The Romanian Ministry of
Transport issued an order to establish the using of drones in the country.
The Ministerial Order No 8
about “the operating conditions in the national airspace of the unmanned
powered civil aircrafts” appeared in the The
Official Journal of Romania on Tuesday (21 January), will take effect in 30 days and will be
applied until 30 January 2016.
Unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV) are known most for military purposes, but come in
variety of shapes, sizes, configurations, and characteristics and are using in
a small but growing number of civil applications.
According to
the official reasoning, until 2016 the European Union will elaborate the
regulations for drones bigger than 150 kilograms, while those under this weight
remain subject to national regulations.
From now on,
drones between 1 and 150 kilograms and over would have to be registered and
insured in order to be used in Romania
The law does
not apply to drones with weight under 1 kilogram, unless they have equipment
for filming and data transmission. However, they should be operated without
exceeding the field of view of the person who controls it.
Anyhow, the
order does not specify any sanctions.
Critics of
the new order say that the government wants to stop this way aerial shooting of
important investments as in the past years several sections of highway under
construction were filmed and posted to the internet.
Drones
become popular amongst amateur filmmakers, who upload their shootings on
community websites like teamdronat.ro (translating “I droned you”).
Some of the
companies specialized on aerial filming also switched to drones because of the
lower costs.
The biggest Romanian mobile
provider is selling a quadricopter which can be controlled by smart phone or
tablet and is capable of taking HD still shots and 720p HD videos at the
price of € 369 Euro.
Valentin V. is making aerial photos of Timişoara
It all
started from his passion for gadgets and photography and the desire to have a
radio-controlled aircraft. After some research on the Internet, he found the
perfect combination and bought his first drone.
A month
later, when he got used to the technology and was amazed by the results, the 34
years old started the Eye in the Sky project on the dedicated
website.
“Overall, a
law on UAVs is welcome, as they have become and continue to become more affordable
and more efficient, and those piloting them should be somehow forced to be more
responsible, because they could represent a danger to persons, animals or
property” he said.
His
creations become popular of Facebook and were featured in several local publications.
“I’m
interested in the first place in how easy it will be for me, as the citizen
with an “eye in the sky” to submit a request, what is the maximum area and
allocation period, because I don’t want to submit such requests every day or
week” he concludes.
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