Requirements for UAS operated in the ‘certified’ and ‘specific’ categories
Article 40
1. The design, production and maintenance of UAS shall be certified if the UAS meets any of the following conditions: (a) it has a characteristic dimension of 3 m or more, and is designed to be operated over assemblies of people; (b) it is designed for transporting people; (c) it is designed for the purpose of transporting dangerous goods and requiring a high level of robustness to mitigate the risks for third parties in case of accident; (d) it is used in the ‘specific’ category of operations defined in Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and the operational authorisation issued by the competent authority, following a risk assessment provided for in Article 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, considers that the risk of the operation cannot be adequately mitigated without the certification of the UAS. 2. A UAS subject to certification shall comply with the applicable requirements set out in Commission Regulations (EU) No 748/2012 ( 15 ) , (EU) 2015/640 ( 16 ) and (EU) No 1321/2014 ( 17 ) . 3. Unless it needs to be certified in accordance with paragraph 1, a UAS used in the ‘specific’ category shall feature the technical capabilities set out in the operational authorisation issued by the competent authority or in the standard scenario defined in Appendix 1 to the Annex of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 or as defined by the Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) pursuant to Part C of the Annex of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947.