Unmmaned aerial verhicle registration and application in Estonia

Your ref: 13.01.2017 Our ref: 23.01.2017 No 4.13-1/17/4-2 Dear Thuy Vu, To start with, our current regulation on drones does not differentiate between commercial and non- commercial operations with drones. It is all based on airspace usage, i.e. whether permission is needed or not depends on where the operations are going to take place. There are no requirements for drone categories, operations manuals, insurances etc. General information about unmanned aircraft (UA) operations: UA shall be operated in accordance with the following national requirements:  Aviation Act (English version),  Regulation of the Government of the Republic No 240 (only Estonian version available),  Regulation of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure No 24 (only Estonian version available),  Regulation of the Government of the Republic No 189 (only Estonian version available),  General Precept of Director General of the Estonian Civil Aviation Administration No 4.1-7/15/33 of 9 June 2015 (only Estonian version available). In addition, UA operator must acquaint himself/herself with the information in currently valid Estonian AIP, its Supplements and NOTAMs. A special permit from the Estonian CAA is mandatory when operating UA in the following areas:  controlled airspace (map attached),  flight information zones (map attached),  restricted areas (map attached),  anywhere in the Estonian airspace higher than 500 ft / 150 m AGL. When flying your UA outside of the above-mentioned areas, then no permit is needed. Of course, the UA operator must endanger third parties when conducting his/her operations. In order to get the special permit, an application containing the following information about the UA operator or enterprise shall be submitted to the Estonian CAA:  legal name (in case of an enterprise),  business registry code (if applicable),  address,  phone number,  email address,  names and personal identification numbers of the RPA pilots. The application for a special permit must be signed by the person who has right of representation of the enterprise. According to the Aviation Act §51 (5) and State Fees Act § 168, a state fee 45 euros must be paid for the review of an application for a special permit obtained from the Estonian CAA. State fees for Estonian CAA acts shall be paid as follows: Beneficiary customer: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Estonia Beneficiary address: Endla 13, Tallinn 10122 ESTONIA Reference no: 2900073106 Details of payment: (for example: special permit for RPA operations) Beneficiary's bank / account: SEB: IBAN EE89 1010 2200 3479 6011, BIC / SWIFT: EEUHEE2X Swedbank: IBAN EE93 2200 2210 2377 8606, BIC / SWIFT: HABAEE2X Danske Bank: IBAN EE40 3300 3334 1611 0002, BIC / SWIFT: FOREEE2X Nordea: IBAN EE70 1700 0170 0157 7198, BIC / SWIFT: NDEAEE2X Estonian CAA issues the special permit for UA operators with a validity of one year. Furthermore, all particular UA flights in the areas where a special permit is required must be coordinated with Estonian CAA so as to inform in advance appropriate air traffic services units. Consequently, there are two procedures: 1) issue of a special permit, 2) coordination with the CAA. For coordination, another application shall be submitted with the following information:  place of operations (e.g centre coordinates with radius) with map attached,  purpose of the flight,  maximum height above ground level,  time of operations,  back-up plan in case of loss of control,  phone number from which the RPA operator can be promptly reached,  contact details of the applicant. Best regards, Karl Rattassep Senior Inspector of Flight Operations Department +372 610 3571 www.ecaa.ee | Lõõtsa street 5, 11415 Tallinn Estonian Civil Aviation Administration From: Vu, Thanh Thuy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 12:48 PM To: Tiina Ester <[email protected]> Subject: Unmmaned aerial verhicle registration and application in Estonia Dear Ms. Ester, as an effort to establish commercial activities with drones/UAV in Estonia, we – Lufthansa Consulting GmbH would love to ask you some questions about drones/UAV registration and application. 1. Do you have any form for us to register and apply for using drones/UAV in Estonia, as well as the procedure in detail for the application, e.g. what documents should we need to apply? 2. It should be very helpful for us to get the contact information of a responsible authorizer about this topic for business and commercial drone activities in Estonia. 3. We couldn’t find enough information about drone categories, operational manual, restrictions, insurances, costs, etc. Is there any other standard regulatory drone using written in English? We appreciate very much for your support and look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards, Thuy Vu Research & Support Intern ________________________________________ Lufthansa Consulting GmbH FRA ZQ Frankfurt Airport Center 1 - FAC 1 Hugo-Eckener-Ring Building B, 7th Floor 60546 Frankfurt/Main Germany Registration: Commercial Register Frankfurt am Main, HR B 101093 Managing Director: Dr Andreas Jahnke Phone: +49 (0)69 696 20852 E-Mail: [email protected] URL: www.LHConsulting.com ________________________________________ Follow us! PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL - This e-mail contains confidential information which may also be legally privileged and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). Do not forward this email. 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