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LUC readiness checklist: is your organisation ready to apply?

A LUC application is assessed against your obligations as a holder, your safety management system and your LUC manual. Forty checks across six areas tell you where you stand before you contact the authority.

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Before you apply

The six areas the authority checks

Every unticked box is a gap the auditors will find. Work through them with your team first.

1. Organisation

Legal person, accountable manager, CEO attestation where needed, responsibilities, reporting lines and key personnel.

2. Safety management

Safety policy and objectives, hazard identification and risk management, safety reporting and safety promotion.

3. Compliance and change

Independent compliance monitoring, corrective actions, change management and subcontractor risk.

4. Operations

Operational control, a documented risk assessment process, UAS.SPEC.050 and UAS.SPEC.060 compliance, competency and records kept three years.

5. LUC manual

Organisation and procedures, the signed declaration, partners and subcontractors, privileges requested, distribution and updates.

6. Evidence and the authority

Operating history, occurrence reports, training records, an internal audit and readiness for the authority’s access and audits.

Score yourself

35 to 40 ticks: ready to prepare the application. 25 to 34: close, plan a focused gap closure. Below 25: build the foundations first, usually while flying under authorisations.

What you’ll get

The free LUC readiness checklist

  • 40 checks across six areas
  • Built on Part C of Regulation (EU) 2019/947
  • A simple readiness score
  • Who should fill it in
  • Printable for your team
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EU Drone Port prepares LUC, SORA and PDRA applications and supports you with the authority until approval.

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LUC Project

We prepare your organisation and the full LUC file, and coordinate with the authority until your Light UAS Operator Certificate is issued.

  • Gap analysis against Part C
  • SMS, LUC manual and operations manual
  • Privileges document and staff training
  • Support until the LUC is issued

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SORA Operational Authorisation

For operations outside the standard scenarios and PDRAs, we prepare the SORA documentation, submit it and defend it with the authority.

  • Documentation ready in 30 days
  • 98% approval rate
  • Approvals in 28 of 31 EASA countries
  • Support until approval

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PDRA Authorisation

We prepare the full PDRA application, submit it with you and answer the inspector until the authorisation is granted.

  • All PDRA types
  • 100+ PDRAs approved
  • Operations manual included
  • Support until approval

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FAQ

Questions about LUC readiness

Your obligations as a holder (UAS.LUC.020), your safety management system (UAS.LUC.030) and your LUC manual (UAS.LUC.040). The LUC is issued once the authority is satisfied you comply with all three.

Yes. The safety management system must include an accountable manager with the authority to make sure all activities meet the standards. If that person is not the CEO, the CEO attests the commitment in the LUC manual.

Records of risk assessments, mitigations, qualifications, compliance monitoring and safety management are kept at least three years. Staff records are kept while staff are employed and three years after they leave.

Yes, but the SMS must assess and mitigate the risks of services or products supplied by subcontractors and partners, and the authority keeps access to outsourced activities.

Gaps are normal before a first LUC. We run the gap analysis with you and close it as part of the project.

Last updated: October 2026. Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/947, Annex Part C (UAS.LUC.010 to UAS.LUC.090), and its AMC and GM.

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Forty checks before you apply for a Light UAS Operator Certificate.

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50+

Operational authorisations approved

€14,950 + VAT

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60 days

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31

EASA countries