ULM ultra-light structure aircraft

Article 2(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council excludes from the scope of European regulation aircraft which meet the characteristics set out in Annex I to that Regulation.

Excluded aircraft include ultra-light-structured aircraft, or ULM, to which national regulations apply.

Currently, the regulations applicable to the operation, maintenance and licences required to fly these aircraft are laid down in the following rules:

Royal Decree 765/2022, of 20 September, regulating the use of ultralight motorised aircraft (ULM).
Royal Decree 123/2015 of 27 February 2015 regulating the licence and ratings of ultralight pilots
Royal Decree 141/2025 of 25 February establishing the essential airworthiness requirements for ultralight motorised aircraft (ULM) and amending both the Order of 31 May 1982 approving a new regulation for the construction of aircraft by amateurs and the regulation itself

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