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An Understanding of the Legal Framework of EASA UAS Regulation Towards Improvement of Aviation Safety Law

항공안전법 개선을 위한 EASA 무인항공기 규정의 법적 체계에 대한 이해

  • Received : 2020.10.26
  • Accepted : 2021.04.05
  • Published : 2021.05.01

Abstract

It is imperative to examine the regulatory trends of leading overseas aviation authorities to accelerate the effort to integrate emerging new air vehicle concepts such as UAS and eVTOL into the existing national airspace system. Whilst EASA seems to react swiftly in relation to regulatory framework by proposing new sets of customised special conditions to cope with a growing demand to introduce new aircraft concepts, understanding of such movement lags behind mainly due to the complexity of EASA's regulation structure, not to mention EU's legal system. Witnessing this situation, this paper reviewed the legal system of the EU which forms the basis of EASA's regulation system together with its own recently published UAS regulations so as to contribute towards the improvement of the aviation regulatory framework.

무인항공기를 비롯한 도심항공교통을 위한 수직이착륙 항공기와 같은 신기술 항공기를 기존의 국가공역 시스템에 통합하려는 다양한 노력이 시도되고 있다. 새로운 항공기의 안전한 정착을 위해서는 기술적인 개발뿐 아니라 관련 규제에 대한 마련 또한 중요하며, 이를 위해서는 해외 감항당국의 동향을 면밀히 살펴보고 연구하는 과정이 필수적이라고 할 수 있다. 이러한 신기술 항공기의 등장에 따른 관련 법규와 관련하여 최근 유럽의 EASA가 빠른 움직임을 보이고 있으나 EU 법령체계 외에도 EASA 규정의 복잡성으로 인해서 이에 대한 이해 수준은 상대적으로 다소 미흡한 것으로 보인다. 이를 감안하여 본 논문에서는 EASA 규정의 기반이 되는 EU 법령체계에 대한 이해와 함께 EASA 무인항공기 관련 규정에 대한 사례를 분석하고 이를 통해서 무인항공기를 중심으로 국내 관련 항공법의 발전 방향에 기여하고자 한다.

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