
1. This Appendix provides examples of policy and current practices being used by various CAAs at the regional 1 or
national level. These examples are relevant to this circular and may provide guidance to other CAAs when drafting
their own regulations or guidance material.
LEGAL
2. A number of CAAs have adopted the policy that UAS must meet the equivalent levels of safety as manned aircraft.
UAS operations must be as safe as manned aircraft insofar as they must not present a hazard to persons or
property on the ground or in the air that is any greater than that attributable to the operation of manned aircraft of
equivalent class or category. In general, UAS should be operated in accordance with the rules governing the flight
of manned aircraft and meet equipment requirements applicable to the class of airspace within which they intend
to operate. UAS must be able to comply with ATC instructions.
3. It is United States policy that introduction of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS) does not harm nor put
undue burden on the existing system and users of the system, and the inability of UAS, with current technology, to
comply with basic requirements such as the need to see and avoid other traffic means that UAS access to the
NAS is necessarily very limited.
4. In the United States, the process for acquiring an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate for UAS operations is
specified in FAA Order 8130.34 and in Interim Operational Approval Guidance Document 08-01.
5. A group of national authorities (JARUS) under the leadership of The Netherlands and in cooperation with EASA
are developing harmonized operational and technical regulations for “light” (i.e. less than 150 kg) UAS. The group
dealing with technical requirements is focusing on establishing certification specifications for various types of
aircraft, starting with light unmanned rotorcrafts. A group is also working on licensing requirements.
6. For civil UA above 150 kg, a Type Certificate issued by EASA is normally required in the EU based on the
applicable policy Doc E.Y013-01 (issued 25-08-2009). Furthermore, EASA plans to propose common EU rules for
operations and flight crews of these UAS by 2014.
7. EUROCAE WG-73 is recognized as the European UAS expert group to propose technical inputs to EASA for
additional airworthiness criteria and/or special conditions that have not been detailed in the earlier rule-making
proposals.
1. For example, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in the European Union (EU).
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