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EASA proposes lowering the registration and direct Remote ID threshold to 100 g

EASA Opinion No 06/2026 proposes amendments to EU drone rules that would lower the mass threshold for mandatory operator registration and direct remote identification from 250 g to 100 g. It also proposes identity verification before operator registration.

If adopted, the change would pull many small recreational and lightweight camera aircraft into requirements that currently start at a higher mass threshold.

EU pilots and manufacturers should treat this as a proposal, not current law. Builders of 100-249 g aircraft should nevertheless start checking whether their hardware can accommodate direct Remote ID without erasing the weight advantage.