Montenegro VASP: what changed after 2018?
The original paraglider rule included an exemption for take-off and landing outside an aerodrome. A later amendment removed that sentence.
Why the original PDF can mislead
The 2018 paraglider rulebook is still available from Montenegro’s Civil Aviation Agency (ACV). Anyone opening that original document can find a sentence that appears to settle the question.
But an original PDF preserves what was published at the time. It does not automatically include later deletions or amendments. To understand the VASP history, the four stages below must be read together.
VASP comes from the Montenegrin phrase vanaerodromsko slijetanje i polijetanje: landing and take-off outside an aerodrome.
2018: the original exemption
Article 6 paragraph 4 of the original Pravilnik o uslovima za upotrebu paraglajdera, dozvolama i organizacijama za osposobljavanje pilota paraglajdera (Official Gazette 83/2018) stated:
Pilotu paraglajdera nije potrebno odobrenje za vanaerodromsko slijetanje i polijetanje paraglajderom.
In English, this says that a paraglider pilot did not need the outside-aerodrome take-off and landing approval. It explains why a broad exemption still appears in some older references.
That sentence belongs to the 2018 version, not to a current consolidated reading.
2019: the decisive deletion
Amendment 35/2019, Article 3, contains the words:
Stav 4 briše se.
That means paragraph 4 is deleted. The same amendment article also deletes or changes individual numbered items in Article 6. Those separate edits should not be confused with the deletion of the paragraph containing the original exemption.
Consequently, a quotation of Article 6(4) from the 2018 PDF, without the 2019 amendment, leaves out a change that directly affects its legal meaning.
2023: the paragraph was not restored
The 2023 amendment (Official Gazette 51/2023) addresses Articles 11, 17, 27 and 28, as well as a form in the annex. It does not reinstate Article 6 paragraph 4.
The Civil Aviation Agency legislation index lists the original rulebook (83/2018) together with the amendments 35/2019 and 51/2023. The documents are a source chain, not three independent alternatives.
2026: the current statutory framework
Montenegro’s Air Transport Law, Official Gazette 52/2026, entered into force on 25 April 2026.
Under Article 22, aerodromes are the ordinary places for aircraft take-off and landing. Paragraph 2 provides an Agency-approval route for operations outside aerodromes. Paragraph 3 lists exceptions, including aircraft whose landing place cannot be determined in advance because of their characteristics.
This exception is not worded as a blanket exemption for all paragliders. Whether it applies to a specific aircraft and operation is a separate, fact-dependent question. This page does not answer it.
Article 251(2) adds an important transitional rule: earlier implementing regulations may continue to apply until new rules are issued, to the extent that they do not conflict with the 2026 law. This should not be confused with reinstating a paragraph already deleted by the 2019 amendment.
How to read the documents together
A careful source check separates three questions:
- Historical wording: What did the original 2018 text say?
- Amendment history: What was deleted in 2019, and did the 2023 document change that result?
- Present application: How do the 2026 law, compatible implementing regulations and current Civil Aviation Agency practice apply to the facts of a particular flight?
The first two questions can be answered from the published documents. The third may require more current information, including an answer from the competent authority.
What this source history cannot establish
This article does not confirm whether any named solo pilot or flight requires outside-aerodrome approval. It does not grant the use of airspace or land, validate a launch site, or replace current flight restrictions and local permissions.
VASP is also not proof of the right to sell paid tandem flights. Provider registration, applicable commercial requirements, pilot qualifications and other operational obligations are separate checks.
For that reason, the current Montenegro-specific VASP and solo-pilot question belongs with the separate practical legal guide linked below, not with this historical account.
Official-source review: 8 October 2026. This is an editorial explanation of the document history, not an Agency ruling, legal opinion or flight clearance.