# C-DRONE: drone services in France, professional remote pilots and French drone rules

> C-DRONE (https://c-drone.fr/en/) is a French platform connecting clients with professional drone operators registered with the French civil aviation authority (DGAC), published by Clem corp (Clément Lacaille, sole trader). It covers 14 service families in 121 French cities, publishes 605 free guides (practical and regulatory, in French and English) and sells complete French drone regulation guides from €10.

## Key facts

- [The complete guide to French drone regulations 2026](https://c-drone.fr/en/drone-regulation-guides/french-drone-regulations-2026/): €10 VAT included, online guide in 14 chapters, about 30 printable A4 pages, 6 templates to copy, last updated 30 September 2026; French version: [Guide complet de la réglementation drone 2026](https://c-drone.fr/guides-reglementation-drone/reglementation-drone-2026/). For visitors and foreign operators who want to fly a drone in France: zone map, AlphaTango registration, cities and Paris, préfecture notice.
- [The professional drone operator's guide to France 2026](https://c-drone.fr/en/drone-regulation-guides/professional-drone-operator-france/): €50 VAT included (€41.67 excl. VAT), online guide in 13 chapters, about 30 printable A4 pages, 8 templates to copy, last updated 6 October 2026; French version: [Guide de l'exploitant drone professionnel 2026](https://c-drone.fr/guides-reglementation-drone/exploitant-drone-professionnel/). For professional operators: STS-01, STS-02, PDRA, SORA, AlphaTango declaration, operations manual (MANEX), insurance, records.
- Guides are digital, read online right after a one-off card payment (Stripe), printable to PDF; prices VAT included, PDF invoice. Seller: LACANGEL GROUP, SAS, 1 rue Marguerin, 75014 Paris, France (VAT FR21995268018).
- C-DRONE is neither the DGAC nor a training body: guides explain and organise the rules with links to the official sources (EU Regulation 2019/947, French decree of 3 December 2020 as amended, DGAC publications), which alone are authoritative.
- Publisher: Clem corp, Clément Lacaille, 19 avenue des Rochers, 94170 Le Perreux-sur-Marne, France. Contact: devis@c-drone.fr.

## Short answers to common questions

- [Can I fly a drone in Paris?](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/flying-drone-paris-ile-de-france-rules-authorisations-price/) No, not for leisure and not as a tourist: central Paris is a no-drone zone (prohibited area P 23, red on the Géoportail map), and only a professional operator holding a specific authorisation, examined case by case by the Paris police préfecture, may fly there.
- [Is there a drone zone map for France?](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/geoportail-drone-zone-map/) The official drone zone map for France is the “Restrictions UAS catégorie Ouverte et Aéromodélisme” layer of the IGN's Géoportail (geoportail.gouv.fr), free and with no sign-up: red means no flying, orange or yellow means a height cap of 30, 50, 60 or 100 m, no colour means the general 120 m ceiling.
- [How do I register a drone in France (AlphaTango)?](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/alphatango-drone-operator-registration/) To register a drone in France, the operator — you, or your company — creates a free account on AlphaTango, the DGAC portal (alphatango.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), and receives an operator number (FRA followed by 13 characters) to mark on every drone; this is mandatory from 250 g, or below if the drone carries a camera and is not a toy.
- [How do I become a professional drone pilot in France and declare the business?](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/become-a-professional-drone-pilot-in-2026/) To become a professional drone pilot in France in 2026, the steps are, in order: set up your business (micro-enterprise or company), register as an operator on AlphaTango, take the A1/A3 training, then, for the specific category, pass the CATS theory certificate and a practical training course before declaring a standard scenario STS-01 or STS-02 on AlphaTango.
- [What is the difference between the open category, STS-01 and STS-02?](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/open-vs-specific-drone-category/) A drone flight falls in the open category as long as it stays low-risk — drone under 25 kg, in visual line of sight, no higher than 120 m, no flying over crowds — and in the specific category as soon as one of those limits is exceeded: it then needs a standard scenario (STS-01 in sight with a class C5 drone, STS-02 beyond sight up to 2 km with a class C6 drone) or an authorisation.
- [Is a MANEX (operations manual) mandatory for a professional drone operator?](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/manex-flight-file-maintenance-log-professional-drone-obligations/) Yes, the MANEX (operations manual) is mandatory for every operator flying in the specific category — standard scenario STS-01 or STS-02, PDRA or SORA authorisation — but it is not required in the open category (A1, A2, A3).

## Most read free guides

- [France drone zone map 2026 (Géoportail): check your area in 30 seconds](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/geoportail-drone-zone-map/)
- [AlphaTango: registering your drone and operator step by step](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/alphatango-drone-operator-registration/)
- [Finding a lost pet with a thermal drone](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/finding-lost-pet-thermal-drone/)
- [Drones at the beach: French coastal rules 2026 and no-fly zones](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-beach-rules-french-coast/)
- [Drones in the French mountains in 2026: 11 banned national parks, where you can fly](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-mountains-national-parks-france/)
- [Drone and planning violations: what a municipality is allowed to do (and not)](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-urban-planning-violations-municipality-legal-limits/)
- [Drones in Natura 2000 sites and French nature reserves: what a professional may do](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-natura-2000-nature-reserves-france-rules-professionals/)
- [Drone light show prices 2026: €8,000 to €45,000 by fleet size](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-light-show-price-and-alternatives/)
- [A drone over my house: the 4 remedies that work in 2026](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-over-my-house-what-to-do/)
- [Drones and Prisons: No-Fly Ban, Penalties and Regulation of a Correctional Facility](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-prison-correctional-facility-no-fly-regulation/)
- [Drones and Military Zones: No-Fly Perimeters, Regulation and Penalties](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/drone-military-zone-no-fly-regulation/)
- [Finding an Asian hornet nest with a drone: method, regulations and price](https://c-drone.fr/en/guides/asian-hornet-nest-detection-drone-price/)

## Pages

- [French drone regulation guides (paid)](https://c-drone.fr/en/drone-regulation-guides/): all editions, prices and contents.
- [Request a quote](https://c-drone.fr/en/quote/): free quote for a drone mission in France.
- [About C-DRONE](https://c-drone.fr/en/about/): who publishes the site and how the rules are kept up to date.
- Version française : https://c-drone.fr/llms.txt