Drone laws in Slovenia

Reviewed September 2026 by the DroneRulesEurope editorial team. How we verify the rules.

Slovenia packs a great deal into a small country, and two national rules decide what you can do there. The first is about towns: flying over buildings where people are requires five conditions at once — a drone under 1,200 grams, an altitude under 50 metres, daylight, the property owner's consent, and a notification filed with the authority twelve hours ahead. The second is about the mountains. Triglav National Park is published as a forbidden zone, and the mechanism is unusually neat: the park act forbids flying below 1,000 feet, while the Open category caps you at 120 metres, so there is no altitude at which a recreational flight is legal. One widely repeated claim is worth correcting before you plan anything — Lake Bled is not inside the national park.

Country-specific decision path

Before you choose a launch point in Slovenia

1. Confirm your operator paperwork Registration required — €50 online, or €70 — both include the A1/A3 course and exam. In the EU. One EU/EEA operator registration covers this country. Open CAA Slovenia UAS portal
2. Check the exact route on the official map CAA geographical restrictions for UAS is the national starting point; read every condition covering the complete route, not only the launch pin. Open CAA geographical restrictions for UAS
3. Apply the local layer An EU or EEA registration is valid in Slovenia and must not be repeated — you cannot be registered in two member states at once. Review the Slovenia zone and nature checks

Registration in Slovenia

Slovenia applies Regulations 2019/947 and 2019/945 through a decree published in May 2024, which repealed the 2020 decree — which had itself repealed the pre-EU national drone decree at the end of 2020. Any guide citing either of the older instruments is citing dead law. The 2024 decree consolidated the geographical restrictions into a single chapter, moved responsibility for most zones to the infrastructure ministry, and reduced the fines for several offences. The zone map and the notification file were both refreshed in May 2026.

What it costs: €50 online, or €70 — both include the A1/A3 course and exam — 30 months.

In the EU. One EU/EEA operator registration covers this country.

How to register

1. Visit the CAA Slovenia drone portal
2. Create an account with personal identification
3. Complete operator registration
4. Register each drone
5. Receive your EU operator ID
6. Complete required training

Flight rules

Where you may not fly

Airports and controlled airspace

The distances are set out in the decree, and they differ sharply by aerodrome type. Inside a control zone, open-category flight is prohibited within 5 km of the aerodrome reference point; outside that 5 km but still inside the control zone you may fly below 50 m above ground. Slovenia has four control zones — Ljubljana, Maribor, Portorož and Cerklje ob Krki — and the Specific category needs the air navigation service's approval in all of them, given within 48 hours. Aerodromes without air traffic control carry 2,600 m from both runway thresholds and a 2,600 m band along the centreline. Heliports carry 1,850 m, and an open-category pilot needs an A2 certificate to use the exception. Public-interest landing sites such as air ambulance pads carry 600 m, and airfields 500 m.

Towns and cities

This is Slovenia's big national addition, and it catches most visitors. Open-category operations are prohibited over buildings and structures where people are — for privacy as much as safety. They become permissible only if all five of these hold at once: the drone is 1,200 g or less, you stay at or below 50 m above ground, you fly in daylight, you have the prior consent of the owner or user of the property you overfly, and you have filed a prior notification. The drone may stray at most 10 m beyond the consented boundary, and only where necessary. The notification is a form sent to the authority by email twelve hours before the operation, and the duty binds Specific-category operators too, not just the Open category.

Protected nature

One park, and it is closed. Triglav National Park is published as a geographical zone marked «forbidden», and the mechanism is worth understanding because it explains why: the park act prohibits flying below 1,000 feet — about 305 m — above the highest point or obstacle beneath you. Since the Open category is capped at 120 m, every lawful recreational drone flight in the park is unlawful under the park act. It is a minimum-altitude rule rather than a drone ban, and the effect is total. The park manager can consent, but only for scientific research, surveying, and film or documentary work — and filming is further limited to infrastructure and settlements, with the natural environment open only to documentaries and films promoting the park. There is no tourist or hobby permit category at all. Applications take 30 days, and filming operators must give ten working days' notice of the exact date and route. Note what this does not cover: Triglav is the only nature-conservation zone in the whole aviation dataset. Slovenia's other parks and Natura 2000 sites are absent from it, which does not mean local rules are absent — only that they are not aviation-enforceable zones.

Government and military sites

Government buildings in Ljubljana are restricted.

Other restrictions in Slovenia

• Lake Bled is not in Triglav National Park — the boundary excludes it, though the claim that it is inside circulates widely, including on tourism sites
• What does apply at Bled is the built-up-area rule, the airfield zone at Lesce just east of the lake, and a municipal permit for commercial use of public space
• Ljubljana's castle and old town sit outside the Ljubljana control zone, but the boundary crosses the northern part of the city, so a single flight can cross into it
• Published zones also cover the Krško nuclear plant, the Šoštanj power plant, the Velenje coal mine, transmission assets and the Port of Koper
• Temporary restrictions come by NOTAM from the air navigation service and are not on the permanent map

Insurance

Article 5 of the 2024 decree requires every drone operator to hold compulsory insurance under the road and transport insurance act, and it sets no weight threshold and no exemption for the open category — so the duty reaches far below the EU's 20 kg. Two things are worth knowing alongside it. The minimum sums come from the general transport insurance act, which refers back to the EU insurance regulation. And the decree's own penalty chapter contains no offence for failing to hold that cover, so the duty exists without a published fine behind it.

Penalties

Slovenia is one of the few countries here that publishes a specific amount for each offence and for each type of offender. The figures above are for individuals; legal persons, sole traders and responsible persons pay more. Two caveats. The fines were reduced for several offences in the 2024 decree, so pre-2024 figures are suspect. And the park act has its own penalties for breaching its altitude rule, on top of the aviation fine — we could not read those amounts and do not quote them.

Whatever the amount, the pattern across Europe is the same: paperwork failures are handled administratively, while flying near aircraft, over crowds, or inside a protected zone is what turns a case into a prosecution.

Visiting Slovenia with a drone

An EU or EEA registration is valid in Slovenia and must not be repeated — you cannot be registered in two member states at once. What will shape your trip is the built-up-area rule: over buildings where people are, Open-category flight needs your drone to be under 1,200 g, your altitude under 50 m, daylight, the property owner's consent, and a notification filed with the authority twelve hours in advance. That covers Ljubljana's old town, Piran, and the shoreline at Bled. Triglav National Park is effectively closed — the park act forbids flight below 1,000 feet, which is above the ceiling you are allowed to fly at, and the park grants consent only for research, surveying and documentary work. Bled itself is outside the park, but the airfield at Lesce is close by and is a prohibited zone.

Commercial work

The Specific category buys real access here: it lifts the built-up-area conditions in paragraph 2 of the relevant article, and it is the route into control zones with the air navigation service's approval, given within 48 hours. But the notification duty is not lifted — the decree binds Open and Specific alike where the built-up-area zone applies. In Triglav, commercial status is the only basis on which consent is granted at all, and even then filming in the natural environment is confined to documentaries and films promoting the park. The A2 exam costs €40.

Location planning

These are well-known photographic subjects to research, not recommended launch points or proof that a flight is allowed. Check the exact route against official airspace, nature, land-manager and people restrictions.

• Julian Alps and Triglav area (check park restrictions)
• Soča Valley turquoise river
• Karst region above ground
• Slovenian wine regions
• Adriatic coast near Piran
• Logar Valley

Apps and official maps

• The CAA's 2D zone viewer — the authoritative public map, last edited May 2026. It includes an advisory layer for built-up areas
• uas.caa.si — the UAS repository: operator registration, the online course and the A1/A3 exam. Needs a qualified digital certificate
• The CAA's separate 3D file, published for flight notification only. Note it does not currently carry the built-up-area restrictions for the Open category
• dron.sloveniacontrol.si — where Specific-category control zone requests go; approvals within 48 hours

Practical tips

• Flying over a town needs five things at once: under 1,200 g, under 50 m, daylight, the property owner's consent, and a notification filed twelve hours ahead
• That notification duty applies to Specific-category operators too, not only hobby flyers
• Triglav National Park is closed in practice. The park act's 1,000-foot floor sits above the Open category's 120 m ceiling, so there is no legal altitude to fly at
• Lake Bled is outside the national park, whatever you have read. The constraints there are different ones
• The €40 figure that circulates is the A2 exam. Registration is €50 or €70, bundled with the A1/A3 course
• Insurance is required here at any weight — the decree sets no threshold
• Slovenia publishes an actual fine for each offence, and they are modest by European standards

Questions about flying in Slovenia

Do I need to register to fly a drone in Slovenia?

Registration required — €50 online, or €70 — both include the A1/A3 course and exam. In the EU. One EU/EEA operator registration covers this country.

How high can I fly in Slovenia?

120 m above ground level in the Open category.

Do I need drone insurance in Slovenia?

Article 5 of the 2024 decree requires every drone operator to hold compulsory insurance under the road and transport insurance act, and it sets no weight threshold and no exemption for the open category — so the duty reaches far below the EU's 20 kg. Two things are worth knowing alongside it. The minimum sums come from the general transport insurance act, which refers back to the EU insurance regulation. And the decree's own penalty chapter contains no offence for failing to hold that cover, so the duty exists without a published fine behind it.

Can I fly a drone at night in Slovenia?

Night flying is allowed in the Open category. A drone with a class mark must show a flashing green light so it stays visible. You still have to keep it in sight, which is harder after dark, and national geographical zones apply exactly as they do in daylight.

What are the penalties for breaking drone rules in Slovenia?

Slovenia is one of the few countries here that publishes a specific amount for each offence and for each type of offender. The figures above are for individuals; legal persons, sole traders and responsible persons pay more. Two caveats. The fines were reduced for several offences in the 2024 decree, so pre-2024 figures are suspect. And the park act has its own penalties for breaching its altitude rule, on top of the aviation fine — we could not read those amounts and do not quote them.

Official sources

Primary sources used for this guide, checked September 2026. Open the live national source again before flying; geographical zones and temporary restrictions can change between reviews.

• National authority CAA Slovenia (Civil Aviation Agency) — official drone information
• Registration CAA Slovenia UAS portal
• Official zones and map CAA geographical restrictions for UAS — Civil Aviation Agency of Slovenia
• European framework Regulation (EU) 2019/947 — rules and procedures for operating unmanned aircraft
• Official maps directory EASA — national aviation authorities and geographical-zone sources

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