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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 9 April 2014 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | Spanish |
| Terms matched | drones; aeronave pilotada por control remoto; drones civiles; Aeromodelos |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| Outlet | ABC (Spain) |
| Title | AESA recuerda: En España no se permiten los drones civiles con fines comerciales |
| Dateline | 9 April 2014 (updated 10 April 2014, 10:39) — abc tecnología |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.abc.es/tecnologia/informatica-hardware/20140409/abci-drones-cibiles-comercial-espana-201404091713.html |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2014-04-09|abc-es|aesa-ban-commercial-civil-drones |
| Source grade | B1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — B1]** ABC reported an Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea (AESA) communiqué stating that commercial or professional use of remotely piloted aircraft was not permitted in Spain and never had been. AESA said it could not issue authorizations because no specific legal basis yet existed, so such use was illegal and sanctionable. Recreational craft were treated as Aeromodelos under Real Federación Aeronáutica de España and municipal rules. AESA rejected the belief that a layer up to 400 feet (120 metres) was unregulated, saying its competence extends to the ground. Fully enclosed indoor spaces were outside AESA jurisdiction. Named commercial uses listed as barred included photogrammetry, smart agriculture, graphic reporting, inspection of power and rail lines, border surveillance and fire detection.

**Kinematic object.** Civil remotely piloted drones for commercial work; recreational aeromodels.

**Coverage frame.** regulatory

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: Spanish national daily first-language report of AESA's clarification, quoting the communiqué at length.
- Wire reprint status: Not AP/Reuters/AFP. Official-statement report by ABC.
- What was excluded: July 2014 Real Decreto-Ley 8/2014 that later opened a temporary commercial regime.

## LRRK relevance

Passport / Control Fabric. National civil-airspace ban pending a legal basis for commercial UAS.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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