DRONE REGULATION GUIDES · UPDATED NOVEMBER 2026
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Commissioning drone work: the buyer's kit
Inspection, site monitoring, survey: model specifications, documents to require, deliverables and accuracy, a three-quote comparison grid, ready-to-fill templates, and four regulation guides included (€55 sold separately).
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Drone services buyer's kit: commissioning drone work in France
Facade or roof inspection, construction monitoring, topographic survey: model specifications, documents to require, deliverables to define, a three-quote comparison grid and ready-to-fill templates, with four regulation guides included
€69 incl. VAT · €57.50 excl. VAT · 9 chapters · instant access
Practical guides: one topic end to end
Drone light shows, the CATS exam, thermography, roof cleaning, construction monitoring, water infrastructure: the full method, sourced 2026 rules, ready-to-use templates and checklists.
New Drone light show guide
Organising a drone light show in France: budget, permits, contract
Town, company or wedding: check whether your project works, file the prefecture application on time, compare quotes, sign a contract that deals with the weather and run the night itself
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 11 chapters · instant access
New CATS exam prep
Passing the French CATS drone exam: course and 104 practice questions
The eight subjects of the official DGAC syllabus summarised, 64 answered and explained questions, a 40-question mock exam and a four-week revision plan, with the French terms you will meet
€24 incl. VAT · €20.00 excl. VAT · 11 chapters · instant access
New Thermography guide
Drone thermography in France: commission, check and use the report
Roofs, facades, flat roofs, solar PV: choose the right measurement window, write the specification, check the flight conditions, read the report in fifteen minutes and turn it into repair decisions
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 11 chapters · instant access
New Drone cleaning guide
Drone roof and facade cleaning in France: getting it done by the rules
What a drone can treat, the flight framework to require, authorised products and their data sheets, asbestos, neighbours and run-off water, co-ownership votes, VAT, the quote and the hand-over
€19 incl. VAT · €15.83 excl. VAT · 9 chapters · instant access
New Construction monitoring guide
Drone construction monitoring in France: cadence, deliverables, volumes and progress evidence
Buildings, earthworks, linear works: set the cadence and flight protocol, require the right deliverables and accuracy, check volume calculations, fit the drone into French site safety coordination and turn each survey into usable evidence of progress
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 10 chapters · instant access
New Water infrastructure guide
Drone inspection of water infrastructure in France: water towers, reservoirs, ponds and dams
Water towers, reservoirs, retention ponds, impoundments, embankments and walk-in sewers: choose the right mission, prepare a tank inspection as confined-space work, require usable deliverables, check the report and turn it into a works programme
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 10 chapters · instant access
New Drone crop spraying guide
Drone crop spraying in France: exemptions, buffer distances, specifications and cost per hectare
Find out whether your plots qualify, prepare or check the programme authorised by the regional prefect, comply with buffer distances, wind rules and record-keeping, and work out the real cost per hectare against your sprayer, knapsack spraying and helicopters
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 7 chapters · instant access
New Controlled airspace guide
Drone missions in French controlled airspace: CTR, RTBA, temporary areas, NOTAM, ZICAD and sensitive sites
Read the airspace above a French site, spot in time the CTR, low-flying military network, temporary area, sensitive site or no-capture zone that would stop the mission, pick the right procedure with the right authority, and hold the timeline it imposes
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 8 chapters · instant access
New Crop mapping guide
Drone multispectral crop mapping: commissioning, reading NDVI maps and variable-rate applications
Pick the right sensor for the right decision, fly at the right growth stage, insist on a calibrated map, read NDVI or NDRE without being misled, and turn the map into a prescription your terminal can read
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 8 chapters · instant access
New Protected areas guide
Drone flights in French protected areas: Natura 2000, nature reserves, national parks, coast and mountains
Knowing which status protects the site, what its text actually prohibits, when a Natura 2000 impact assessment is due, who grants permission and in which season to fly without disturbing wildlife
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 10 chapters · instant access
New Photogrammetry guide
Drone photogrammetry in France: the method, from flight plan to checked deliverable
Work out flying height from the GSD, set overlaps, lay out ground control and independent check points, process, measure real accuracy and deliver files that a French surveyor or engineering firm can use
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 12 chapters · instant access
New LiDAR guide
Drone LiDAR surveys in France: choosing, commissioning and checking
Knowing when LiDAR is the right tool, when the IGN's open LiDAR HD data is enough, how to set density, height and overlap, what trajectory processing and control to demand, and how to accept the point cloud against measured figures
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 12 chapters · instant access
New Roof inspection guide
Drone roof inspection in France: method, defects to spot and report template
Prepare the mission, fly each roof slope at the right distance, record the defects of every roof covering and write a report that a roofer, a loss adjuster and a property manager can use
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 12 chapters · instant access
New Drone pilot business kit
The drone pilot's business kit for France: pricing, quotes, terms and image rights
Choose a business status, calculate a rate that really covers your costs, issue compliant French quotes and invoices, set solid terms of service and license your image rights without traps
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 12 chapters · instant access
New Pro techniques bundle
Pro techniques bundle: photogrammetry, LiDAR, roofs and business kit
The 4 C-DRONE technique guides in one purchase, with a reading plan by trade to produce, check and sell drone surveys and inspections in France
€89 incl. VAT · €74.17 excl. VAT · 5 chapters · instant access
New Gaussian splatting guide
Drone Gaussian splatting in France: capture, produce and deliver a 3D model
Decide when a splat fits, adapt the flight plan, pick tools whose licence lets you bill the work, check the render, deliver the right format, and write a brief, a delivery sheet and a rights clause that hold up
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 12 chapters · instant access
New Drone overhead guide
A drone over your home or site in France: record, identify, make it stop
Tell a lawful flight from an offence, build evidence that holds, identify the pilot, go to the right authority and stop the overflights, with 8 ready-to-fill templates
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 12 chapters · instant access
New Built-up area flights guide
Professional drone flights in French towns and cities: prior declaration and populated areas
Know whether your mission triggers the prior declaration, choose between the professional open category and STS-01, fill in form 15476*04 without mistakes, meet the 10 working-day notice, occupy public space, film an event and fly in Paris, with a decision tree and 8 templates
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 11 chapters · instant access
New Fleet compliance guide
Drone fleet compliance in France: classes C0 to C6, legacy drones, privately built drones and 2027
Classify every aircraft in your fleet (class C0 to C6, legacy drone without a class, privately built), know which missions it can fly, keep it compliant (marking, registration, remote identification, updates, maintenance) and plan its renewal from what the texts really say about 2027, with a decision table by mission and 7 templates
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 11 chapters · instant access
New Railway, road and motorway guide
Drones near railways, roads and motorways in France: permissions, coordination with the infrastructure manager and level crossings
Know what French and EU texts actually require in 2026 near a railway, a road or a motorway, find the right infrastructure manager and traffic authority, choose the operating framework, obtain rail coordination, road occupation and traffic orders, run a level crossing survey for its safety assessment, with a decision tree and 8 templates
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 10 chapters · instant access
New Stockpile volume and inventory guide
Drone stockpile volumes and inventory in France: quarries, landfill cells, recycling yards and year-end accounts
Measure a volume that stands up to the French environmental inspectorate, the statutory auditor and next year's survey: reference surface, uncertainty in %, remaining landfill cell capacity, ICPE categories, year-end inventory and comparing two surveys, with 5 templates
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 11 chapters · instant access
New Power line clearance guide
Power lines and vegetation clearance by drone in France: distances, LiDAR survey and specification
Commission, accept and use a conductor clearance survey along a French overhead line: the minimum distances of the order of 17 May 2001 worked out voltage by voltage, conductor sag versus temperature, who must trim, the DT-DICT declaration and the rules of the order of 5 July 2024 for the works, LiDAR versus photogrammetry for a corridor, acceptance of the point cloud and report, with 6 templates
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 9 chapters · instant access
New Wind turbine blade inspection guide
Wind turbine blade inspection by drone in France: commissioning, comparing methods and reading the report
Choose between drone, platform, rope access and ground camera, know what an inspection without stopping the turbine can see, recognise and grade blade defects, set the frequency against the French order of 26 August 2011, prepare the mission on a classified wind farm, then accept a report your CMMS can import, with 5 templates
€39 incl. VAT · €32.50 excl. VAT · 9 chapters · instant access
New Asian hornet nest guide
Asian hornet nests in France: drone surveys, commissioning removal and running the season
Time the search to the hornet's yearly cycle, choose between ground search, flight-line tracking, thermal and visible cameras depending on the foliage, fly a drone legally near houses, know who does what under the law of 14 March 2025 and the national plan of September 2026, then commission, hand over and track every nest until it is destroyed, with a specification, a geotagged record sheet and 4 templates
€29 incl. VAT · €24.17 excl. VAT · 8 chapters · instant access
The complete 2026 guide
The foundation: categories, registration, training, airspace, notifications, insurance, privacy and penalties.
Complete 2026 guide
The complete guide to French drone regulations 2026
Know which framework applies to each mission in France, which steps to take and when, including if you are a foreign operator or client
€10 13 chapters · instant access
The professional operator guide
To operate legally: STS-01, STS-02, PDRA or SORA, AlphaTango declaration, METEOR authorisation, remote pilots, operations manual, insurance, records and ready-to-use templates.
PRO Professional operator guide
The professional drone operator's guide to France 2026
Set up and run a compliant drone business in France: operating framework, declarations, authorisations, remote pilots, operations manual, insurance, records and ready-to-use templates
€50 incl. VAT · €41.67 excl. VAT · 12 chapters · instant access
Trade editions
What changes with your line of work: construction, real estate, filming, surveying, agriculture, security, energy.
Construction & inspection edition
Drones in construction: structure, roof, facade and site inspection
Plan, commission and fly a drone mission on a French construction site or structure without regulatory, contractual or safety missteps.
€15 10 chapters · instant access
Real estate edition
Drones in real estate: compliant property photo and video
Know, address by address, whether an aerial shoot is feasible in France, which formalities to start, which consents to sign and how to publish safely.
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Filming & events edition
Drones for filming and events: shooting legally, from weddings to festivals
Know, for every shoot or event in France, which flight framework applies, who files what, and how to keep the public safe
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Surveying & mapping edition
Drones for surveying and mapping: surveys, ZICAD and data rules
Pick the right flight framework for each survey, handle a ZICAD data-capture ban, and deliver and share survey data without legal exposure.
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Agriculture edition
Drones in agriculture: crop mapping, vineyards and spraying
Know which rules apply to each farm mission in France, set up a drone spraying programme under the 2026 framework and fly in rural areas without mistakes.
€15 10 chapters · instant access
Security & public sector edition
Drones for security and local authorities: surveillance, public services and privacy
Know who may film what, set up a compliant site-surveillance service or public contract, and protect the privacy of the people you capture
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Energy & industry edition
Drones in energy and industry: sensitive sites, hazardous facilities and networks
Know where you may fly and capture data, secure site access, prepare the prevention plan, handle ATEX, tall structures and BVLOS along networks
€15 10 chapters · instant access
Regional editions
Airports and control zones, prohibited sites, parks and reserves, local paperwork: everything specific to your region.
Île-de-France edition
Flying drones in Île-de-France: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, address by address, whether a drone job is feasible in the Paris region, who to notify and how much lead time to plan.
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur edition
Flying drones in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know whether a drone job is feasible in Provence and on the French Riviera, when to fly, who to notify and which areas to avoid.
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes edition
Flying drones in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know whether a drone job is feasible between Lyon, the French Alps and Auvergne, who to notify and which sites to avoid.
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Occitanie edition
Flying drones in Occitanie: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know whether a drone job is feasible between Toulouse, the Languedoc coast and the Pyrenees, who to notify and when to fly.
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Nouvelle-Aquitaine edition
Flying drones in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, address by address, which zone applies, who to notify and how far ahead, from Bordeaux to the Basque Country and the Limousin
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Brittany edition
Flying drones in Brittany: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, for any address in Brittany, which zone applies, which formality to start, with whom and how far ahead
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Pays de la Loire edition
Flying drones in Pays de la Loire: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, for every site in the region, which constraint applies, which step to take and how much lead time to plan
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Normandy edition
Flying drones in Normandy: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, for every Normandy town and site, which zone applies, which formality to start and how much notice it needs
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Hauts-de-France edition
Flying drones in Hauts-de-France: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know within ten minutes whether a mission in the Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Oise or Aisne is feasible, under which framework and with what notice
€15 8 chapters · instant access
Grand Est edition
Flying drones in Grand Est: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know within ten minutes whether a mission in Alsace, Lorraine or Champagne-Ardenne is feasible, under which framework and with what notice
€15 9 chapters · instant access
Burgundy-Franche-Comté edition
Flying drones in Burgundy-Franche-Comté: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know within ten minutes whether a mission between Dijon, Besançon, Belfort, Chalon and the Jura is feasible, under which framework and with what notice
€15 8 chapters · instant access
Centre-Val de Loire edition
Flying drones in Centre-Val de Loire: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, for any mission in the region, which zones to check, which formality to file, with whom and how far ahead.
€15 8 chapters · instant access
Corsica edition
Flying drones in Corsica: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, for a mission in Corse-du-Sud or Haute-Corse, which zones to check, which agreements to request and how to work around nature reserves and wildfire season.
€15 8 chapters · instant access
French overseas departments edition
Flying drones in French overseas departments: zones, paperwork and contacts
Know, in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion or Mayotte, which zones to check, whom to contact and how to deal with parks, volcanoes, Kourou and cyclones.
€15 9 chapters · instant access
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