The European Union Aviation Safety Agency proposes amendments to the existing acceptable means of compliance and guidance material (AMC & GM) to the UAS Regulations and Part 21, as well as new AMC & GM to the newly published Regulations (EU) 2024/1107 and (EU) 2024/1109, which were based on EASA Opinion No 03/2023.
The draft proposals aim to:
• ensure a high and uniform level of safety for UAS subject to certification and operated in the ‘specific’ category
• provide guidance to the EU Member States’ competent authorities for the application of the UAS Regulations
• support the implementation of the new regulatory framework applicable to UAS
• help affected stakeholders understand the specificities of the new regulatory framework
• address the novelties of UAS compared to manned aviation.
Regulations (EU) 2024/1107 and (EU) 2024/1109 were issued in May following the publication of EASA Opinion No 03/2023 back in August 2023. Opinion No 03/2023 contained regulatory material for the airworthiness and certification of UAS including vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and air taxis. The related NPA 2024-01 with the draft AMC & GM on VTOL-capable aircraft was published in January 2024. This NPA is one additional step of this rulemaking task (RMT.0230), which will be concluded with the publication of the final AMC & GM under the respective Executive Director Decisions.
