Aviation Regulations for Drone Operations in the Slovak Republic and the EU

Drone technology provides a plenty of benefits and opportunities in a vast range of daily tasks. It is evident that we have a very exciting period for Slovak and EU’s drone operations sector. Nowadays, drones are used for recreational purposes, emergency services, police patrolling, media coverages, agricultural and environmental monitoring, security setups, and others. The popularity of drones indicates that the future of aviation will be inseparably confronted with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). We witness an extensive application of drones that is opening new concerns regarding safety of their operations as well as ethics and morality of people. A protection of individual people rights, and orderly operated airspace, surely require to set a clear and effective legal framework in a respective country. This study deals with legal aspects of drone operations. The aim of this study is focus on how drones are legally bound in the legislation of the European Union and the Slovak Republic. This study presents a few overall objectives which will particularly contribute to secure safe drone operations. Also, the study suggests to use the risk-based concept as an appropriate decision making tool of lawmaking bodies. The applied method in this study was valid legal acts analysis. The study proves that governments must put enough attention to set out the framework for the safe operations of drones in the European skies.