Czech Republic

UAS regulations

The CAA.CZ drone landing page is here: https://www.caa.cz/en/flight-operations/unmanned-aircraft/

Update: 2020 (harmonised regulations for EASA Member States)

On 28 February 2019 the EASA Committee has given its positive vote to the European Commission’s proposal for an Implementing Act regulating the operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the open and specific categories. This proposal is mainly based on EASA’s Opinion No 01/2018 [ https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/opinions/opinion-012018 ].  

The easy access rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and Regulation (EU) 2019/945)
Revision from September 2021 https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-unmanned-aircraft-systems-regulation-eu
 
On 11 June 2019 common European rules on drones, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 [ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/945/oj ]& Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 [ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/947/oj ], have been published to ensure drone operations across Europe are safe and secure. The rules will amongst others help to protect the safety and the privacy of EU citizens while enabling the free circulation of drones and a level playing field within the European Union.
 
A major milestone in the regulation of operations of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) in Europe was achieved on 10th October 2019 with the publication of the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance materials (GM )  [ https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2019021r ] for the Regulation on UAS operations in the open and specific category.

With the publication, EASA will support UAS operators and Member States in complying with the adopted EU regulation. The document includes the description of a risk assessment methodology to evaluate the danger of an UAS operation and to identify mitigation measures to make the operation safe.
The methodology for conducting a risk assessment of the operations in the specific category is called SORA (Specific Operation Risk Assessment) and offers a very structured approach to evaluate all aspects and identify mitigations and safety objectives.

The timeframe for the European changes is listed here [ https://www.easa.europa.eu/drones-regulatory-framework-timeline ] and may change due COVID-19
 
All other related documents can be found here :[  https://www.easa.europa.eu/latest-news?news_cat[]=2204& ]  (e.g. Opinion “Standard scenarios for UAS operations in the ‘specific’ category”; Opinion 01/2020 - High-level regulatory framework for the U-space; ).

Before the EASA changes were implemented, previous regulations for individual Member States can be found here:   https://dronerules.eu/en/professional/regulations 

Czech regulations: https://dronerules.eu/assets/regulationspdfdownloads/NatinalRegulatoryProfile_CzechRepublic-Feuil1.pdf

[LATEST UPDATE: May 2020, David Guerin; the information below may not be up to date and will be incorrect after EASA standardised rules come into effect.]

UAS page [English] :  http://www.caa.cz/letadla-bez-pilota-na-palube/unmanned-aircraft

Drones homepage [Czech] : http://www.caa.cz/letadla-bez-pilota-na-palube?lang=1 

Here is a nice summary:
http://dronerules.eu/assets/regulationspdfdownloads/NatinalRegulatoryProfile_CzechRepublic-Feuil1.pdf
 
[The information above was added in Feb 2019, David Guerin]

[CAUTION: the following has not been checked recently and may be incorrect:]

Non-commercial use seems to be acceptable. For commercial use you have to be licensed by CAA (UCL) and need to be insured. Your UAV needs to be certified, each pilot has to be certified. It takes 4-6 months to get the certification. Certification from other countries are not accepted. Two weight category up to 7kg (you set safe distance from people and properties), 7-20kg no closer then 150m from people and properties. No flying in towns, over people and properties. You can fly over people only if under your control. Only visual VLOS, no FPV, no GPS map flying.

(Taken from Riot Media)

Permit to Fly is granted by NAA, based on specific national rules, possibly on a case-to-case basis & for a limited duration.