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Light UAS operator Certificate (LUC)LUC

An organisational certificate for UAS operators in the specific category: allows self-assessing risk and authorising own operations.

The LUC (Light UAS operator Certificate) is an organisation-level certificate for UAS operators working in the specific category. Unlike a pilot's certificate, it attests not one person's knowledge but the maturity of the whole organisation: its procedures, safety management and ability to assess the risk of its own operations.

A LUC holder may be granted privileges to self-assess risk and authorise its own operations — without filing a separate authorisation application with the authority for each operation. This pays off for operators flying frequently and at scale in the specific category.

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