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/22^nd December 2017, EASA, EC, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ EU ambassadors (Permanent Representatives Committee) today endorsed the deal concluded with the European Parliament on 29 November on revised common safety rules for civil aviation and a new remit for the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The reform includes the first ever EU-wide rules for civil drones, that will allow remotely piloted aircraft of all sizes to fly safely in European airspace and will bring legal certainty for this rapidly expanding industry.

/30^th November 2017, REUTERS by Julia Fioretti/ Drone owners in Europe will have to register their devices if “dangerous” and aircraft makers ensure that black box recordings can be downloaded in real-time if a plane is in distress under a sweeping reform of Europe’s aviation safety agency. European Union lawmakers and member states reached a tentative deal early on Thursday on a long-awaited reform of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which includes Europe’s first ever rules on drones.

/16^th November 2017, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ Drones, or remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), as they are known, are no longer used solely by the military. In the UK alone, there are now hundreds of companies, mainly SMEs, using RPAS to provide a range of services, including photography, land surveying, building inspection and crop analysis. RPAS will revolutionise what the aviation industry can achieve and how it is regulated. Europe Union already took a number of regulatory initiatives in order to reap the future benefits of this exciting new technology.

/16^th June 2016, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ The potential business opportunities generated by the drone industry has eventually pushed for the mushrooming of research and development activities at EU, national and regional level. However, many of these activities emerged in a disparate manner hampering the creation of necessary synergies between them, thinning their disruptive potential.

/8^th May 2017, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ JARUS is a cooperation of (currently) 45 civil aviation authorities worldwide and its aim is to develop harmonised rules for unmanned aircraft recommending a set of technical, safety and operational requirements for the certification and safe integration of drones into airspace and at aerodromes. European Commission and the European Parliament have recognised JARUS as the most pragmatic ‘working engine’ to develop the necessary rules. This will ensure harmonisation worldwide and JARUS is expected to contribute to the ICAO work. The EU is, therefore, fully engaged in JARUS and provides significant resources.

/16^th February 2017, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ Some of the key technologies are not yet available to allow for the safe integration of RPAS. Research and development (R&D) efforts will focus on the validation of these technologies. R&D is carried out by different research programmes managed by various organisations including the European Commission, Eurocontrol, the European Defence Agency and the European Space Agency.

/23^rd January 2017, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ Main stakeholders responsible for drone (UAV) flight regulation in South Africa is the Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), which is subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited. The Minister of Transport signed the Eight amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011.  The amendment which contains Part 101:  Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems came into operation on the 1^st of July 2015. This amendment is obligatory for drone (UAV) use with commercial purposes. SACAA has issued the first pilot’s license for remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) on 10th July 2015. Such license is required for drone (UAV) use with commercial purposes.

/15^th December 2016, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ Main stakeholders responsible for drone (UAV) flight regulation in Japan is the Civil Aviation Bureau, which is subordinated to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Main regulation documents affecting drone (UAV) flights in Japan are Civil Aeronautics Act and Civil Code.   At the moment Japan UAS Industrial Development Association (JUIDA) is currently working with the Japanese government to establish systems for operator licensing, business registration, and production and sales registration.

/23^rd November 2016, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ Safety is the paramount objective of EU aviation policy. The current regulatory system for RPAS based on fragmented rules for ad hoc operational authorizations is an administrative bottleneck and hampers the development of the European RPAS market. National authorizations do not benefit from mutual recognition and do not allow for European wide activities, either to produce or to operate RPAS.

/25^th August 2016, DRONE MARKET WATCH^TM/ Drones (RPAS) are not immune to potential unlawful actions. Potentially, RPAS could be used as weapons, the navigation or communication system signals of other RPAS could be jammed or ground control stations hijacked. The information needed to manage 4D trajectories in the future air traffic management system and to remotely control and aircraft will need to be communicated and shared in real time by different aviation operators to optimize the performance of the system.