Hi! I'm planning a work trip to Belgium and was told drone photography is not allowed right now. I know this was shot awhile ago, but do you know if this is true? Thank you!
I'm not sure of the laws in Belgium, and the sources I've found give conflicting information. But most countries distinguish between personal and commercial use (the latter being any situation where you're paid for the footage). If you're looking to film for a company, it may be worth looking into. Most if not all countries have restrictions on controlled air spaces (e.g. airports), and some have privacy laws that forbid flying (or at least selling videos) which include private homes, unless you have permission from the owners of the properties. Some countries also require a pilot/flight certification if you're doing commercial filming, and some require liability insurance as well. Drone laws are nascent, and vary widely by country. These links may help: www.dronejobs.org/drone-laws-in-belgium www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2013/global/drones-privacy-implications-across-the-eu uavcoach.com/drone-laws-in-belgium/
The legislation is a joke. But not a funny one. You can fly a drone... weighing less than 1kg. That basically means toy drones, and the Mavic pro. A Phantom is already too heavy. You can fly them only on private property, following privacy law if the drone has a camera (the house of your neighbour should not be on there because he can file a complaint or sue). You can only fly it up to 10 meters high. In fact, it's very possible that you can't even fly high enough to film your own roof. You should also stay away from obstacles for 50 meters... basically, together with the 10m height rule, that means: NOWHERE. In case you actually did manage to find a spot where you can fly, you can't do so commercially. Obviously, you can't fly it over a crowd etc, which is impossible if you follow the other rules to begin with. BUT... you can take lessons for an exam, that costs 750-1000 euro's. Then you also need a specific ensurance of somewhere around 400 euro/y. And in that case, you can actually fly up to 45m and up to 5kg and even fly commercially. You need to register you drone. Most of the other restrictions still apply though, so this is a steep entry fee for basically nothing, since the other restrictions still render the extra height and weight useless anyway. You also need to log all your flights. Then you can also do a more strict exam after following lessons, costing north of 2500 euro. In that case you can have drones up to 150kg, 90m high and fly over public zones AFTER requesting permission for each flight. Your drone needs to be registered as well and flights have to be logged. This legislation comes from the woman who had to resign after the terrorist attacks in Brussels Airport because she neglected reports of security flaws. Yup. That's what we're dealing with. I'm still wondering when they will enforce a law that prohibits you from kicking a ball higher than 10m in a public park (or even on private property), unless you take an exam.
In addition to my post, you can read this, try to run it through an online translator: www.drone-kopen.be/wetgeving/de-nieuwe-belgische-drone-wetgeving-samengevat/
That's only the registered residents. You also have a lot of students that are officially registered elsewhere. That 's another couple of tens of thousands. But it's still not that big. It can be pleasantly crowded though. Depending on the time of year.
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hey i man nice video and i have a question is the drone allwoed in belgium.?
Sam, did you ever find out? I'm supposed to be shooting some aerial stuff for work. It'd be on private corporate property. Thank you!
Thanks Alana for your answer.i like your vedios
Hi Alana, this may be helpful:
www.airport-uav.com/drone-rules/legislation-europe/regulations-belgium/
Hi! I'm planning a work trip to Belgium and was told drone photography is not allowed right now. I know this was shot awhile ago, but do you know if this is true? Thank you!
I'm not sure of the laws in Belgium, and the sources I've found give conflicting information. But most countries distinguish between personal and commercial use (the latter being any situation where you're paid for the footage). If you're looking to film for a company, it may be worth looking into. Most if not all countries have restrictions on controlled air spaces (e.g. airports), and some have privacy laws that forbid flying (or at least selling videos) which include private homes, unless you have permission from the owners of the properties. Some countries also require a pilot/flight certification if you're doing commercial filming, and some require liability insurance as well. Drone laws are nascent, and vary widely by country. These links may help:
www.dronejobs.org/drone-laws-in-belgium
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2013/global/drones-privacy-implications-across-the-eu
uavcoach.com/drone-laws-in-belgium/
The legislation is a joke. But not a funny one. You can fly a drone... weighing less than 1kg. That basically means toy drones, and the Mavic pro. A Phantom is already too heavy. You can fly them only on private property, following privacy law if the drone has a camera (the house of your neighbour should not be on there because he can file a complaint or sue). You can only fly it up to 10 meters high. In fact, it's very possible that you can't even fly high enough to film your own roof. You should also stay away from obstacles for 50 meters... basically, together with the 10m height rule, that means: NOWHERE. In case you actually did manage to find a spot where you can fly, you can't do so commercially. Obviously, you can't fly it over a crowd etc, which is impossible if you follow the other rules to begin with.
BUT... you can take lessons for an exam, that costs 750-1000 euro's. Then you also need a specific ensurance of somewhere around 400 euro/y. And in that case, you can actually fly up to 45m and up to 5kg and even fly commercially. You need to register you drone. Most of the other restrictions still apply though, so this is a steep entry fee for basically nothing, since the other restrictions still render the extra height and weight useless anyway. You also need to log all your flights.
Then you can also do a more strict exam after following lessons, costing north of 2500 euro. In that case you can have drones up to 150kg, 90m high and fly over public zones AFTER requesting permission for each flight. Your drone needs to be registered as well and flights have to be logged.
This legislation comes from the woman who had to resign after the terrorist attacks in Brussels Airport because she neglected reports of security flaws. Yup. That's what we're dealing with. I'm still wondering when they will enforce a law that prohibits you from kicking a ball higher than 10m in a public park (or even on private property), unless you take an exam.
In addition to my post, you can read this, try to run it through an online translator: www.drone-kopen.be/wetgeving/de-nieuwe-belgische-drone-wetgeving-samengevat/
Leuven looks more like a city of 400,000 not 98,000...
That's only the registered residents. You also have a lot of students that are officially registered elsewhere. That 's another couple of tens of thousands. But it's still not that big. It can be pleasantly crowded though. Depending on the time of year.
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