prEN 17206-3
(Main)Entertainment technology - Part 3: Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/Drones) for stages and other production areas - Safety requirements and inspections
Entertainment technology - Part 3: Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/Drones) for stages and other production areas - Safety requirements and inspections
This document applies to UAS and groups of UAS used in staging and production facilities for events and theatrical productions (entertainment industry). Such facilities include: theatres, multi-purpose halls, exhibition halls; film, television and radio studios; concert halls, schools, bars, discotheques, open-air stages and other rooms for shows and events.
This document covers all UAS used in the entertainment industry, indoors and outdoors. This document includes UAS that are excluded from the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1058 and (EU) 2019/945 specifically Article 2, 4 which excludes "UAS intended to be exclusively operated indoors".
The document defines the additional hazards and safety requirements for UAS categorized under the "open" category, the "specific" category, and the "certified" category, in particular, those that occur from the specific characteristics of the payload and the environment in the entertainment industry.
The principles in this document also apply to UAS based on new technologies or specially designed UAS which are not expressly mentioned here but which nevertheless operate in a similar manner or are meant for similar purposes to the equipment listed above.
Veranstaltungstechnik - Unbemannte Luftfahrzeugsysteme (UAS) für Bühnen und andere Produktionsbereiche - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfungen
Dieses Dokument gilt für UAS und Gruppen von UAS, die in Bühnen- und Produktionsbereichen für Veranstal
tungen und Theaterproduktionen (Unterhaltungsindustrie) eingesetzt werden. Beispiele für solche Bereiche sind: Theater, Mehrzweckhallen, Messehallen; Film-, Fernseh- und Rundfunkstudios; Konzerthallen, Schulen, Bars, Diskotheken, Open-Air-Bühnen und andere Räume, die für Shows und Veranstaltungen genutzt werden.
Dieses Dokument umfasst alle UAS, die in der Unterhaltungsindustrie im Innen- und Außenbereich eingesetzt werden. Dieses Dokument gilt auch für UAS, die nicht von den Delegierten Verordnungen (EU)2020/1058 und (EU)2019/945 der Kommission abgedeckt sind, deren Geltungsbereich nach Artikel2, Ziffer4, UAS, die aus
schließlich für den Betrieb in Innenräumen bestimmt sind, nicht umfasst.
Das Dokument definiert die zusätzlichen Gefährdungen und sicherheitstechnischen Anforderungen für UAS, die der „offenen“ Kategorie, der „spezifischen“ Kategorie oder der „zertifizierten“ Kategorie zugeordnet sind, insbesondere solche, die sich aus den spezifischen Eigenschaften der Nutzlast und der Umgebung in der Unter
haltungsindustrie ergeben.
Die in diesem Dokument enthaltenen Grundsätze gelten auch für UAS, die auf neuen Technologien basieren, und Sonderausführungen von UAS, die hier nicht ausdrücklich erwähnt sind, jedoch auf ähnliche Art funktionieren oder für ähnliche Zwecke wie die oben aufgeführten Systeme vorgesehen sind.
Technologies du spectacle — Partie 3 : Aéronefs télépilotés (UAS/drones) pour scènes et autres zones de production — Exigences et inspections relatives à la sécurité
Le présent document s’applique aux UAS et groupes d’UAS utilisés dans les installations de mise en scène et de production pour les événements et les productions théâtrales (industrie du spectacle). Ces installations comprennent : les théâtres, les salles polyvalentes, les salles d’exposition ; les studios de cinéma, de télévision et de radio ; les salles de concert, les écoles, les bars, les discothèques, les scènes en plein air et autres salles de spectacles et d’événements.
Le présent document couvre tous les UAS utilisés dans l’industrie du spectacle, en intérieur et en extérieur. Le présent document inclut les UAS qui sont exclus des Règlements délégués (UE) 2020/1058 et (UE) 2019/945 de la Commission, en particulier l’Article 2, 4 qui exclut « les UAS destinés à être exclusivement exploités en intérieur ».
Le document définit les phénomènes dangereux et les exigences de sécurité supplémentaires pour les UAS catégorisés dans la catégorie « ouverte », la catégorie « spécifique » et la catégorie « certifiée », en particulier ceux qui découlent des caractéristiques spécifiques de la charge utile et de l’environnement dans l’industrie du spectacle.
Les principes du présent document s’appliquent également aux UAS basés sur de nouvelles technologies ou aux UAS spécialement conçus qui ne sont pas expressément mentionnés ici, mais qui fonctionnent néanmoins de manière similaire ou sont destinés à des fins similaires aux équipements énumérés ci-dessus.
Razvedrilna tehnologija - 3. del: Letalski sistemi brez posadke (UAS/droni) za odre in druge prireditvene prostore - Varnostne zahteve in pregledi
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Razvedrilna tehnologija - 3. del: Letalski sistemi brez posadke (UAS/droni) za odre
in druge prireditvene prostore - Varnostne zahteve in pregledi
Entertainment technology - Part 3: Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/Drones) for stages
and other production areas - Safety requirements and inspections
Veranstaltungstechnik - Unbemannte Luftfahrzeugsysteme (UAS) für Bühnen und
andere Produktionsbereiche - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfungen
Technologies du spectacle — Partie 3 : Aéronefs télépilotés (UAS/drones) pour scènes
et autres zones de production — Exigences et inspections relatives à la sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 17206-3
ICS:
97.200.10 Gledališka, odrska in Theatre, stage and studio
studijska oprema ter delovne equipment
postaje
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2025
ICS 97.200.10
English Version
Entertainment technology - Part 3: Unmanned aircraft
systems (UAS/Drones) for stages and other production
areas - Safety requirements and inspections
Veranstaltungstechnik - Unbemannte
Luftfahrzeugsysteme (UAS) für Bühnen und andere
Produktionsbereiche - Sicherheitstechnische
Anforderungen und Prüfungen
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 433.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
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United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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© 2025 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 17206-3:2025 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Hazards . 10
4.1 General. 10
4.2 List of significant hazards . 11
5 Design requirements . 14
5.1 General. 14
5.2 Load assumptions . 15
5.3 UAS lighter than air . 15
5.4 Performance and design requirements . 16
5.4.1 Sharp edges . 16
5.4.2 Crashworthiness . 16
5.4.3 Tethering . 16
5.5 Load bearing equipment . 16
5.5.1 General. 16
5.5.2 Terminal fittings . 16
5.6 Load carrying devices . 16
6 Safeguarding hazardous areas . 17
6.1 General. 17
6.2 Safeguarding at crushing, shearing and trapping points, and fall protection . 17
7 Electrical equipment and control systems . 17
7.1 General requirements . 17
7.1.1 General. 17
7.1.2 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) . 19
7.1.3 Ambient air temperature and humidity . 19
7.1.4 Protection against electric shock . 19
7.2 Control circuits and control functions . 19
7.2.1 General. 19
7.2.2 Control devices . 19
7.2.3 Enabling devices . 20
7.2.4 Cable-less control of UAS . 20
7.2.5 Groups of UAS . 20
7.2.6 Follow-me mode and UAS interacting with persons . 20
7.3 Emergency Stop, loss of power and removal of power . 20
7.4 Maximum load and overload protection . 21
7.4.1 UAS not designed to lift loads . 21
7.4.2 UAS designed to lift loads . 21
7.5 Direct Remote identification requirements . 21
7.6 Geo-awareness requirements . 21
7.7 Lighting requirements . 21
8 User information . 22
8.1 General . 22
8.2 Instructions for use . 22
8.2.1 General wind . 22
8.2.2 User information for safety functions . 22
8.2.3 Outdoor use . 22
8.2.4 Loss of synchronization/group operation . 22
8.2.5 Coordinated move . 23
8.3 Marking . 23
8.4 Load-carrying device . 23
9 Testing . 23
Annex A (informative) Examples of hazards and risk origin associated with UAS . 24
Annex B (normative) Use case definitions . 32
Annex C (informative) Designing safety functions for UAS. 34
Bibliography . 38
European foreword
This document (prEN 17206-3:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 433
“Entertainment Technology – Machinery, equipment and installations”, the secretariat of which is held
by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document specifies safety requirements within the meaning of Directive 42/2006/EC, “Machinery
Directive”.
This is the third part of the EN 17206 series. At present the parts of the document are:
— Part 1: Machinery for stages and other production areas — Safety requirements and inspections
— Part 2: Machinery for stages and other production areas — Safety requirements for stands and truss
lifts of stands
— Part 3: Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/Drones) for stages and other production areas — Safety
requirements and inspections [the present document]
The deviations from EN 17206-1 specified in this part are based on the particular operating conditions
for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and cannot be applied to other machinery.
1 Scope
This document applies to UAS and groups of UAS used in staging and production facilities for events and
theatrical productions (entertainment industry). Such facilities include: theatres, multi-purpose halls,
exhibition halls; film, television and radio studios; concert halls, schools, bars, discotheques, open-air
stages and other rooms for shows and events.
This document covers all UAS used in the entertainment industry, indoors and outdoors. This document
includes UAS that are excluded from the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1058 and (EU)
2019/945 specifically Article 2, 4 which excludes “UAS intended to be exclusively operated indoors”.
The document defines the additional hazards and safety requirements for UAS categorized under the
“open” category, the “specific” category, and the “certified” category, in particular, those that occur from
the specific characteristics of the payload and the environment in the entertainment industry.
The principles in this document also apply to UAS based on new technologies or specially designed UAS
which are not e
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