Expert Group on Drones - Main contents

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Abbreviation:

Policy Area: Internal Market;Research and Innovation;Transport

Lead DG: DG Mobility and Transport

Type: Informal

Scope: Limited

Mission: - To act as a sounding board for the conception and implementation of the EU drone policy; - To advise and assist the Commission with the implementation of actions that can foster and accelerate the integration of drones in the aviation system and the emergence of a suitable operational environment and infrastructure for drones flying at low altitude, including over urban areas; - To build upon the operational infrastructure and services to foster the development of a drone services market and of a robust, dynamic and innovation-oriented supporting framework; - To draw on best practice and “lessons learned” in other regions and/or in other industrial and service sectors that can be instrumental for the purposes referred to herein.

Task: Assist the Commission in the preparation of delegated acts

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 06/04/2017

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 20/12/2022

Additional Information

Activity report: The Expert Group on Drones has the following mission: - Assist the Commission in the preparation of delegated acts - To act as a sounding board for the conception and implementation of the EU drone policy; - To advise and assist the Commission with the implementation of actions that can foster and accelerate the integration of drones in the aviation system and the emergence of a suitable operational environment and infrastructure for drones flying at low altitude, including over urban areas; - To build upon the operational infrastructure and services to foster the development of a drone services market and of a robust, dynamic and innovation-oriented supporting framework; - To draw on best practice and “lessons learned” in other regions and/or in other industrial and service sectors that can be instrumental for the purposes referred to herein. The Expert Group on Drones will, in principle, meet two to four times per year. The first such meeting took place on 11 July 2017.

Selection procedure: The Expert Group on Drones will be composed of members of Type C and Type E. The members of Type C were selected following a Call for Applications (addressed to EU-level associations representing companies that are involved in designing, manufacturing, putting on the market or operating drones, integrating drone services, at a substantial scale, in their value chain, or otherwise impacted by drone operations as well as to NGOs (both EU-centric and international but with an established presence in the EU) that deal with privacy, data protection rights or environmental protection issues at the EU level and, preferably, have national NGOs as members). The members of Type E include EU agencies, such as EASA, SESAR SJU, FRONTEX and EDA and other public entities.

http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm

Rules of procedure: The internal rules of procedure of the Expert Group on Drones were approved by the group members on 11/7/2017

Rules of Procedure - Expert Group on Drones - Final.pdf (approx. 132 kb)

Other: Terms of reference of the Drone Expert Group - 04/10/2017

Informal Drone Experts Meeting - Terms of reference Final.pdf (approx. 345 kb)

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