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# privately built UAS

EASA defines “privately built UAS” in one regulation, with a separate wording for each case. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘privately built UAS’ means a UAS assembled or manufactured for the builder’s own use, not including UAS assembled from sets of parts placed on the market as a single ready-to-assemble kit;

Article 2 · Unmanned Aircraft Systems · Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945 · Easy Access Rules, 29 Jun 2026 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/uas/cover-regulation-to-implementing-regulation-eu/powers-and-recitals#article-2)

> ‘privately built UAS’ means a UAS assembled or manufactured for the builder’s own use, not including UAS assembled from a set of parts placed on the market by the manufacturer as a single ready-to-assemble kit;

Article 3 · Unmanned Aircraft Systems · Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945 · Easy Access Rules, 29 Jun 2026 revision · [Read Article 3](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/uas/cover-regulation-to-delegated-regulation-eu-2019/chapter-i-general-provisions#article-3)

## Defined in the same article

- [accreditation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/accreditation)
- [airspace observer](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/airspace-observer)
- [assemblies of people](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/assemblies-of-people)
- [authorised representative](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/authorised-representative)
- [autonomous operation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/autonomous-operation)
- [beyond visual line of sight operation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operation)
- [C2 link](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/c2-link)
- [CE marking](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/ce-marking)