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Brussels, 4-5 December 2012, The civil RPAS industry community consists of two principal stakeholder groups: RPAS manufacturers & RPAS operators. In this context, and in accordance with the recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the term «operator» should be understood as persons, organizations or enterprises engaged in or offering to engage in an RPAS operation. The current regulatory context is not really stimulating for civil RPAS manufacturers and not very conducive to the development of an RPAS aerial work market with fair competition in Europe. One of the principal reasons for this situation is that, even though various initial (and limited) national regulations relative to the operation of civil RPAS are now in place or about to enter into force (Czech Rep., France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK), these regulations have not been harmonized on a pan-European level. Consequently, it is currently not at all evident for an RPAS operator, registered in one European Union (EU) country, to be able to engage in an RPAS operation in another EU country; not to mention engaging in such activities outside of the EU. On top of that, there is no noteworthy RPAS regulatory.
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