Daily briefing
EASA Opinion No 06/2026, published 18 September and still marked pending, proposes amendments to EU drone rules that would require identity verification before UAS operator registration and lower the mass threshold for mandatory registration and direct remote identification from 250 g to 100 g. It also proposes changes to the framework for geographical zones and allows potential alleviations for model-aircraft clubs and associations.
If adopted, the change would pull many small aircraft that currently sit below the 250 g threshold into operator-registration and direct-remote-ID requirements.
This is an EASA proposal, not a rule already in force. EU pilots and manufacturers should follow the legislative process and avoid changing compliance assumptions until final text and application dates are published.