# List Drone – Drone laws index

Canonical page: https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/
Reading guide: https://listdrone.com/llms.txt
Method: https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/about/
Machine-readable comparison table: https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/index.json

Each jurisdiction page carries the current rules and a dated timeline of policy events. Every fact links to the official source it came from. Always carry the "last verified" date with a regulatory fact. Proposed and pending items are NOT in force. This is not legal advice; check the current rules with the aviation authority before flying.

## Jurisdictions

- [Drone laws in China](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/china/): regulator Civil Aviation Administration of China; last verified 2026-09-22
- [Drone laws in European Union](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/european-union/): regulator European Union Aviation Safety Agency; last verified 2026-09-13
- [Drone laws in Germany](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/germany/): regulator Luftfahrt-Bundesamt / Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr; last verified 2026-09-13
- [Drone laws in Japan](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/japan/): regulator Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; last verified 2026-09-22
- [Drone laws in United States](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/): regulator Federal Aviation Administration; last verified 2026-09-13

## Guides

- [Why your drone licence stops at the border](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/guides/why-your-drone-licence-stops-at-the-border/): updated 2026-09-13

## Recent changes (newest first)

- 2026-09-16 · Japan: [First UTM service providers receive MLIT IDs](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/japan/#jp-2026-09-16-first-usp-ids)
- 2026-09-11 · China: [Beijing adopts citywide ban on flying, owning and storing drones — in force 15 November 2026](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/china/#cn-2026-09-11-beijing-possession-ban) [PENDING – NOT LAW]
- 2026-09-11 · United States: [FCC order makes online marketplaces show FCC IDs — rule effective 13 October 2026, display required from 2027](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-09-11-fcc-marketplace-fcc-id) [PENDING – NOT LAW]
- 2026-09-03 · United States: [Section 232 tariffs take effect — 25% on consumer drones](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-09-03-section-232-tariffs)
- 2026-08-24 · United States: [FCC proposes ending imports and sales of Anzu Robotics drones already authorised](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-08-24-fcc-anzu-26-184) [PROPOSED – NOT LAW]
- 2026-08-03 · United States: [FCC proposes ending imports and sales of "military-grade" foreign drones already on the market](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-08-03-fcc-military-grade-uas) [PROPOSED – NOT LAW]
- 2026-07-14 · Japan: [Drone Act no-fly zones around important facilities widen to about 1,000 m](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/japan/#jp-2026-07-14-drone-act-1000m)
- 2026-07-10 · United States: [Part 108 BVLOS final rule sent to OIRA — still unpublished](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-07-10-part-108-oira) [PENDING – NOT LAW]
- 2026-07-06 · United States: [State and local police gain counter-drone authority](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-07-06-counter-uas)
- 2026-07-01 · Japan: [Exclusive industrial zones taken out of the populated-area restriction](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/japan/#jp-2026-07-01-did-industrial-zones)
- 2026-05-06 · United States: [Proposed flight restrictions around critical infrastructure (new Part 74)](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-05-06-section-2209) [PROPOSED – NOT LAW]
- 2026-05-01 · China: [Beijing makes the whole city controlled airspace and bans drone sales](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/china/#cn-2026-05-01-beijing-drone-regulation)
- 2026-05-01 · China: [National standard requires registration before a drone can be activated](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/china/#cn-2026-05-01-real-name-activation-standard)
- 2026-04-17 · United States: [DETER settlement programme for first-time violators](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/united-states/#us-2026-04-17-deter)
- 2026-02-11 · European Union: [Commission action plan proposes a "Drone Security Package"](https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/european-union/#eu-2026-02-11-counter-drone-action-plan) [PROPOSED – NOT LAW]
- Full history: https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/changelog/

## Not covered

Jurisdictions we could not verify against a primary source, and why:
- France: every official French government drone page we tried returned 404; AlphaTango and the DGAC/IGN map could not be confirmed against a live official source
- Brazil: RBAC 100 replaced RBAC-E 94 in June 2026, but we have only secondary sources — ANAC sits behind a CAPTCHA and its English page still describes the superseded rule
- United Arab Emirates: whether recreational and visitor flying resumed after the 30 June 2026 lift is genuinely unclear in every source we could reach
- Indonesia: the regulator's portal fails TLS verification; the tourist import-permit rule that everyone repeats is unsourced
- Israel: no current official English-language source from the CAAI could be verified

Official regulator links: https://listdrone.com/drone-laws/sources/