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EU regulations, real prices, mission preparation: concrete answers before commissioning a drone service.

• Drone spraying in banana plantations against black Sigatoka: 2026 legal framework, method, price (French Antilles)Black Sigatoka in Guadeloupe and Martinique: up to 12 to 13 fungicide treatments a year, manual leaf-stripping since aerial spraying was banned in 2012. What the 29 May 2026 order now allows by drone, its technical and product limits, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• SPANC and onsite wastewater systems: what a drone survey prepares — and what it never concludesSpotting a direct discharge into a ditch, locating outfalls, framing a drainfield with thermal imaging: what a drone flight adds to a French SPANC inspection campaign, its legal limits and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Level crossing safety diagnostic: what a drone survey adds (sight distance, longitudinal profile, traffic) and what it costsRoad safety diagnostics of level crossings have been mandatory for French road authorities since 2021 and are valid five years. Sight distances under the 1991 order, longitudinal profile, traffic moment: what a drone survey measures, its limits, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Detect and avoid (DAA): how a drone operator proves it controls the mid-air collision riskObservers, ADS-B in, FLARM, ground radar, traffic information service, geo-awareness: what each building block actually sees, what it misses, and the thresholds SORA Annex D sets for each air risk class. The real bottleneck of a BVLOS corridor mission.
• French farmland consolidation (AFAFE): what a drone survey brings to the file, priceAFAFE, France's rural land consolidation: run by the département since the law of 23 February 2005, systematic environmental assessment, connected works decided by the local land commission. What a drone survey evidences — hedge and ditch lengths, farm tracks, before/after condition — its limits, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• CAP satellite checks (area monitoring system): what a drone survey adds on an amber or red-flagged parcel, 2026 pricesSince the 2023 CAP, French farm parcels are monitored by Sentinel imagery and flagged green, amber or red in Telepac. What a dated drone survey actually documents, what it does not replace (geotagged photo, dialogue with the paying agency), and 2026 price ranges.
• Restoring river continuity at a weir or mill dam: what a drone survey brings to the project, priceFrench list 1 and list 2 watercourse classification, the national barrier register, weir removal or fish pass: what a drone photogrammetric survey documents at a barrier, its impoundment and its sediment — and what it cannot measure. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Flying a drone inside a port restricted area: ISPS security, clearance, access pass, priceA flight authorisation gives no right to set foot inside a port facility. ISPS regime, prefectural security clearance, access pass, coactivity with cargo-handling equipment and the 2026 reform: what a client must plan for, prices excl. VAT.
• Coastal flooding and the French PPRL risk plan: what a drone survey brings to a municipality or levee manager (method, limits, price)Reference sea level in IGN 1969 datum, structure crest levels, low points, the 50-metre minimum precautionary band: what a drone terrain model genuinely documents on a low-lying coastal sector, what it does not replace, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Bathing water vulnerability profile: what a drone survey brings a French municipality (method, limits, price)In France the bathing water profile is the municipality's duty (public health code, articles L. 1332-3 and D. 1332-20) and must be reviewed every 2 to 4 years depending on classification. What a drone flight documents about the nearby catchment, what it cannot measure, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone and Vehicle Repair Workshop: ICPE Headings 2930 and 2940, Paint Booth, Roof and PricesA garage, body shop, dealership or truck workshop falls under ICPE heading 2930 — and so does its paint booth, not heading 2940. What a drone documents on the roof, the extraction ducts and the yard. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Taking over a farm: what a drone survey adds to the file, priceSingle window France Services Agriculture, modular diagnostic, transfer tax credit: France's new 2026 farm-transfer process rewards a well-documented file. What a drone survey evidences on the land (drainage, boundaries) and farm buildings, without replacing farm-management expertise. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Substandard and unfit housing: what a drone survey documents for a case file, priceSince the French ordinance of 16 September 2020, a single administrative police power covers the safety and health fitness of buildings. What a dated aerial survey evidences from the outside — roof covering, chimney stacks, vents, courtyards, asbestos cement — and the strict limits to respect: no dwelling interiors, no substitute for the health authority's report. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Works completion compliance check: what a drone proves, and what it does notThree- or five-month compliance review window, official report under article L.480-1, non-contestation certificate: where a drone orthophoto genuinely belongs in a French works-compliance check, and why it replaces neither the sworn officer nor the judicial commissioner. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Flying a drone over a road in service in France: road permit, traffic order, air rules and pricesThere is no such thing as a "permit to fly over a road" in France. What gets authorised is occupation of the public road domain (works or parking permit) and traffic itself (temporary order). Who issues what, the case of tolled motorways, what the air rules say since 2026, method and prices excl. VAT.
• Airspace classes A to G, CTR, TMA, LTA: reading an aeronautical chart before a drone missionWhat the acronyms on a French aeronautical chart mean — classes A to G, CTR, TMA, LTA, P, R and D zones, RTBA — and why the constraint that actually applies to an open-category drone comes from the height caps published on the Géoportail map, not from the airspace class.
• Via ferrata, high-altitude trails and refuges: drone inspection and survey, priceVia ferrata anchors and cables, a trail gullied by winter, the roof of a high-altitude refuge: what a drone survey documents for a French local authority or site manager, ahead of the hands-on regulatory inspection required by NF EN 16869. Method, overflight constraints in protected areas and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Crop insurance and climate losses: what a drone survey adds to the claim file, priceHail, frost, drought, waterlogging: France's three-tier crop insurance scheme, reformed in 2023, triggers on loss thresholds. What a dated drone survey evidences for the claim — damaged areas, within-field variability — and what it does not establish. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Property valuation: what a drone survey adds to the valuation report, priceFrance's valuation charter (6th edition, November 2025), TEGoVA's EVS 2025, the RICS Red Book: a valuation report rests on verifiable facts. What a dated aerial survey evidences — footprint, surroundings, roofs, access — and what it does not replace. Method and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Works near a listed monument: what a drone survey adds to the heritage officer's file, priceThe 500-metre perimeter, delimited surroundings perimeters, co-visibility, approval from France's heritage architect: what an aerial survey really documents in a planning file near a listed monument, what it does not prove, and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Ecological corridors: drone mapping for planning documents and biodiversity atlases — method, limits, priceWhere drones genuinely help map ecological continuities in France — and where they do not. Regional schemes and national orthophotos are enough at plan scale; drones qualify break points and monitor restoration. Wildlife precautions, protected areas, 2026 prices (excl. VAT).