Drone: Pilotage rules to be respected

Verified 01 janvier 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

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Drone purchased from 2021
CE marked drone (C0, C1, C2, C3, C4)
Class C1 drone

Warning

Since 1^er january 2024, the drone you buy must carry a EC class endorsement (C 0, C 1, C 2, C 3, C 4) to be able to fly in open category.

Transport Code: Article L6111-1
Registration of the drone
Transport Code: Articles L6214-1 to L6214-3
Rules governing the movement of drones
Transport Code: Articles L6232-12 and L6232-13
Criminal sanctions (violation of traffic rules)
Order of 3 December 2020 Respecting the Use of Airspace by Unmanned Aircraft on Board
Order of 3 December 2020 on the operation of aero-models within aero-model associations pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947
Order of 3 December 2020 on requirements for remote pilots in open category operations
Order of 3 December 2020 on the transitional provisions for the recognition of distance pilot training and qualifications
Order of 3 December 2020 on National Standard Scenarios and laying down the conditions for civil aircraft missions excluded from the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139
Order of 3 December 2020 on requirements for operations conducted on certain captive aircraft referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139
Order of 22 January 2020 establishing the list of areas prohibited from aerial photography (PDF)
Penal Code: Articles 226-1 to 226-7
Criminal sanctions (invasion of privacy)
Decree No. 2019-348 of 19 April 2019 on the information notice relating to the use of aircraft circulating without persons on board
Order of 19 April 2019 on the content of the information leaflet provided with the packaging of civil aircraft traveling without persons on board and their spare parts
Decree No. 2019-1114 of 30 October 2019 on electronic and luminous signaling devices for aircraft operating without persons on board
Electronic and luminous signaling
Order of 27 December 2019 laying down the technical characteristics of electronic and luminous signaling devices for aircraft operating without persons on board
Electronic and luminous signaling

Geoportal - Check flight restriction areas
Online service
Recording of the pilot of a drone
Form
Training for the use of recreational drones
Online service
Recording of a drone
Online service
Online training for remotely piloting a drone in subcategory A1/A3
Online service

Drones - Recreation and competition
Ministry of the Environment
Guide for the use of a drone in the open category
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

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