Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the Service of Agriculture

– The Hungarian National Agricultural Regulatory Framework

Abstract

The use of unmanned aerial vehicle systems for agricultural purposes is a new industrial topic with significant potential. This application area is regulated by several domestic and EU legislation jointly. To use the UASs in this field, the regulation background must be known by the user and the different application factors should be taken into account during the authorisation of the planned missions, depending on the purpose of the given operation. In this article, the authors present this topic. User’s obligations are revealed, which originated from the nature of the operations.