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Professional drone guides — page 12

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

• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drone: Long-Range Endurance for Professional MissionsLithium battery or hydrogen fuel cell: which endurance to choose for a drone mission spanning tens of kilometres. Technical benchmarks and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• MANEX, flight file, maintenance log: the mandatory paperwork of a professional drone pilotMANEX, flight file and maintenance log in 2026: what a professional drone operator must keep up to date, and what a company should check before booking a mission.
• Drone filming on public land: the city hall permit and the flight authorisation are two separate stepsFilming with a drone on public land in 2026: why the city hall permit and the DGAC/prefecture flight authorisation are two distinct procedures, and what to plan before a corporate shoot in town.
• Industrial Foundry Drone Inspection: Casting Hall Roof, Chimneys and Stockyards, Method and PriceA foundry falls under ICPE headings 2551/2552 and combines heat, dust and melting fumes. The drone documents the roof, chimneys and stockyards without stopping casting. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Corporate Carbon Footprint (BEGES): What Drone Data for the Energy and Forest Carbon Categories?France's mandatory BEGES carbon report is due every 4 years for companies over 500 employees. How drone thermography and LiDAR data can evidence the energy and forest-carbon categories. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Cable-Stayed Bridge Drone Inspection: Stay Cables, Anchorages, Pylons — Method and PriceStay-cable sheathing, pylon-head anchorages, dampers: the drone documents what rope access only reaches at the cost of a lane closure. Method, a real case and 2026 prices (excl. VAT).
• Energy savings certificates (CEE) and drone thermography: financing the envelope audit and worksFrance's CEE scheme funds insulation works, not the flight itself: how a drone thermography audit quantifies and backs a CEE application file in 2026 (P6). Method, timeline, pricing (excl. VAT).
• Parking occupancy count by drone: car park survey and priceHow a drone measures a car park's occupancy rate across different time slots to size an extension, ease congestion or back a project, and 2026 pricing.
• Drone for property developers: marketing a new-build programme sold off-planAerial photo, video and construction monitoring by drone to market a new-build development sold off-plan, from reservation to handover: method, legal framework and 2026 pricing.
• Temporary grandstand and bleacher drone inspection: regulations and pricesDrone inspection of a temporary grandstand or bleachers in France, 2026: what it adds alongside the mandatory approved-body check, method, flight rules and prices excl. VAT.
• A drone is flying over my industrial site: what to do about the risk of espionage and trade secretsA drone is photographing your factory, construction site or logistics site? What French law says (privacy, trade secrets), how to identify and report the pilot, and how to protect your site long term.
• Professional drone liability insurance: legal requirement and pricesProfessional drone liability insurance in France in 2026: legal framework (EC regulation 785/2004, Transport Code), minimum cover, what it actually protects and observed prices (€150 to €2,500 excl. VAT/year).
• Drone data ownership and security: what the service contract must coverPhotos, orthophotos, point clouds, thermal images: who owns them? GDPR, hosting, security, data portability - the clauses a B2B drone service contract should include in 2026.
• Green hydrogen production site drone inspection: electrolysers, storage, ATEX, priceGreen hydrogen production site drone inspection in France in 2026: electrolysers, high-pressure storage, the ICPE/ATEX framework (headings 4715, 1416), flight method and observed prices (excl. VAT) for industrial and public-sector sites.
• Drone photo and video for a property listing: value, method and prices (excl. VAT)Drone photo and video to sell a property in 2026: what the aerial view changes for a listing, the shooting method, the legal framework (built-up-area flights, image rights, GDPR) and prices (excl. VAT) for agencies and networks.
• Biomass boiler plant drone inspection: roof, chimney, silo, ICPE framework, priceHow a drone inspects a biomass boiler plant's roof, chimney and fuel silo, the ICPE regulatory framework that applies, and 2026 pricing.
• Slaughterhouse Drone Inspection: Roof, Ammonia Refrigeration Plant and Pre-Treatment Plant, Method and PriceA slaughterhouse stacks three ICPE regimes (slaughter, ammonia, discharge). The drone documents the roof, outdoor refrigeration plant and pre-treatment basins without stopping production. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone Inspection of a Waste-to-Energy Plant: Chimney, Waste Bunker and Bottom Ash, Method and PriceA waste-to-energy plant combines an oversized chimney, a fire-prone waste bunker and a bottom ash platform. The drone documents the outer envelope without stopping combustion. 2026 method and prices (excl. VAT).
• Drone near me: how to find out who is flying it (and if it is legal)A drone flying near you in France? 3 ways to identify the pilot in 2026 (Remote ID, free apps, visual clues), the cases where the flight is perfectly legal, and what to do when it is not.
• Professional night drone flights: regulations and prefectoral authorisationProfessional drone night flights in France in 2026: what EU law allows (anti-collision light), what France still restricts, the prefectoral authorisation process (lead times, review) and the B2B missions concerned.
• Dispute with a professional drone provider: non-compliant deliverables, delays, remediesNon-compliant drone deliverable, late delivery, a sloppy report: how to qualify a real dispute, the amicable steps to take, B2B remedies, and the clauses to negotiate into the quote upfront.