CURRENT REGULATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN UNION LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a machine that carries out its flight operations without a crew on board. It is remotely piloted or controlled by autonomous systems. Initially, their exploitation concerned only military matters. As time goes by and the development of this sector, unmanned aerial vehicles have also found their application in other areas of our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic, fires, transporting parcels or even organs for transplant - drones are extremely useful everywhere there. However, to make it happen, appropriate legal regulations are needed. They develop on three levels: international, union and national. These planes interact and complement each other. Despite this, there is still a lack of appropriate legal regulations in many areas. This has a direct impact on international air safety. Effective legal regulation of this subject is currently one of the greatest challenges for organizations such as ICAO or the European Union. In the future this sector will develop systematically. In order not to block its development, regulations must at least follow it, otherwise they will inhibit it.