Legacy Mini4 Pro in EU after Jan '26

Legal & Privacy
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Hi all,

After the launch of the Mini 5 pro, and many, many videos posted regarding the possible legal weight issue, in spite of the C0 sticker for EU use, I’ve decided to hold fire on my upgrade for a short while. EASA rules seem to be quite clear about the under 250g weight in order to obtain a C0 certification!

I’m still not really clear on the situation (after January 2026) regarding flying legacy, under 250g drones, in the EU, ie the Mini 4 pro. Will that drone effectively have to fly under C1 rules in the EU?

Thanks for any useful thoughts and/or advice.

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@ColinN the EASA regulations are not changing in January 2026? :thinking:

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OK, so what is the situation with the mini 4 in the EU? As an unclassified (UK purchase - just sub 250g), and no C0 sticker, will it fly under C1 rules?

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Not got one but been talking to a mate that goes over to Europe - Germany / France and Spain are his main stomping grounds about this and it seems that the drone comes with the C1 sticker too. So we are thinking like you are able to do with the Mini 4 pro you can apply for it to have the C1 sticker on it ( you can apply the C0 to the Mini 4 pro if you do some validation thing then it locks the max hight etc ) so its our guess you take the C0 off and fly it in the C1 rules / class

For us in the UK we win on this one when the rules change :smiley:

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I was a fairly early purchaser of the Mini 4 Pro in the UK and mine has a C0 sticker on it?

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The product classification already exist in the EU for this model - does not matter where you buy it

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I thought EASA classification would only be accepted for two years then you need the UK mark which looks different from the European mark

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That’s a UK thing - OP talks about flying in the EU

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Sorry I thought I was replying to a different thread. :upside_down_face:

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