Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724
Date: 2022-11-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: Internet, data collection, digital single market, exchange of information, hiring, information system, property leasing, provision of services, tourism

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 7.11.2022  COM(2022) 571 final 2022/0358 (COD)  Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Text with EEA relevance) {SEC(2022) 393 final} - {SWD(2022) 348 final} - {SWD(2022) 349 final} - {SWD(2022) 350 final}  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

Reasons for and objectives of the proposal 

This explanatory memorandum accompanies the proposal for a regulation on data collection 
and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services (the ‘Proposal’). 

Short-term  accommodation  rentals  (STRs)  are  an  increasingly  important  part  of  the  tourism 
sector.  They  represent  nearly  one  quarter  of  the  total  EU  supply  of  tourist  accommodation, 
and  this  has  been  boosted  by  the  emergence  of  online  platforms1.  STRs  create  benefits  and 
opportunities for guests, hosts and the overall tourism ecosystem, but they are also a source of 
concern  (notably  for  local  communities  dealing  with  excessive  tourism  flows  and  a  lack  of 
affordable long-term housing). STRs are therefore increasingly regulated at national, regional 
and local level. Public authorities have also taken action to enhance the transparency of STRs 
by,  for  instance,  introducing  registration  requirements  for  hosts  (thus  enabling  public 
authorities  to  know  which  hosts  offer  what  rentals)  and  by  requesting  online  platforms  to 
share data on hosts and their activities. 

Numerous and differing data requests by public authorities impose a heavy burden, notably on 
platforms which operate across borders. This impairs their ability to offer STR services across 
the single market. Public authorities are also struggling to obtain reliable data in an efficient 
manner – which in turn hampers their efforts to develop appropriate and proportionate policy 
responses to the increase in the number of STRs. Difficulties in data sharing are driven by: 

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inefficient and diverging registration schemes managed by public authorities (which 
therefore cannot efficiently obtain identification data for hosts and listings); 

a  lack  of  effective  and  enforceable  legal  frameworks,  standards  and  tools  to  share 
data among platforms and public authorities; 

the lack of a proper legal framework governing transparency and data sharing. 

To  address  these  issues  the  Proposal’s  main  objectives  are  to  harmonise  and  improve  the 
framework for data generation and data sharing on STRs  across the European Union, and to 
enhance transparency in the STR sector. More specifically, the Proposal offers: 

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a  harmonised  approach  to  registration  schemes  for  hosts,  with  an  obligation  for 
public  authorities  to  maintain  appropriately  designed  registration  schemes  if  they 
want to obtain data for policymaking and enforcement purposes; 

obligations  for  online  platforms  to  enable  hosts  to  display  registration  numbers 
(which  will  ensure  hosts’  compliance  with  registration  requirements)  and  to  share 
specific data about hosts’ activities and their listings with public authorities; 

specific tools and procedures to ensure that data sharing is safe, compliant  with the 
General Data Protection Regulation, and cost-effective for all parties involved. 

The number of STR bookings during the summers of 2020 and 2021 was greater than in the summer of 
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Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area 

The Proposal seeks to harmonise and streamline the framework for data generation and data 
sharing  on  STRs  across  the  EU.  It  builds  on  and  is  consistent  with  several  other  legal 
instruments that exist at EU level:  

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The Digital Services Act (DSA)2 imposes a common set of responsibilities on online 
businesses  providing  services 
including  on  online  platforms 
the  EU, 
intermediating  STR  services.  The  DSA  establishes  ‘compliance  by  design’ 
obligations that require platforms to design and organise their online interfaces in a 
way  that  enables  certain  information  to  be  displayed  (but  only  as  regards  service 
providers that qualify as ‘traders’) and illegal listings to be taken down. It does not 
require data sets to be reported in a systematic manner. 
The Services Directive3 stipulates that service providers can only be made subject to 
market access requirements if they are non-discriminatory, justified by an overriding 
reason relating to the public interest and proportionate. In this context, the Court of 
Justice of the European Union has emphasised the importance of available data and 
analysis  for  proportionate  policymaking4.  The  Services  Directive  also  requires 
Member States to ensure that procedures and formalities applicable to the access to a 
service  activity  (e.g.  registration  schemes)  are  simple  and  that  they  can  be  easily 
completed at a distance and by electronic means through the relevant point of single 
contact and with the relevant authorities. 
The  e-Commerce  Directive5  contains  provisions  regulating  the  cross-border 
provision  of information society services.  In relevant  part,  it provides  that  Member 
States  must  not  restrict  the  freedom  to  provide  information  society  services  from 
another  Member  State,  unless  where  necessary  for  public  policy  objectives,  public 
security,  the  protection  of  public  health,  or  the  protection  of  consumers,  including 
investors, and provided that any such restriction is proportionate to those objectives 
and that certain procedural requirement are complied with. 
The  Platform  to  Business  Regulation  (P2B)6  grants  business  users  of  online 
intermediation  services  appropriate  transparency  rights  including  minimum  notice 
periods  prior  to  removing  offers  from  their  services  and  the  means  to  resolve 
disputes. 
The Data Act proposal7 addresses business-to-business and business-to-government 
data sharing but does not include new reporting obligations for online platforms. 

Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  19  October  2022  on a 
Single Market For Digital Services  and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act), OJ L 
277, 27.10.2022, p. 1-102. 
Directive  2006/123/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  12  December  2006  on 
services in the internal market, OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 36–68. 
Judgment  of  22  September  2020,  Cali  Apartments  SCI  and  HX  v  Procureur  général  près  la  cour 
d'appel de Paris and Ville de Paris, C-724/18, EU:C:2020:743, paragraph 88. 
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the  Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal 
aspects  of  information  society  services,  in  particular  electronic  commerce,  in  the  Internal  Market 
('Directive on electronic commerce') (OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1). 
Regulation  (EU)  2019/1150  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  20  June  2019  on 
promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services. 
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament  and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair 
access to and use of data, COM(2022) 68 final. 

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The  General  Data  Protection  Regulation  (GDPR)8  applies  to  the  processing  of 
personal  data  by  public  authorities  and  by  online  platforms  (including  when  it  is 
necessary  for  providing  registration  numbers  and  maintaining  a  registry  for  them); 
and  to  the  exchange  of  personal  data  between  online  platforms  (which  hold 
significant  amounts  of  data  about  STR  activity)  and  public  authorities.  The  GDPR 
states that personal data can only be processed if a legal ground for such processing 
exists (e.g. the processing is necessary in order to comply with a legal obligation or 
to  perform  a  task  carried  out  in  the  public  interest).  The  Proposal  lays  down  the 
grounds for lawful processing of personal data that is necessary in order to increase 
the  transparency  of  the  STR  sector,  and  provides  for  data  protection  safeguards  to 
ensure full compliance with the GDPR. 
The Single Digital Gateway Regulation9 facilitates online access to information and 
e-government  procedures.  To  reduce  administrative  burden  and  to  ensure  that  the 
administrative procedures governed by the Proposal comply with the Single Digital 
Gateway  Regulation,  the  Proposal  will  add  these  administrative  procedures  to 
Annexes I and II of that Regulation. 
The  new  rules  under  the  DAC7  Directive10,  which  will  be  applied  from  1  January 
2023, will require online platforms to report certain information on income earned by 
those  selling  through  them.  This  information  will  be  shared  only  with  the  tax 
authorities  of  the  relevant  Member  States,  unless  as  otherwise  required  by  other 
legislation, and on an annual basis. 

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Consistency with other EU policies 

The Proposal is in line with the Commission’s priorities to make the EU fit for the digital age 
and to build a future-ready economy that works for people11. It is also part of the EU’s SME 
strategy12  -  given  the  needs  of  the  many  SME  players  in  the  STR  segment,  including 
platforms. The Proposal  will also address  calls in  the Transition Pathway  for Tourism13 and 
the Urban Agenda14 for the adoption of an EU framework bringing more transparency to the 
STR segment. 

Any action under the Proposal will seek to fill gaps and overcome remaining uncertainties in a 
targeted manner, in order to facilitate the balanced development of STRs. It will be consistent 
with,  and  contribute  to,  the  fulfilment  of  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals15  (particularly 
Sustainable  Development  Goal  11  -  sustainable  cities  and  communities)  by  giving  public 
authorities the tools and the data to regulate the STR sector proportionately and sustainably. It 

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Regulation  (EU)  2016/679  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  27  April  2016  on  the 
protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of 
such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC. 
Regulation  (EU)  2018/1724  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  2  October  2018 
establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance 
and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012, OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 
1–38. 
Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 of 22 March 2021 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative 
cooperation  in  the  field  of  taxation  has  extended  the  EU’s  framework  on  the  automatic  exchange  of 
information in the field of taxation. Member States have to incorporate this Directive into their national 
laws by 31 January 2022 and to apply the new provisions from 1 January 2023. 
Commission Communication on shaping Europe’s digital future, COM/2020/67 final. 
Commission Communication on an SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, COM(2020)103. 
Transition pathway for tourism - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu). 
Final Action Plan of the Partnership on Culture/Cultural Heritage | Futurium (europa.eu). 
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will  also  support  the  proposal  by  the  Conference  on  the  Future  of  Europe  to  ‘invest  in  an 
economy based on tourism and culture, including the many small destinations in Europe’16. It 
will  complement  and  build  on  all  existing  legal  instruments  and  will  be  in  line  with  EU 
competition  law,  international  trade  commitments17  and  the  proposed  European  Declaration 
on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade18. 

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LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY 

Legal basis 

The  legal  basis  of  the  Proposal  is  Article  114  of  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the 
European  Union  (TFEU),  which  allows  the  adoption  of  measures  necessary  for  the 
approximation  of  the  provisions  laid  down  by  law,  regulation  or  administrative  action  in 
Member  States  that  have  as  their  object  the  establishment  and  functioning  of  the  internal 
market. 

The  Proposal  aims  to  establish  a  harmonised  EU  framework  for  data  generation  and  data 
sharing  on  STR  services.  The  approximation  of  rules  applicable  to  intermediary  services  is 
necessary in order to avoid a proliferation of diverging data requirements and requests in the 
single market,  which  would hamper the cross-border provision  of online  intermediation  and 
STR services. The data-sharing framework established under the Proposal is expected to have 
a positive effect on market access for hosts, because it will help reduce administrative burdens 
related  to  registration  requirements  for  hosts.  The  data-sharing  framework  will  provide 
authorities with the data that they need in order to develop and maintain STR rules (e.g. rules 
to limit STR offers in some geographical areas or to ensure compliance with health and safety 
requirements)  that  are  appropriate  and  are  not  more  restrictive  than  necessary  to  achieve  a 
public  interest  objective.  Article  114  TFEU  is  therefore  the  appropriate  legal  basis  for  a 
legislative  intervention  that  covers  online  platforms  in  the  internal  market  and  addresses 
divergences  between  Member  States’  regulations  and  requirements,  which  affect  the 
functioning of the internal market for online platforms. 

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Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)  

According  to  the  subsidiarity  principle,  the  EU  should  only  act  when  the  objectives  of  a 
proposed action cannot be achieved sufficiently by Member States alone and can therefore, by 
reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action, be better achieved by the EU. 

Diverging  and  overly  burdensome  frameworks  concerning  data  generation  and  data  sharing 
put in place by Member States are hindering the ability of online platforms to operate across 
borders.  At the same time, the  current  interventions  at  national,  regional and local  level  are 
often  excessive  and  ineffective  because  authorities  generally  find  it  difficult  to  obtain  data 
from  platforms  and  hosts.  Action  at  the  European  level  will  enable  data  sharing  by  online 
platforms  operating  across  the  EU  and  ensure  that  the  exchanged  data  is  standardised  and 
interoperable. Common EU standards for registration schemes will ensure that the procedure 
for  registration  is  simple,  thus  contributing  to  reduced  fragmentation  and  administrative 
burdens for online platforms and hosts. The common EU framework will offer national  and 

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https://futureu.europa.eu/pages/reporting; see also COM/2022/404 final. 
Such  as  the  WTO  General  Agreements  on  Trade  in  Services,  available  here,  and  other  relevant  trade 
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local  authorities  the  level  of  transparency  they  need  to  enforce  rules  and  adopt  informed 
policy responses in line with existing EU law. 

The cross-border nature of online STR services offered by platforms and the fragmentation of 
data-sharing  requirements  means  that  the  objectives  of  the  Proposal  cannot  be  effectively 
achieved  by  the  Member  States  alone.  EU  action  is  therefore  the  only  way  to  ensure  that  a 
harmonised  framework  for  data  generation  (through  registration)  and  data  sharing  is 
established.  This  will  also  enable  public  authorities  to  design  appropriate  and  proportionate 
rules based on reliable data on STRs, and enable online platforms to operate and grow in the 
single market without having to respond to numerous and diverging data-sharing requests. 

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Proportionality 

The Proposal primarily aims at streamlining data requests across the EU  in order to make it 
easier for short-term rental platforms to respond to them. An EU legal basis and framework 
for  data  sharing  by  online  short-term  rental  platforms  with  public  authorities  will  increase 
legal certainty and ensure that the exchanged data is standardised and interoperable. Member 
States will not be required to put in place registration procedures for hosts, unless they wish to 
obtain  data  from  platforms.  When  a  registration  system  is  in  place,  EU  obligations  for 
authorities to issue registration numbers, and for online platforms to enable all hosts to display 
listings  with  these  registration  numbers  will  ensure  that  this  requirement  for  hosts  is  easily 
enforceable.  A  registration  system  will  also  facilitate  data  exchanges  based  on  these 
registration  numbers.  The  common  EU  framework  will  therefore  provide  national  and  local 
authorities  with  the  information  they  need  to  enforce  rules  and  implement  informed  policy 
responses in line with EU law. 

The Proposal is also proportionate because it allows Member States and public authorities a 
certain degree of flexibility not only with regard to registration schemes (i.e. whether or not to 
introduce them and at  which level), but  also with regard to  additional  information  that each 
Member  State  and  public  authority  may  request  from  hosts  (subject  to  compliance  with  the 
principles of non-discrimination and proportionality established by the TFEU and the Services 
Directive). This  ensures that the needs of Member States and local  authorities are respected 
and taken into account. 

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Choice of the instrument 

Limiting EU action to promoting voluntary action by the industry and certain accompanying 
measures is possible. It  would probably not  be effective, however, because it would rely on 
the  industry’s  own  willingness  to  change  the  status  quo.  Previous  soft  approaches  like  the 
Communication on the collaborative economy of 2016 and the policy principles of 2018 have 
not  led  to  significant  improvements  in  terms  of  transparency  in  the  STR  sector19  and  were 
considered  by  a  number  of  stakeholders  to  be  insufficient.  This  was  also  demonstrated  by 
calls from the Council20 and the Parliament21 for more legal certainty and transparency; and 
by  the  consultation  and  impact  assessment  process,  which  revealed  the  limits  and 
ineffectiveness of the soft tools such as voluntary agreements that have been used at EU and 
national  level  to  date.  In  addition,  GDPR  rules  require  a  legal  basis  and  safeguards  for  the 
Proposal’s aims to promote the sharing of personal data. 

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Council  Conclusions  of  27  May  2019  on  the  competitiveness  of  the  tourism  sector  as  a  driver  for 
sustainable growth, jobs and social cohesion in the EU for the next decade. 
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These  reasons  mean  that  only  a  legislative  instrument  can  effectively  address  the  problems 
that have been identified. A regulation is also preferable, because it is directly applicable in 
Member  States,  sets  the  same  level  of  obligations  for  private  parties,  and  enables  the 
consistent  application  of  rules  in  the  inherently  cross-border  STR  sector.  This  will  also 
address and prevent fragmentation of the single market. 

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RESULTS 
CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

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Not applicable. 

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Stakeholder consultations 

In preparing this proposal, the Commission consulted a broad range of stakeholders, including 
public  authorities  (at  national,  regional  and  local  level),  online  platforms  (and  their 
organisations), hosts and other service providers (such as management companies and hotels) 
and local associations. The consultation activities included an inception impact assessment, a 
12-week dedicated public consultation to which 5692 responses were submitted, stakeholder 
workshops,  two  targeted  surveys  with  public  authorities  and  with  platforms  and  targeted 
consultations with stakeholders.  

Public authorities confirmed that they need personal and non-personal data for policy making 
and  enforcement  purposes.  They  highlighted  that  they  currently  struggle  to  obtain  this  data 
from  hosts  and  online  platforms,  for  various  technical  and  legal  reasons.  Hosts  stressed  the 
need to increase the responsibility of online platforms for ensuring that only legal listings are 
displayed. They warned against the multiplication of restrictive rules for hosts at local level. 
Property managers (mainly SMEs) suggested that simple registration procedures should be in 
place for STRs and that a national database should be available to map STR operators. Online 
platforms called for data-sharing requests to be proportionate and in compliance with EU law, 
notably  GDPR.  Smaller  platforms  stressed  the  need  for  the  new  data-sharing  obligation  to 
build  on  existing  obligations  (e.g.  under  DAC7  and  the  DSA)  and  fill  remaining  gaps.  The 
hospitality sector (mainly hotels) supported registration schemes for hosts and increasing data 
sharing by online platforms.  It  called for a level  playing field between STRs and traditional 
accommodation providers. 

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Collection and use of expertise 

The  Commission  and  external  contractors  carried  out  several  surveys,  a  public  consultation 
and  many  studies.  In-house  economic  research  as  well  as  policy-design  support  and  market 
analysis  by  the  Joint  Research  Centre  further  informed  the  impact  assessment  for  this 
initiative.  

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Impact assessment 

The Proposal is supported by an impact assessment report SWD(2022) 350, which has been 
prepared  in  line  with  the  Commission’s  ‘Better  Regulation’  guidelines.  The  impact 
assessment  report  was  reviewed  by  the  Regulatory  Scrutiny  Board  and  was  then  further 
revised  to  take  into  account  the  Board’s  comments  and  suggestions  for  improvements,  in 
particular by better explaining the problem of how diverging data requests create barriers for 
online short-term rental platforms to operate, grow and expand in the single market. The need 
for, and value added of, EU action is now also better explained by showing that rules at local, 
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difficult for public authorities to obtain reliable data on STRs. The revised impact assessment 
report subsequently received a positive opinion from the Board. 

In  addition  to  the  baseline  scenario  which  entails  a  ‘no  policy  change’  approach,  three 
alternative policy options were identified and assessed. These contain comparable measures, 
but differ considerably in terms of the intensity of the intervention. 

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Option 1 would take the form of a Recommendation. The proposal would encourage 
public authorities to put registration schemes in place for hosts. This would involve 
gathering  data  to  identify  the  host  and  the  unit,  and  then  the  automatic  grant  of  a 
registration  number.  Public  authorities  would  also  be  encouraged  to  require  online 
platforms to display the registration numbers for each unit, and to share pre-agreed 
activity  data  with  public  authorities.  This  Recommendation  would  be  based  on 
examples  of  good  practice,  and  could  be  complemented  by  a  code  of  conduct  to 
facilitate data sharing between public authorities and online platforms by specifying 
the scope of data sharing as well as the technical means. 

Option  2  would  require  public  authorities  wanting  to  obtain  data  from  online 
platforms for policymaking and enforcement purposes to maintain, as a first step, a 
registration  scheme  for  hosts  and  their  units,  which  would  need  to  comply  with 
certain  requirements.  Once  hosts  had  submitted  a  pre-defined  set  of  data  and 
information,  public  authorities  would  have  to  grant  them  a  registration  number  per 
unit. Online platforms would be obliged to require hosts to provide this registration 
number  and  to  periodically  share  a  pre-defined  set  of  data  with  public  authorities 
(e.g.  the  number  of  expected  and  actual  bookings,  and  the  number  of  guests  that 
stayed in a unit per booking). Member States would have to establish a Single Digital 
Entry  Point  to  permit  the  transfer  of  data,  and  would  have  to  clearly  state  which 
obligations apply to hosts and online platforms on their territory.  

Option 3 would include the measures foreseen under option 2, but would extend the 
registration obligation to all hosts and units in the EU. All Member States would be 
required to put in place a registration scheme at national level for all hosts and their 
units. 

The impact assessment identified option 2 as the preferred option, because: 

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Option  1  would  not  fully  ensure  that  the  burden  on  platforms  and  access  to  data 
would be adequately addressed. Its voluntary nature means that it would only lead to 
improvements in some areas and only between a limited number of online platforms 
and public authorities; 

Option  2  would  meet  the  objectives  in  a  flexible  and  proportionate  way.  It  would 
increase  transparency  in  the  STR  segment,  while  reducing  the  burden  on  online 
platforms and leaving flexibility to public authorities; 

Option  3  would  meet  the  objectives  by  providing  an  effective  data-sharing 
framework across the EU; however, it would also entail high administrative costs for 
public authorities and limit their freedom of action. 

In  terms  of  economic  impact,  option  2  would  provide  benefits,  but  also  create  compliance 
costs for online platforms, public authorities and hosts. Online platforms would benefit from 
the  replacement  of  uncoordinated  data  requests  with  more  streamlined  and  proportionate 
requests  -  which  would  reduce  costs  in  the  long  term.  In  terms  of  costs,  online  platforms 
would  mainly  incur  ‘one-off’  administrative  costs  linked  with  the  adaptation  of  their  IT 
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benefit  from  higher  certainty  on  data  traceability  and  the  optimisation  of  data-sharing 
processes,  which  should  in  turn  reduce  the  costs  of  enforcing  STR  rules.  Public  authorities 
that put the system in place would incur the one-off costs of adapting to the new registration 
system  and  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Point,  as  well  as  the  costs  of  setting  up  the  IT 
infrastructure  to  receive  the  data  (mainly  hosting  and  maintenance  costs).  Hosts  should  on 
average  benefit  from  saving  time  when  completing  registration  procedures  and,  in  the  long 
term, from more proportionate STR rules. Registration will also entail administrative costs. 

The  expected  social  impacts  of  option  2  include  increased  confidence  on  the  part  of 
consumers  and  guests;  a  reduction  of  the  number  of  illegal  listings  in  places  where  the 
Proposal  is  implemented;  better  management  of  tourism  flows;  and  public  authorities’ 
increased  ability  to  assess  and  mitigate  the  negative  externalities  of  STRs.  It  would  also 
provide  national  statistics  offices,  Eurostat  and  researchers  with  aggregated  data  on  STRs. 
Option 2 could also be expected to have an impact on fundamental rights, as explained below.  

In  terms  of  environmental  impacts,  option  2  is  expected  to  increase  public  authorities’ 
ability  to  assess  and  mitigate  the  ecological  footprint  of  STR  activity,  and  to  help  public 
authorities  to  attract  STRs  to  rural  areas  where  STRs  can  have  a  positive  impact  (e.g. 
investing in the renovation and greening of buildings). The environmental impacts cannot be 
quantified, because they would only materialise when public authorities use the collected data 
to design green policies. 

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Regulatory fitness and simplification 

REFIT  (the  European  Commission's  regulatory  fitness  and  performance  programme)  is  not 
applicable to the Proposal. 

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Fundamental rights 

The Proposal will ensure that the fundamental right of the protection of personal data, which 
is guaranteed under Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, is 
safeguarded.  The  processing  of  personal  data  under  the  Proposal  is  necessary  and 
proportionate to achieve the objectives described above. 

4. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS 

The Proposal does not have any implications for the EU’s budget. 

5. 

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OTHER ELEMENTS 

Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements 

After  the  adoption  of  this  Regulation,  Member  States  would  have  a  transition  period  of  2 
years to map the relevant local authorities, create or adapt local/national existing registration 
systems  (connecting  local  registration  schemes,  if  any)  and  set  up  the  IT  infrastructure  at 
national  level  to  streamline  data  sharing  with  online  platforms  (through  the  Single  Digital 
Entry  Point).  The  first  evaluation  will  take  place  no  earlier  than  five  years  after  the  date  of 
application of the Regulation (i.e. five years after the initial two-year transition period).  

The  Commission  will  monitor  the  implementation  and  application  of,  and  compliance  with, 
the new system in order to assess its effectiveness. The effectiveness of the new rules will be 
assessed mainly (but not exclusively) on the basis of a set of key performance indicators.  

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Explanatory documents (for directives) 

Not applicable. 

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Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the Proposal 

The  first  Chapter  sets  out  general  provisions.  Article  1  establishes  the  subject  matter  of  the 
proposed  Regulation  (i.e.  harmonised  rules  for  data  collection  and  data  sharing  with 
competent  authorities  relating  to  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services 
offered by hosts through online platforms). Article 2 defines the scope of the Regulation, the 
entities to which it applies, and the provisions of national and EU law which it does not affect. 
Article 3 defines the key terms used in the Regulation. 

The  second  Chapter  concerns  registration  of  hosts  and  properties.  Article  4  sets  out  the 
procedural requirements with which they need to comply in this respect. It provides that only 
authorities  that  have  registration  systems  can  require  online  platforms  to  regularly  report 
activity  data,  and  that  all  registration  systems  must  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the 
Regulation.  Article  5  lists  the  information  that  hosts  must  provide  in  order  to  receive  a 
registration  number.  Article  6  lays  down  the  obligations  for  competent  authorities  to  verify 
the  information  submitted  by  hosts,  request  additional  information  from  hosts,  and  suspend 
the  validity  of  the  registration  number.  Article  7  details  the  role  of  online  short-term  rental 
platforms in organising their online interface to ensure the validity of registration numbers. 

The third Chapter concerns data reporting. Article 8 sets out the condition according to which 
competent  authorities  may  receive  from  online  short-term  rental  platforms  specific 
information  about  hosts’  activities  relating  to  one  or  more  units  offered  for  short-term 
accommodation rental services. Article 9 introduces an obligation for online short-term rental 
platforms  to  transmit  the  activity  data  to  competent  authorities  through  the  Single  Digital 
Entry  Point.  More  lenient  reporting  obligations  are  laid  down  for  small  and  micro  online 
short-term  rental  platforms. Article 10 sets  out the creation and functionalities of the Single 
Digital Entry Point. Article 11 establishes a coordination group to support the implementation 
of the Single Digital  Entry  Points. Article 12 clarifies which authorities  can access the data 
collected and shared by online short-term rental platforms. 

The fourth Chapter sets out the rules on information, monitoring and enforcement. Article 13 
entails information obligations for Member States. Article 14 requires each Member State to 
designate an authority  that  should monitor the correct  and consistent implementation  of this 
Regulation. Article 15 requires Member States to ensure the enforcement of this Regulation 
and lay down the penalties in case of non-compliance with the Regulation. 

The fifth and final Chapter sets out the final provisions. Article 16 creates a Committee within 
the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Article 17 adds the administrative procedures 
governed  by  the  Regulation  to  Annexes  I  and  II  of  Regulation  (EU)  2018/1724  through  an 
amendment  to  that  Regulation.  Article  18  details  the  evaluation  and  review  process  for  the 
Regulation. Article 19 states the dates of entry into force and application of the Regulation. 

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Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and 
amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 114 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee22,  
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions23,  
Having regard to the opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor24, 

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

Short-term  accommodation  rental  services  offered  by  hosts  have  existed  for  many 
years as a complement to other accommodation services such as hotels, hostels, or bed 
and breakfasts. The volume of short-term accommodation rental services is increasing 
significantly  across  the  Union  as  a  result  of  the  growth  of  the  platform  economy. 
While short-term accommodation rental services create many opportunities for guests, 
hosts and the entire tourism ecosystem, their rapid growth has also triggered concerns 
and challenges, in particular for local communities and public authorities. One of the 
main  challenges  is  the  lack  of  reliable  information  about  short-term  accommodation 
rental services, such as the identity of the host, the location where those services are 
being offered, and their duration, making it difficult for authorities to assess the impact 
of short-term accommodation rental services and develop and enforce appropriate and 
proportionate policy responses. 

(2) 

Public authorities at national, regional and local level are increasingly taking measures 
to obtain information from hosts and online short-term rental platforms, by imposing 
registration  schemes  and  other  transparency  requirements,  including  on  online  short-
term  rental platforms. However, legal  obligations regarding data  generation and data 
sharing diverge considerably within and between Member States as regards their scope 
and frequency, as well as in terms of related procedures. The large majority of online 

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transparency 

requirements, 

platforms  intermediating  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services 
provide their services across borders and indeed across the internal market. As a result 
of  diverging 
realisation  of  short-term 
accommodation  rental  services  potential  is  hampered,  and  the  proper  functioning  of 
the internal market is negatively affected.  In order to achieve more harmonised rules 
and requirements, and ensure a fair, unambiguous and transparent provision of short-
term  accommodation rental services as  part of efforts to promote a balanced tourism 
ecosystem  within  the  internal  market,  a  uniform  and  targeted  set  of  rules  should  be 
established at Union level.  

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(3) 

(4) 

To  that  end,  harmonised  rules  on  data  generation  and  data  sharing  for  short-term 
accommodation rental services should be laid down to increase access to and quality 
of  data  for  public  authorities  on  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental 
services, which in turn should enable them to design and implement policies on such 
services in an effective and proportionate manner. 

Rules should be laid down to  harmonise transparency requirements  for the provision 
of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services  through  online  short-term  rental 
platforms  in  cases  where  Member  States  decide  to  impose  such  transparency 
requirements.  Accordingly,  harmonised  rules  should  be  provided  for  registration 
schemes and data-sharing requirements concerning online short-term rental platforms 
should  Member  States  decide  to  put  in  place  such  schemes  or  requirements.  To 
achieve  effective  harmonisation,  and  to  ensure  a  uniform  application  of  the  rules, 
Member States will not  be able to  legislate on  access  to  data from  online short-term 
rental platforms outside the specific regime laid down in the present Regulation. That 
is  in  order  to  ensure  that  Member  States  do  not  regulate  the  requests  in  question 
without  putting  in  place  the  necessary  registration  schemes,  databases  and  single 
digital  entry  point  and  to  facilitate  proportionate,  privacy-compliant  and  secure  data 
sharing  by  online  short-term  rental  platforms  within  the  internal  market.  This 
Regulation does not affect Member States’ competence to adopt and maintain market 
access  requirements  relating  to  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental 
services  by  hosts,  including  health  and  safety  requirements,  minimum  quality 
standards  or  quantitative  restrictions,  provided  that  such  requirements  are  necessary 
and  proportionate  to  protect  public  interest  objectives,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union  and  Directive 
2006/123/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council25.  The  availability  of 
reliable data on a uniform basis should support Member States’ efforts in developing 
policies  and  regulations  that  comply  with  Union  law.  In  fact,  as  the  case-law  of  the 
Court  of  Justice  of  the  European  Union  made  clear,  Member  States  are  required  to 
justify possible market access restrictions for hosts on the basis of data and evidence.  

(5) 

This  Regulation  is not  intended  to  ensure compliance  with  customs  or taxation  rules 
and  does  not  affect  Member  States’  competences  in  the  area  of  criminal  offences. 
Accordingly, it does not  affect  the competence of Member States or of the Union in 
those  fields  or  any  instruments  of  national  or  Union  law  adopted  pursuant  to  such 
competence for the access, sharing, and use of data in those areas. Therefore, possible 
future use of personal data processed pursuant to the Regulation for law enforcement 
or for taxation and customs purposes should be excluded. 

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Directive  2006/123/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  12  December  2006  on 
services in the internal market (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 36). 

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(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

This  Regulation  should  apply  to  services  consisting  in  the  short-term  letting  of 
furnished  accommodation,  against  remuneration,  whether  on  a  professional  or  non-
professional  basis.  Short-term  accommodation  rental  services  can  concern,  for 
example, a room in a host’s primary residence with the host present, a host’s primary 
or  secondary  residence  rented  out  for  a  limited  number  of  days  per  year,  or  one  or 
more properties bought by the host as an investment to be rented out on a short-term 
basis,  typically  for  less  than  a  year  throughout  the  year.  The  provision  of  furnished 
accommodation for more permanent use, typically for one year or more, should not be 
considered  to  be  provided  on  short-term  basis.  Short-term  accommodation  rental 
services are not limited to units let for touristic or leisure purposes but should include 
short-term stays for other purposes, such as business or study. 

The  rules  laid  down  in  this  Regulation  should  not  apply  to  hotels  and  other  similar 
tourist  accommodations,  including  resort  hotels,  suite  or  apartment  hotels,  hostels  or 
motels,  as  their  services  are  already  covered  by  existing  transparency  and  reporting 
obligations, notably by Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and 
of  the  Council26.  Accommodation  provided  on  camping  grounds,  or  in  recreational 
vehicle parks and trailer parks, such as tents, caravans or recreational vehicles, should 
also  not  be  covered  by  those  rules,  given  that  such  accommodations  are  normally 
found  in  dedicated  areas,  such  as  campsites  or  caravan  parks,  and  do  not  have  an 
impact on residential housing, comparable to that of short-term accommodation rental 
services.  

The  rules  laid  down  in  this  Regulation  should  apply  to  online  platforms  within  the 
meaning  of  Article  3  point  (i)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065  of  the  European 
Parliament and the Council27, which allow guests to conclude distance contracts with 
hosts  for  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services.  Therefore, 
webpages connecting hosts with  guests without  any  further  role in  the conclusion of 
direct  transactions  should  be  excluded  from  the  scope  of  this  Regulation.  Online 
platforms  intermediating  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services 
without  payment  (for  example,  online  platforms  intermediating  the  exchange  of 
dwellings) are not covered by these rules, given that only short-term accommodation 
rental services provided against remuneration are covered. 

Registration  procedures  enable  competent  authorities  to  collect  information  on  hosts 
and  units  relating  to  short-term  accommodation  rental  services.  The  registration 
number,  which  is  a  unique  identifier  of  a  unit  rented,  should  ensure  that  the  data 
collected  and  shared  by  platforms  can  be  properly  attributed  to  hosts  and  units.  It 
should  therefore  be  for  competent  authorities,  where  they  wish  to  receive  data  from 
providers of online short-term rental platforms, to put in place or maintain registration 
procedures for hosts and their units, either at national, regional or local level.  

(10) 

In  order  to  ensure  that  competent  authorities  obtain  the  information  and  data  they 
need,  without  imposing disproportionate  burdens  on  online  platforms  and  hosts,  it  is 
necessary  to  lay  out  a  common  approach  to  registration  procedures  within  Member 
States that is limited to basic information allowing the identification of the unit and the 
host.  To  that  end,  Member  States  should  ensure  that,  upon  the  submission  of  all 

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Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning 
European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 17). 
Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  19  October  2022  on a 
Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act), (OJ L 
277, 27.10.22, p. 1). 

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relevant information and documents, hosts and units are given a registration number. 
Hosts  should  be  able  to  identify  and  authenticate  themselves  using  electronic 
identification  means  issued  under  a  notified  electronic  identity  scheme  pursuant  to 
Regulation  (EU)  No  910/2014  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council28  to 
complete those registration procedures.  

(11)  Hosts should provide information regarding themselves, the units they offer for short-
term  accommodation  rental  services  and  other  necessary  information  so  that  the 
competent authorities know the identity of the host and their contact details, as well as 
the  location,  the  type  (e.g.  house,  apartment,  room)  and  characteristics  of  the  unit. 
Such  information  is  needed  to  ensure  traceability  of  hosts  and  units  offered.  The 
description  of  the  unit’s  characteristics  should  include  an  indication  of  whether  the 
unit  is  offered  in  whole  or  part  and  whether  the  host  uses  the  unit  for  residential 
purposes as a primary or secondary residence or for other purposes. Hosts should also 
provide  information  on  the  maximum  number  of  guests  that  the  unit  is  capable  of 
accommodating. 

(12) 

It  should  be  possible  for  Member  States  to  require  hosts  to  submit  additional 
information and documentation attesting compliance with requirements established by 
national law, such as health and safety and consumer protection requirements. Member 
States may, in particular, in order to ensure equal access and inclusion, require hosts to 
provide  information  concerning  the  accessibility  for  persons  with  disabilities  of  the 
units  offered  for  short-term  accommodation  rental  services  in  relation  to  national  or 
local  accessibility  requirements.  However,  any  requirements  should  comply  with  the 
principles  of  non-discrimination  and  proportionality,  meaning  that  they  must  be 
appropriate  and  necessary  to  achieve  a  legitimate  regulatory  objective,  and  with  the 
Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union  and  Directive  2006/123/EC. 
Furthermore,  Member  States  should  be  able  to  impose  information  requirements  on 
hosts that comply with  Union law concerning issues  not  covered by this Regulation, 
such  as  non-remunerated  stays  including  where  hosting  arrangements  concern 
vulnerable individuals, such as refugees or beneficiaries of temporary protection. 

(13)  Where  the  information  and  documentation  provided  by  hosts  via  the  registration 
procedure is valid for a limited period of time, for example in the case of an identity 
document  or  a  fire  or  other  safety  certificate,  hosts  should  be  able  to  update  the 
information  or  documentation.  Where  a  host  fails  to  submit  the  updated  information 
and  documentation,  the  competent  authorities  should  have  the  power  to  suspend  the 
validity of the registration number until the updated information or documentation has 
been submitted. The information and documentation submitted by the host should be 
retained for the entire period of validity of the registration number and for a maximum 
period of 1 year following the host’s request for removal of a unit from the registry, in 
order  to  allow  competent  authorities  to  perform  any  relevant  checks  even  after  the 
removal of the unit from the registry. 

(14)  The  information  and  documentation  provided  by  hosts  via  the  registration  procedure 
should be verified by competent authorities only after the issuance of the registration 
number. It is appropriate to enable hosts, within a reasonable period of time, to rectify 
the information  and documentation  submitted  which a  competent  authority considers 

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Regulation  (EU)  No  910/2014  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  23  July  2014  on 
electronic  identification  and  trust  services  for  electronic  transactions  in  the  internal  market  and 
repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73). 

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to  be  incomplete  or  inaccurate.  Where  the  host  fails  to  rectify  the  information  and 
documentation  within  the  period  indicated,  the  competent  authority  should  have  the 
power  to  suspend  the  validity  of  the  registration  number.  The  competent  authority 
should have the power to suspend the validity of the registration number also in cases 
where it finds that there are manifest and serious doubts as regards the authenticity and 
validity  of  the  information  or  documentation  provided  by  the  host.  In  those  cases, 
competent authorities should inform hosts about their intention to suspend the validity 
of the registration number and the reasons for it. Hosts should have the possibility to 
be  heard  and,  where  appropriate,  to  rectify  the  information  and  documentation 
provided  within  a  reasonable  period  of  time.  Where  the  validity  of  the  registration 
number has been suspended, competent authorities should have the power to issue an 
order requesting the online short-term rental platforms to remove or disable access to 
the  listing  relating  to  the  unit  in  question  without  undue  delay.  Those  orders  should 
include  all  necessary  information  to  identify  the  listing,  including  the  individual 
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the listings. 

(15)  Where  a  registration  procedure  applies,  hosts  should  be  required  to  provide  online 
short-term  rental  platforms  with  their  registration  numbers,  display  them  in  each 
respective unit listing and provide guests with the unit’s registration number. Members 
States should ensure that, where a registration procedure applies, national law enables 
competent  authorities  to  order  online  short-term  rental  platforms  to  remove  listings 
related  to  units  offered  without  a  registration  number  or  offered  with  an  invalid 
registration number. 

(16)  Article  31  of  the  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065  lays  down  certain  due  diligence 
requirements  for  providers  of  online  platforms  allowing  consumers  to  conclude 
distance  contracts  with  traders.  Those  requirements  apply  to  online  short-term  rental 
platforms  with  respect  to  short-term  accommodation  rental  services  offered  by  hosts 
that  qualify  as  traders.  However,  the  short-term  accommodation  rental  sector  is 
characterised  by  the  fact  that  hosts  are  often  private  individuals  offering  short-term 
accommodation  rental  services  on  an  occasional  peer-to-peer  basis,  who  do  not 
necessarily  meet  the  conditions  to  be  categorised  as  ‘traders’  under  Union  law. 
Therefore,  in  line  with  the  concept  and  objective  of  ‘compliance  by  design’  under 
Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, and in order to enable competent authorities 
to  verify  whether  applicable  registration  obligations  are  complied  with,  it  is 
appropriate  to  apply  specific  conditions  for  compliance  by  design  in  the  context  of 
short-term accommodation rental services, including those offered by hosts that do not 
qualify  as  traders  pursuant  to  Union  law.  Online  short-term  rental  platforms  should 
ensure that services are not offered where no registration number has been provided, in 
cases  where  a  host  declares  that  such  a  registration  number  applies.  This  should  not 
amount to an obligation for online short-term rental platforms to generally monitor the 
services  offered  by  hosts  through  their  platform,  nor  to  a  general  fact-finding 
obligation  aimed  at  assessing  the  accuracy  of  the  registration  number  prior  to  the 
publication of the offer of short-term accommodation rental services.  

(17)  Where competent  authorities wish to  receive  from  online short-term  rental  platforms 
information  about  hosts’  activities,  they  should  be  required  to  establish  or  maintain 
registration procedure. 

(18)  Competent  authorities  that  wish  to  receive  from  online  short-term  rental  platforms 
information  about  hosts’  activities  and  have  registration  systems  in  place  should  be 
able to obtain activity data from online platforms on a regular basis. The type of data 
that  may  be  obtained  should  be  fully  harmonised  and  include  information  on  the 

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number of nights for which a registered unit has been rented, the number of guests that 
stayed in the unit per night, the registration number and the URL of the listing of the 
unit,  which  is  needed  in  order  to  facilitate  the  identification  of  the  host  and  the  unit 
offered  for  short-term  accommodation  rental  services  in  cases  where  the  registration 
number is missing or incorrect. Only online platforms that have effectively facilitated 
the  conclusion  of  direct  transactions  between  hosts  and  guests  are  covered  by  the 
obligation  to  provide  the  activity  data,  the  registration  number  and  the  URL  of  the 
listing of the unit, as only those platforms are in a position to collect data, such as on 
the number of nights for which a unit is rented and the number of guests that stayed in 
the  unit  per  night.  Member  States  should  not  maintain  or  introduce  measures  that 
require platforms to report on short-term accommodation rental service providers and 
their  activities  diverging  from  those  laid  down  in  this  Regulation,  unless  otherwise 
provided under Union law.  

(19) 

In order to ensure that the processing of personal data is adequate, relevant and limited 
to  what  is  necessary in  relation  to  the purposes for which they are processed, online 
short-term rental platforms should not be required to report additional information on 
the identity of the hosts and on units, given that this information is already collected 
by competent authorities through the registration procedures applicable to hosts. 

(20)  Online short-term rental platforms that qualify as small or micro enterprises within the 
meaning  of  Commission  Recommendation  2003/361/EC29  should  not  be  expected  to 
use machine-to-machine communication means of data-sharing, provided that they did 
not, in the previous quarter, reach a monthly average of minimum 2 500 active hosts in 
the Union. Allowing such online short-term  rental platforms to use manual means to 
share  data  with  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Point  reduces  their  compliance  burden  and 
takes  account  of  their  financial  or  technical  resources,  while  still  ensuring  that 
competent  authorities  obtain  the  relevant  data.  The  assumption  is  that  online  short-
term  rental  platforms  that  are  small  or  micro  enterprises  within  the  meaning  of 
Recommendation 2003/361/EC and that reach or exceed this threshold should already 
have  in  place  systems  that  allow  to  comply  with  machine-to-machine  transmission 
requirements. 

(21)  Online short-term rental platforms should be required to fulfil the reporting obligations 
with respect to the short-term accommodation rental services that they intermediate for 
units  located  in  an  area  where  a  registration  procedure  has  been  established,  and 
provided that the Single Digital Entry Point has been established by the Member State. 
Collecting and sharing this information is necessary to enable competent authorities to 
monitor compliance with the registration procedures applicable to hosts and to enable 
Member  States  to  develop  and  enforce  appropriate  and  proportionate  policies  in  the 
area of short-term accommodation rental services.  

(22) 

To avoid online short-term rental platforms being confronted with diverging technical 
requirements and a variety of access points for sharing data within a Member State, a 
national  Single  Digital  Entry  Point  should  be  established  as  a  gateway  for  the 
electronic  transmission  of  data  between  online  short-term  rental  platforms  and 
competent authorities, ensuring timely, reliable and efficient data sharing processes. 

(23)  The Single Digital Entry Points should facilitate the ability of online short-term rental 
platforms to randomly  check the validity of a registration number or the accuracy of 

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sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36). 

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self-declarations,  in  order  to  reduce  errors  and  inconsistencies  as  regards  data 
transmission  and  to  ease  their  compliance  burden.  The  Single  Digital  Entry  Point 
should,  while  not  requiring  the  actual  storage  of  the  registration  number,  allow  the 
performance  of  random  checks  either  automatically  by  means  of  Application 
Programming  Interface  allowing the verification  of a  registration number against the 
given  entries  in  the  registry  of  the  individual  registration  procedures  in  a  Member 
State  connected  to  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Point  or  manually,  for  example,  by 
entering a registration number in an online interface and receiving a confirmation on 
its  validity.  Online  short-term  rental  platforms  should  be  free  to  perform  additional 
checks  through  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Point.  Member  States  should  continue 
enforcing registration obligations using the tools already available to them.  

(24) 

In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the technical solutions 
supporting  the  exchange  of  data  and  to  promote  the  interoperability  of  the  national 
Single  Digital  Entry  Points,  implementing  powers  should  be  conferred  on  the 
Commission 
the  applicable  standards  and 
interoperability  requirements.  Those  powers  should  be  exercised  in  accordance  with 
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council30. 

lay  down,  where  necessary, 

to 

(25)  Alignment should be ensured between the various registries in a Member State as well 
as  their  interoperability  with  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Point  in  order  to  remove 
semantic  and  technical  barriers  to  data  sharing  and  to  ensure  more  effective  and 
efficient  administrative  procedures.  The  entities  in  charge  of  creating  the  Single 
Digital  Entry  Points  at  national  level  and  the  Commission  should  facilitate 
implementation at national level and cooperation between Member States.  

implementing 

(26)  A proportionate, limited and predictable framework at Union level is necessary for the 
transparent sharing of activity  data  and registration  numbers, in  compliance with  the 
requirements of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council31.  To  achieve  this,  Member  States  should  list  the  competent  authorities  at 
national,  regional  and  local  level  that  have  established  or  maintain  a  registration 
procedure to request activity data for units located on their territory. Such data should 
only be processed for purposes of monitoring compliance with registration procedures 
or 
to  and  provision  of  short-term 
accommodation  rental  services.  In  the  latter  case,  such  processing  should  only  be 
permitted  if  the  rules  in  question  are  non-discriminatory,  proportionate,  and  comply 
with  Union  law,  including  the  rules  on  free  movement  of  services,  freedom  of 
establishment,  and  the  rules  in  Directive  2006/123.  For  purposes  of  complying  with 
Union law on data protection, any rules concerning access to and provision of short-
term accommodation rental services should set out the purpose of processing the data 
in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  Regulation  2016/679.  Activity  data,  not 
including personal data, is also essential for authorities that are developing such rules 
as  part  of  efforts  to  promote  a  balanced  tourism  ecosystem,  including  effective  and 
proportionate rules for the access to, and the provision of, short-term accommodation 

rules  concerning  access 

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Regulation  (EU)  No  182/2011  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  16  February  2011 
laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of 
the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13). 
Regulation  (EU)  2016/679  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  27  April  2016  on  the 
protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of 
such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, 
p. 1). 

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rental  services.  A  retention  period  of  maximum  1  year  should  allow  competent 
authorities  to  ensure  compliance  with  rules  and  regulations  applicable  to  hosts  or 
concerning units rented and for policy development. 

(27)  Aggregated data sets based on the available activity data, would also be important for 
the compilation of official statistics. Those data, together with information on the total 
number of units and on the maximum number of guests that the unit can accommodate 
in  each  geographical  subdivision,  should  be  transmitted  to  national  statistical  offices 
and  Eurostat  every  month  for  the  purposes  of  compiling  statistics  in  line  with  the 
requirements applicable to other service providers in the accommodation sector as laid 
in  Regulation  692/2011  concerning  European  statistics  on  tourism.  Member  States 
should designate the national entity responsible for aggregating data and transmitting 
it. Competent  authorities should  also  be  able to  share  activity data,  without  any  data 
that  could  enable  the  identification  of  individual  units  or  hosts,  such  as  registration 
numbers  and  URLs,  with  entities  and  persons  when  this  is  needed  to  carry  out 
scientific research or analytical  activities as  well as to  produce new business  models 
and  services.  Under  the  same  conditions,  activity  data  could  be  made  available  via 
sectorial data spaces, when established. 

(28)  Member  States  should  provide  the  necessary  information  to  allow  public  authorities, 
online  short-term  rental  platforms,  hosts  and  citizens  to  understand  the  laws, 
procedures  and  requirements  relating  to  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation 
rental services within their territory. Those include registration procedures as well as 
any 
the  provision  of,  short-term 
accommodation rental services. 

requirements  concerning  access 

to,  and 

(29) 

In order to facilitate the implementation of this Regulation, each Member State should 
designate  an  authority  that  should  monitor  its  implementation  and  report  to  the 
Commission every two years.  

(30)  Member  States  should  ensure  an  effective  enforcement  of  this  Regulation.  The 
authorities  entrusted  with  the  enforcement  of  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065  should 
ensure that the obligations laid down in this Regulation for providers of online short-
term rental platforms concerning the design of the interface of online short-term rental 
platforms  with  regard  to  the  registration  number  of  any  host,  as  defined  in  this 
Regulation,  are  complied  with  in  accordance  with  the  powers  and  procedures  laid 
down  in  Chapter  IV  of  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065.  In  accordance  with  Regulation 
(EU)  2022/2065,  therefore,  the  competent  DSC  or  the  Commission  should  be 
empowered to enforce the compliance by design obligation laid down in  Article 7(1) 
of  this  Regulation  in  accordance  with  the  allocation  of  competences  laid  down  in 
Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. Consequently, the Commission should be 
empowered to adopt direct enforcement measures only with regard to very large online 
platforms designated pursuant to the Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. 

(31)  Member  States  should  ensure  an  effective  enforcement  of  this  Regulation  as  regards 
the  provisions  of  this  Regulation  concerning  the  results  of  the  random  checks,  the 
obligation to include a reference to the information to be made available by Member 
States  on  rules  governing  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services 
and  the  data  sharing  obligations  of  short-term  rental  platforms.  Due  to  the  specific 
nature of those obligations, it should be for authorities designated by the Member State 
of the Single Digital Entry Point, in which the relevant unit is located, to enforce them. 
Member States should also lay down rules setting out penalties for the infringement of 
these provisions of this Regulation that apply to online short-term rental platforms and 

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(32) 

should  ensure  that  such  penalties  are  implemented  and  notified  in  accordance  with 
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council32. Such penalties 
should  be  effective,  proportionate  and  dissuasive.  These  penalties  should  ensure  an 
effective enforcement of this Regulation, notably as regards data sharing obligations.  

In order to allow citizens and businesses to directly enjoy the benefits of the internal 
market without incurring an unnecessary additional administrative burden, Regulation 
(EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and the Council33, which established the 
Single  Digital  Gateway,  provides  for  general  rules  for  the  online  provision  of 
information,  procedures  and  assistance  services  relevant  for  the  functioning  of  the 
internal  market.  The  information  requirements  and  procedures  covered  by  this 
Regulation  should  comply  with  the  requirements  of  Regulation  (EU)  2018/1724.  In 
particular,  the  procedures  concerning  the  registration  by  hosts  and  the  issue  of  the 
registration number referred to  in  Article 4 of this  Regulation,  should be included in 
Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 so as to ensure that any host can benefit from 
fully  online  procedures.  Regulation  (EU)  2018/1724  should  therefore  be  amended 
accordingly. 

(33) 

In addition, in accordance with the once-only principle, hosts with units in one or more 
Member  States  should  be  allowed  to  re-use  data  and  evidence  they  have  already 
submitted  for  the  purpose  of  a  first  registration,  thereby  reducing  the  compliance 
burden  for  hosts.  That  functionality  could  be  provided  by  using  the  infrastructure  of 
the  Once  Only  Technical  System  as  established  by  Commission  Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2022/1463.34 

(34)  The Commission should periodically evaluate this Regulation and  monitor its effects 
on the provision  of  short-term  accommodation rental  services  offered through online 
short-term rental platforms in the Union. That evaluation should include any effects on 
providers  of  online  short-term  rental  platforms  and  any  effects  of  the  increased 
availability  of  data  on  the  content  and  proportionality  of  national,  regional  and  local 
rules relating to the provision of short-term accommodation rental services. In order to 
obtain  a  broad  view  of  developments  in  the  sector,  the  evaluation  should  take  into 
account the experiences of Member States and relevant stakeholders. 

(35) 

In  order  to  allow  sufficient  time  for  Member  States  to  establish  registration 
procedures, adapt existing registration procedures to the provisions of this Regulation 
and to establish Single Digital Entry Points, and to enable platforms and hosts to adapt 
to the new requirements, the application of this Regulation should be deferred. 

(36)  Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely contributing to the proper functioning 
of the internal market in relation to the provision of services provided by online short-
term  rental  platforms  cannot  be  sufficiently  achieved  by  the  Member  States  and  can 

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Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the  Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal 
aspects  of  information  society  services,  in  particular  electronic  commerce,  in  the  Internal  Market 
('Directive on electronic commerce') (OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1). 
Regulation  (EU)  2018/1724  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  2  October  2018 
establishing a single digital  gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance 
and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 
1). 
Commission  Implementing  Regulation  (EU)  2022/1463  of  5  August  2022  setting  out  technical  and 
operational specifications of the technical system for the cross-border automated exchange of evidence 
and  application  of  the  ‘once-only’  principle  in  accordance  with  Regulation  (EU)  2018/1724  of  the 
European Parliament and of the Council C/2022/5628 (OJ L 231, 6.9.2022, p. 1.) 

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therefore be better achieved at  Union level,  the Union may adopt  this Regulation, in 
accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the 
European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that 
Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those 
objectives. 

(37)  The fundamental right to the protection of personal data is safeguarded in particular by 
Regulation  (EU)  2016/679.  That  Regulation  provides  the  basis  for  rules  and 
requirements  of  personal  data  processing,  including  where  datasets  include  a  mix  of 
personal  and  non-personal  data  and  such  data  are  inextricably  linked.  Any  personal 
data  processing  under  the  present  Regulation  must  comply  with  Regulation  (EU) 
2016/679. Therefore the data protection supervisory authorities are responsible for the 
supervision  of  the  processing  of  personal  data  carried  out  in  the  context  of  this 
Regulation.  

(38)  The  European  Data  Protection  Supervisor  was  consulted  in  accordance  with  Article 
42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 
and delivered an opinion on [XX XX 2022]36, 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

CHAPTER I 

General provisions 

Article 1 

Subject matter 

This Regulation lays down rules for data collection by competent authorities and providers of 
online short-term rental platforms and data sharing from online short-term rental platforms to 
competent  authorities  relating  to  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services 
offered by hosts through online short-term rental platforms. 

Article 2 

Scope 

1. 

This Regulation applies to providers of online short-term rental platforms that offer 
services to  hosts providing short-term  accommodation  rental services in  the Union, 
irrespective of their place of establishment. 

2. 

This Regulation is without prejudice to:  

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Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the 
protection of natural persons with regard to the  processing of personal data by the Union institutions, 
bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 
45/2001  and  Decision  No  1247/2002/EC  (Text  with  EEA  relevance.),  (OJ  L  295,  21.11.2018,  p.  39–
98). 
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(a) 

national, regional or local rules regulating access to, or the provision of, short-
term  accommodation  rental  services  by  hosts,  unless  otherwise  specifically 
provided for under this Regulation; 

(b)  national, regional or local rules regulating the development or use of land, town 

and country planning or building standards;  

(c)  Union  or  national  law  regulating  the  prevention,  investigation,  detection  or 

prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties; 

(d)  Union  or  national  law  regulating  the  administration,  collection,  enforcement 

and recovery of taxes, customs and other duties.  

3. 

This Regulation is without prejudice to the rules laid down by other Union legal acts 
regulating  other  aspects  of  the  provision  of  services  by  online  short-term  rental 
platforms  and  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental  services,  in 
particular: 
(a)  Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council37; 

(b)  Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; 
(c)  Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council38; 

(d)  Directive 2000/31/EC;  

(e)  Directive 2006/123/EC; 
(f)  Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council39; 
(g)  Council Directive (EU) 2010/24/EU40; and 
(h)  Council Directive (EU) 2011/16/EU41. 

Article 3 

Definitions 

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 

(1) 

‘unit’ means a  furnished accommodation located in the Union that is the subject of 
the provision  of a short-term  accommodation rental service.  It  does not  include the 
following: 

(a) 

hotels and similar accommodations  including resort hotels, suite or apartment 
hotels,  hostels  and  motels  as  described  in  NACE  Rev.  2,  group  55.1  (‘hotels 

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Regulation  (EU)  2019/1150  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  20  June  2019  on 
promoting  fairness  and  transparency  for  business  users  of  online  intermediation  services  (OJ  L  186, 
11.7.2019, p. 57). 
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on 
contestable  and  fair  markets  in  the  digital  sector  and  amending  Directives  (EU)  2019/1937  and  (EU) 
2020/1828 (OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1). 
Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying 
down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on 
Information Society services (codification) (OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1). 
Council  Directive  2010/24/EU  of  16  March  2010  concerning  mutual  assistance  for  the  recovery  of 
claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures, (OJ L 84, 31.3.2010, p. 1). 
Council  Directive  2011/16/EU  of  15  February  2011  on  administrative  cooperation  in  the  field  of 
taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC (OJ L 64, 11.3.2011, p. 1). 

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and similar accommodation’) of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council42; 

(b) 

the  provision  of  accommodation  in  camping  grounds,  recreational  vehicle 
parks and trailer parks, as described in NACE Rev. 2 group 55.3 of Annex I to 
Regulation 1893/2006. 

‘host’  means  a  natural  or  legal  person  that  provides,  or  intends  to  provide,  on  a 
professional  or  non-professional  basis,  a  short-term  accommodation  rental  service 
against remuneration through an online short-term rental platform; 

‘active  hosts’  means  hosts  who  have  at  least  one  unit  listed  during  a  period  of  1 
month on an online short-term rental platform; 

‘guest’ means a natural person who is hosted in a unit; 

‘short-term  accommodation  rental  service’  means  the  short-term  letting  of  a  unit, 
against remuneration, whether on a professional or non-professional basis, as further 
defined by national law;  

‘online short-term rental platform’ means an online platform within the meaning of 
Article  3,  point  (i),  of  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065,  that  allows  guests  to  conclude 
distance  contracts  with  hosts  for  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental 
services; 

‘registration  number’  means  a  unique  identifier  issued  by  the  competent  Member 
State, which identifies a unit in that Member State; 

‘registration procedure’ means any procedure by which hosts must provide specific 
information  and  documentation  to  the  competent  authorities  before  they  can  start 
offering short-term accommodation rental services; 

‘listing’  means  the  reference  to  a  unit  offered  for  short-term  accommodation  rental 
services and published on an online short-term rental platform’s website; 

‘competent authority’ means a national, regional or local authority of a Member State 
that  is  competent  to  manage  and  enforce  registration  procedures,  and/or  to  collect 
data on short-term accommodation rental services;  

‘activity data’ means the number of nights for which a unit is rented and the number 
of guests that stayed in the unit per night; 

‘small or micro online short-term rental platform’ means an online short-term rental 
platform  that  qualifies  as  a  small  or  micro  enterprise  within  the  meaning  of 
Recommendation 2003/361/EC. 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

(10) 

(11) 

(12) 

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Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the  Council of 20 December 2006 
establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council 
Regulation  (EEC)  No 3037/90  as  well  as  certain  EC  Regulations  on  specific  statistical  domains  (OJ 
393, 30.12.2006, p. 1). 

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CHAPTER II 

Registration 

Article 4 

Registration procedures 

1. 

Any  registration  procedure  established  by  a  Member  State,  at  national,  regional  or 
local level, for units located in its territory, shall comply with the provisions of this 
Chapter. 

2. 

Member States shall ensure that:  

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

registration procedures operate on the basis of declarations made by hosts; 

registration  procedures  allow  for  the  automatic  and  immediate  issue  of  a 
registration number for a specific unit upon the submission by the host of the 
information referred to in Article 5(1) and, where appropriate, any supporting 
documentation required pursuant to Article 5(2); 

a unit is not subject to more than one registration procedure; 

technical means are in place to allow for information and documentation to be 
updated by a host; 

technical means are in place to assess the validity of registration numbers; 

technical means are in place to allow a host to remove a unit from the registry 
referred to in paragraph 3; 

(g)  hosts  are  required,  when  offering  their  short-term  accommodation  rental 
services  via  an  online  short-term  rental  platform,  to  declare  whether  the  unit 
offered  is  located  in  an  area  where  a  registration  procedure  has  been 
established or applies and, if so, to provide the registration number. 

Member  States  shall  ensure  that  hosts  are  able  to  request  that  the  information  or 
documentation  provided  pursuant  to  Article  5(1)  and  (2)  can  be  re-used  for  the 
purposes of subsequent registrations. 

Member States shall ensure that registration numbers are included in a registry. The 
competent  authority  issuing  the  registration  number  shall  be  responsible  for 
establishing and maintaining the registry.  

3. 

4. 

Article 5 

Information to be provided by hosts 

1. 

When registering pursuant to a registration procedure referred to in Article 4, a host 
shall submit the following information by way of declaration:  

(a) 

for each unit:  

(1) 

(2) 

the address of the unit;  

the type of unit;  

(3)  whether  the  unit  is  offered  as  a  part  or  whole  of  the  host’s  primary  or 

secondary residence, or for other purposes;  

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the maximum number of guests that the unit can accommodate; 

(b)  where the hosts are natural persons: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

their name;  

a  national  identification  number  or,  if  not  available,  other  information 
allowing the identification of the person; 

their address; 

their contact telephone number;  

the  electronic  mail  address  that  the  competent  authority  can  use  for 
written communication; 

(c)  where the hosts are legal persons:  

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

their name; 

the national business registration number; 

the name of all its legal representatives;  

their registered address; 

a contact telephone number, of a representative of that legal person;  

an  electronic  mail  address  that  the  competent  authority  can  use  for 
written communication.  

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Member States may require that the information submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 is 
accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation.  

Where  a  Member  State  requires  hosts 
information  and 
documentation,  the  submission  of  that  information  and  documentation  is  without 
prejudice to the issuance of the registration number in accordance with Article 4(2), 
point (b).  

to  submit  further 

Without  prejudice  to  Article  6,  where  there  is  a  material  change  in  the  situation 
substantiated by the information and documentation provided pursuant to paragraphs 
1 and 2, hosts shall update the information and documentation via the functionality 
referred to in Article 4(2), point (d).  

Member  States  shall  ensure  that  the  information  or  documentation  submitted 
pursuant to a registration procedure referred to in Article 4 is retained in a secure and 
confidential manner and only for a period which is necessary for the identification of 
the unit and for a maximum of 1 year after the host has indicated via the functionality 
referred to in Article 4(2), point (f) that the unit should be removed from the registry. 
Member States shall ensure that the information and documentation provided by the 
host pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 is only processed for the purpose of issuing the 
registration  number  and  ensuring  compliance  with  the  applicable  rules  of  the 
Member State concerning the access to and provision of short-term accommodation 
rental services.  

6. 

Hosts  shall  be  responsible  for  the  accuracy  of  the  information  that  they  provide  to 
competent  authorities  pursuant  to  this  Article,  and  of  the  information  that  they 
provide to online short-term rental platforms pursuant to Article 7 of this Regulation. 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Article 6  

Verification by competent authorities 

Competent authorities may, at any time after issuing a registration number, verify the 
declaration  and  any  supporting  documentation  submitted  by  a  host  pursuant  to 
Article 5(1) and 5(2).  

Where  a  competent  authority,  after  verification  pursuant  to  paragraph  1,  finds  that 
the  information  or  documentation  submitted  pursuant  to  Article  5(1)  and  5(2)  is 
incomplete or incorrect, that competent authority shall have the power to ask the host 
to rectify the information and documentation provided via the functionality referred 
to  in  Article  4(2),  point  (d),  within  a  period  to  be  specified  by  the  competent 
authority.  

Where a host fails to rectify the requested information pursuant to paragraph 2, the 
competent  authority  shall  have  the  power  to  suspend  the  validity  of  the  affected 
registration  numbers  and  to  issue  an  order  requesting  online  short-term  rental 
platforms  to  remove  or  disable  access  to  any  listing  relating  to  the  unit  or  units  in 
question without undue delay.  

Where  a  competent  authority,  after  verification  pursuant  to  paragraph  1,  finds  that 
there are manifest and serious doubts as regards the authenticity and validity of the 
information  or  documentation  submitted  pursuant  to  Article  5(1)  and  5(2),  it  shall 
have  the  power  to  suspend  the  validity  of  the  affected  registration  numbers  and  to 
issue  an  order  requesting  online  short-term  rental  platforms  to  remove  or  disable 
access to any listing relating to the unit or units in question without undue delay.  

Where a competent authority intends to suspend the validity of a registration number 
or numbers pursuant to paragraphs 3 or 4, it shall notify the host in writing stating the 
reasons  for  that  intention.  The  host  shall  be  given  the  opportunity  to  be  heard  and, 
where appropriate, to rectify the information or documentation in question within a 
reasonable  period  to  be  specified  by  the  competent  authority.  Where,  after  having 
heard the host, the competent authority confirms its intention to suspend the validity 
of  a  registration  number  or  numbers,  it  shall  notify  the  host  in  writing  of  that 
decision, accompanied by a copy of the order referred to in paragraphs 3 or 4.  

6. 

Orders issued pursuant to paragraphs 3, 4 and 10 shall contain at least the following 
information: 

(a) 

(b) 

a statement of reasons;  

clear information enabling the provider of the online short-term rental platform 
to  identify  and  locate  the  listing  or  listings  concerned,  such  as  one  or  more 
exact  uniform  resource  locators  (URL)  and  the  identity  of  the  competent 
authority; 

7. 

(c) 

the identity of the host and of the unit offered for short-term accommodation 
rental services. 

The  validity  of  a  registration  number  shall  remain  suspended  until  the  host  has 
rectified the relevant information and documentation with the competent authorities. 
Upon  reception,  via  the  functionality  referred  to  in  Article  4(2),  point  (d),  and 
verification  of  the  accuracy,  completeness  and  correctness  of  the  information  and 
documentation  provided  by  the  host,  the  competent  authorities  shall  reinstate  the 
registration number.   

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9. 

10. 

The  competent  authority  shall  inform  the  hosts  about  the  redress  mechanisms 
available in relation to the steps taken pursuant to paragraphs 2 to 5 and 7.  

Where  a  Member  State  requires  hosts 
information  and 
documentation  as  referred  to  in  Article  5(3),  it  may  apply  the  provisions  of  this 
Article  to  such  information  or  documentation,  provided  that  the  requirement  in 
question is non-discriminatory, proportionate and complies with Union law. 

to  submit  further 

Where a registration procedure applies, Member States shall ensure that national law 
enables competent authorities to order providers of online short-term rental platforms 
to  remove  listings  related  to  units  offered  without  a  registration  number  or  offered 
with an invalid registration number.  

Article 7 

Compliance by design 

1. 

Online short-term rental platforms shall:  

(a) 

design and organise their online interface in a way that  requires hosts to self-
declare whether the unit offered for short-term accommodation rental services 
is  located  in  an  area  where  a  registration  procedure  has  been  established  or 
applies; 

(b)  where  the  host  declares  that  the  unit  offered  for  short-term  accommodation 
rental  services  is  located  in  an  area  where  a  registration  procedure  has  been 
established or applies, design and organise their online interface in a way that 
enables hosts to let users identify the unit through a registration number, and to 
ensure  that  hosts  have  provided  a  registration  number  prior  to  allowing  the 
offering  of  the  short-term  accommodation  rental  services  with  respect  to  that 
unit; 

(c)  make  reasonable  efforts  to  randomly  check  the  declaration  of  the  hosts 
concerning the existence or not of a registration procedure, taking into account 
the list made available pursuant to Article 13(1), point (a), and, where such a 
procedure exists, the validity of the registration number provided by the host, 
including  through  the  use  of  the  functionalities  offered  by  the  Single  Digital 
Entry Points referred to in Article 10(2), point (b), after allowing the offering 
of the short-term accommodation rental services by the host. 

Online  short-term  rental  platforms  shall  inform  without  delay  the  competent 
authorities and the hosts of the results of the random checks referred to in paragraph 
1,  point  (c),  concerning  incorrect  declarations  of  hosts  or  invalid  registration 
numbers. 

Online  short-term  rental  platforms  shall  include,  in  a  specific  section  of  the  online 
interface  that  is  directly  and  easily  accessible,  a  reference  to  the  information  to  be 
made available by Member States pursuant to Article 17(1).  

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CHAPTER III 

Data reporting 

Article 8 

Registration procedures for data reporting 

Member States shall ensure that a registration procedure is established or maintained for units 
located in an area included in the list referred to in Article 13(1), point (b). 

1. 

2. 

1. 

Article 9  

Obligation on online short-term rental platforms to transmit activity data and 
registration numbers 

When  a  listing  concerns  a  unit  located  in  an  area  included  in  the  list  referred  to  in 
Article 13(1), point (b), providers of online short-term rental platforms shall collect 
and,  on  a  monthly  basis,  transmit  to  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Point  of  the  Member 
State where the unit is located, activity data per unit, together with the corresponding 
registration  number  as  provided  by  the  host  and  the  URL  of  the  listing.  That 
transmission shall take place by machine-to-machine communication means.  

By  way  of  derogation  from  paragraph  1,  small  or  micro  online  short-term  rental 
platforms that did not, in the previous quarter, reach a monthly average of 2 500 or 
more  active  hosts  shall  transmit  the  activity  data  per  unit,  together  with  the 
corresponding  registration  number  and  the  URL  of  the  listing,  at  the  end  of  the 
quarter,  by  machine-to-machine  communication  means  or  manually,  to  the  Single 
Digital Entry Point of the Member State where the unit is located. 

Article 10 

Establishment and functionalities of Single Digital Entry Points 

Where a Member State has established one or more registration procedures pursuant 
to  Article  8,  that  Member  State  shall  establish  a  Single  Digital  Entry  Point  for  the 
receipt and forwarding of activity data, the relevant registration number and the URL 
of the listings  provided  by  online  short-term rental  platforms  pursuant  to Article 9. 
That  Member  State  shall  designate  the  authority  which  will  be  responsible  for  the 
operation of the Single Digital Entry Point. 

2. 

The Single Digital Entry Point referred to in paragraph 1 shall:  

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

provide a technical interface for online short-term rental platforms enabling the 
machine-to-machine  and  manual  transmission  of  activity  data,  the  relevant 
registration number and the URL of the listings;  

facilitate  random  checks  by  online  short-term  rental  platforms  pursuant  to 
Article 7(1), point (c) of the validity of registration numbers provided by hosts; 

provide a technical interface for the competent authorities referred to in Article 
12  to  receive  activity  data,  the  relevant  registration  number  and  the  URL  of 
listings transmitted by online short-term rental platforms only for the purposes 
identified in Article 12(2) for units in their territory.  

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Member  States  shall  ensure  that  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Point  referred  to  in 
paragraph 1 provides for:  

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

interoperability with the registries referred to in Article 4(3); 

the  possibility  to  re-use  the  information  or  documentation  to  be  provided  by 
hosts  pursuant  to  Article  5,  if  the  same  information  or  documentation  is 
requested  by  multiple  registries  referred  to  in  Article  4(3)  within  the  same 
Member State; 

confidentiality, integrity and security of the processing of the activity data and 
registration  numbers  and  the  URL  of  the  listing  transmitted  by  online  short-
term rental platforms in accordance with Article 9. 

The Single Digital Entry Point referred to in paragraph 1 shall not store information 
containing  personal  data.  It  shall  ensure  the  automatic,  intermediate  and  transient 
processing of personal data that is strictly necessary for the purpose of giving access 
to the authorities referred to in Article 12 to activity data, registration numbers and 
URL of listings provided by online short-term rental platforms. 

The  Commission  may  adopt  implementing  acts  laying  down  common  technical 
specifications  and  procedures  to  ensure  interoperability  of  solutions  for  the 
functioning  of  the  Single  Digital  Entry  Points  and  the  seamless  exchange  of  data, 
including the structure of the registration numbers. Those implementing acts shall be 
adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 16(2). 

Article 11 

Coordination of Single Digital Entry Points  

Each Member State shall appoint a national coordinator. Those national coordinators 
shall act as contact points for their respective administrations for all matters relating 
to the Single Digital Entry Point.  

The  national  coordinator  for  each  Member  State  shall  be  responsible  for  contacts 
with  the  Commission  in  respect  of  all  matters  relating  to  the  Single  Digital  Entry 
Point. Each Member State shall inform the other Member States and the Commission 
of  the  name  and  contact  details  of  its  national  coordinator.  The  Commission  shall 
keep and maintain a list of the national coordinators and their contact details. 

The  Single  Digital  Entry  Points  coordination  group  (‘the  coordination  group’)  is 
hereby  established.  The  coordination  group  shall  be  composed  of  the  national 
coordinator from  each  Member State and shall  be chaired by the Commission.  The 
coordination group shall adopt its rules of procedure. The Commission shall support 
the functioning of the coordination group.  

The  coordination  group  shall  support  the  implementation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Regulation concerning the Single Digital Entry Points. In particular, the coordination 
group shall perform the following tasks: 

(a) 

facilitate the exchange of best practices on matters related to the coordination 
of the implementation at national level, in particular as regards the provisions 
set out in Article 10;  

(b) 

assist the Commission in promoting the use of interoperability solutions for the 
functioning of the Single Digital Entry Points and the exchange of data; 

4. 

5. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

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assist  the  Commission  in  developing  a  common  approach  to  message  format 
for  the  transmission  of  activity  data  and  registration  numbers  and  a  common 
structure of the registration numbers. 

Article 12 

Access to data 

Member States shall establish a list of the competent authorities responsible for areas 
where a registration procedure applies pursuant to Article 8.  

Access  to  the  information  transmitted  pursuant  to  Article  9  shall  be  granted  to  the 
competent authority only where the intended purpose of the processing is one of the 
following: 

(a)  monitoring compliance with the registration procedures referred to in Article 8; 

(b) 

implementing  rules  governing  the  access  to  and  the  provision  of  short-term 
rules  are  non-
accommodation 
discriminatory, proportionate and comply with Union law. 

rental  services,  provided 

those 

that 

Competent  authorities  listed  pursuant  to  paragraph  1  shall  retain  activity  data  in  a 
secure and confidential  manner as  long as necessary  for the purposes referred to  in 
paragraph 2 and no longer than 1 year after their receipt. Those competent authorities 
may,  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  Member  State,  share  activity  data  without 
any  data  that  can  identify  individual  units  or  hosts,  including  registration  numbers 
and URLs, in particular with the following: 

(a) 

(b) 

tasked  with  developing 

authorities 
laws,  regulations  or  administrative 
provisions  concerning  access  to  and  provision  of  short-term  accommodation 
rental services; 

entities  or  persons  carrying  out  scientific  research,  analytical  activities  or 
developing  new  business  models,  where  this  is  necessary  for  the  purpose  of 
those activities. 

Member  States  shall  aggregate  the  activity  data  obtained  pursuant  to  Article  9  and 
transmit  it  on  a  monthly  basis  to  national  statistical  offices  and  Eurostat  for  the 
purposes of compiling statistics in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 
the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council43.  Activity  data  shall  be  aggregated  at 
national,  regional  and  municipal  level,  and  shall  include  information  on  the  total 
number  of  units  and  on  the  maximum  number  of  guests  that  the  unit  can 
accommodate in each geographical subdivision. Those data shall be broken down by 
the  type  of  unit  as  described  in  Article  5(1),  point  (a),  of  this  Regulation.  Member 
States shall designate the national entity responsible for aggregating activity data and 
transmitting it to national statistical offices and Eurostat. 

Regulation  (EC)  No  223/2009  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  11  March  2009  on 
European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament 
and  of  the  Council  on  the  transmission  of  data  subject  to  statistical  confidentiality  to  the  Statistical 
Office  of  the  European  Communities,  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  322/97  on  Community  Statistics, 
and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of 
the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164). 

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2. 

3. 

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CHAPTER IV 

Information, supervision and enforcement 

Article 13 

Information obligations 

1. 

Member States shall draw up and make available, free of charge, the following lists: 

(a) 

(b) 

list of areas where a registration procedure applies in their territory; 

list  of  areas  for  which  competent  authorities  have  requested  data  from 
providers of online short-term rental platforms. 

2. 

Competent  authorities  shall  promote  awareness  of  the  rights  and  obligations  under 
this Regulation in their respective territories. 

Article 14 

Monitoring  

Each Member State shall designate an authority, which shall monitor the implementation of 
the  obligations  laid  down  by  this  Regulation  on  their  territory  and  report  on  this 
implementation every two years to the Commission.  

Article 15 

Enforcement 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

For the purpose of the enforcement of Article 7(1) of this Regulation, Chapter IV of 
Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065  shall  apply,  and  any  references  therein  to  compliance 
with  the  relevant  provisions  of  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065    shall  be  deemed  to 
include Article 7(1) of this Regulation. To the extent that powers are conferred upon 
the  Commission  under  Chapter  IV  of  Regulation  (EU)  2022/2065,  they  shall  also 
cover the application of Article 7(1) of this Regulation. 

Authorities  designated  by  the  Member  State  of  the  relevant  Single  Digital  Entry 
Point shall be competent to enforce Articles 7(2), 7(3) and 9 of this Regulation. 

Member  States  shall  lay  down  rules  on  penalties  applicable  to  infringements  by 
online short-term rental platforms of Articles 7(2), 7(3) and 9. Member States shall 
ensure that those penalties are effective, proportionate and dissuasive. 

Member States shall by [date of application of the Regulation] adopt and publish the 
laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with paragraph 
2 and shall notify the Commission thereof without delay. 

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CHAPTER V 

Final provisions 

Article 16 

Committee 

1. 

2. 

The  Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  a  committee.  That  committee  shall  be  a 
committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 

Where  reference  is  made  to  this  paragraph,  Article  4  of  Regulation  (EU)  No 
182/2011 shall apply. 

Article 17 

Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 

Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 is amended as follows:  

1. 

in Annex I, in the second column, in the row ‘N.Services’, the following point 4 is 
added:  

‘4. information on rules governing the provision of short-term accommodation 
rental services, including the lists referred to in Article 13 of Regulation of the 
European Parliament and of the Council […/…] [on data collection and sharing 
relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation 
(EU) 2018/1724]’. 

2. 

Annex II is amended as follows: 

(a) 

in the second column, in the row ‘Starting, running and closing a business’, the 
following is added as a new row:  

‘Declarations  by  hosts  for  registration  procedures  in  relation  to  short-term 
accommodation rental services’; 

(b) 

in the third column, in the row  ‘Starting, running and closing a business’, the 
following is added as a new row:  

‘Issuance of a registration number’. 

Article 18 

Evaluation and review 

1. 

No later than 5 years after the date of application of this Regulation, the Commission 
shall  evaluate  this  Regulation  and  submit  a  report  on  its  main  findings  to  the 
European  Parliament,  the  Council  and  to  the  European  Economic  and  Social 
Committee.  This  report  shall  be  based  on  the  evaluations  submitted  by  national 
supervisory authorities pursuant to Article 14. 

2. 

The evaluation made pursuant to paragraph 1 shall assess in particular: 

(a) 

the impact of this Regulation on the obligations imposed on online short-term 
rental platforms; 

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(c) 

the  impact  of  this  Regulation  on  the  availability  of  data  relating  to  the 
provision of short-term accommodation rental services offered in the Union by 
hosts through online short-term rental platforms; and 

to  the  extent  possible,  the  impact  of  this  Regulation  on  the  content  and 
proportionality  of  national  legislative,  regulatory  or  administrative  measures 
relating  to  access  to  and  the  provision  of  short-term  accommodation  rental 
services, including where such services are provided cross-border. 

Article 19 

Entry into force and application 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. 

It shall apply from [OP please insert date = 24 months after the date of entry into force of this 
Regulation]. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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