Scope 

This Regulation focuses on online platforms that connect hosts and guests for short-term accommodation rentals (such as Airbnb). It seeks to create a harmonized and streamlined framework for the registration of hosts and their properties, aiming to reduce inconsistencies in how data is shared across the EU.

Relevance

The Regulation is intended to address the challenges and impacts of short-term accommodation rentals on local communities, such as excessive tourism flows and the scarcity of affordable housing.

Key Obligations

Providers of online platforms will be required to enable hosts to display registration numbers and share specific data about hosts’ activities and listings with public authorities. This includes information on rented nights and guests, facilitating compliance with registration requirements and supporting policy and enforcement efforts.

Public authorities will be required to maintain appropriately designed registration schemes for hosts, which are obligatory if public authorities wish to collect data for policymaking and enforcement purposes.