The objective of this Opinion is to provide cost-efficient rules for low-risk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations in the ‘specific’ category.

This Opinion proposes the addition of two standard scenarios (STSs) in Appendix 1 to the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, defining the conditions when UAS operators can start an operation after having submitted a declaration to the competent authority. Moreover, the Opinion proposes the introduction of two new Parts in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945, including the technical requirements that UAS need to meet in order to be operated in the STSs, and establishing two new UAS classes — classes C5 and C6. The conditions to conduct the STSs are based on the in-service experience of some Member States (MSs) and they have been validated through the application of the specific operations risk assessment (SORA).

The proposed changes are expected to increase the cost-effectiveness for UAS operators, manufacturers and competent authorities, and to improve the harmonisation of UAS operations in the MSs.

The objective of this Decision is to maintain a high and uniform level of safety by providing a set of harmonised
measures for the initial training of air traffic controllers (ATCOs). This will be achieved through continued
alignment of the qualification scheme for ATCOs with the evolution of the regulatory framework, the state of
the art and the recognised best practices in aviation.
This Decision proposes an update of the training objectives in the ATCO basic and rating training syllabi in order
to ensure maintenance and improvement of the harmonised initial training content by aligning it with EU
regulations and ICAO provisions. Most of the amendments are of editorial nature and updates of regulatory
references.
More precisely, this Decision proposes amendments to the set of the acceptable means of compliance (AMC)
to Annex I (Part ATCO) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340. It will facilitate the ATCO training organisations
to align the training content with EU regulations that have been published after the first issue of the AMC in
2015.

This Decision amends the acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) to Appendix I to
Annex III to Commission Regulation EU No 1321/2014 (Part-66 list of aircraft type ratings for maintenance
licences). It includes the new types that have been certified since the last update as well as the types related to
the new categories of maintenance licenses introduced by Regulation (EU) 2019/1142.
The specific objective is to ensure a common standard throughout the Member States.