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Short-term rental initiative

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This initiative aims to facilitate the development of a responsible, fair and trusted growth of short-term rental, as part of a well-balanced tourist ecosystem. At the same time, it aims to ensure a level playing field for all accommodation service providers and to respond to the many requests from stakeholders, by offering balanced solutions for cities, peer and professional short-term rental service providers and platforms whilst benefiting in particular small and medium-sized enterprises.

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ID: 13108

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28 responses

Consultation response

SMEunited aisbl, 14 Oct 2021

SMEunited agrees that Short Term Accommodation Rental services are indeed a fast-growing sector that can create opportunities for businesses, in particular SMEs. We also believe that ensuring a level playing field is essential so that unfair competition between the various providers is avoided. It…

Booking.com Urges EU Framework for Short-Term Rental Registration

Booking.com B.V., 14 Oct 2021

Booking.com requests EU-level legal clarity on registration schemes for short-term rentals. They want platforms required to display only registered properties and support automated verification systems. They advocate for a single European API system rather than fragmented local systems.
This would streamline compliance across borders and eliminate competitive disadvantage against less compliant platforms.
Unregistered hosts and smaller platforms lacking resources for compliance systems lose market access.

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HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe, 12 Jan 2023

HOTREC, the voice of European hospitality, welcomes the proposal for Regulation on Short-Term Accommodation Rentals which sets common rules for host registration and a data-sharing framework with public authorities. The initiative represents an important step in establishing a framework that will…

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HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe, 14 Oct 2021

HOTREC welcomes the intention to create new legislation establishing an Internal Market framework for the provision of STR services in the EU. HOTREC agrees with the Inception Impact Assessment document’s proposals, including the scope, covering both (i) access to data and (ii) market access…

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eu travel tech, 21 Dec 2022

eu travel tech welcomes the European Commissions proposal on short-term rentals (STRs). We see great value in an EU-wide framework regulating STRs. While STRs are loved by travellers and hosts, we recognise that the market growth in recent years has created challenges for local authorities,…

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eu travel tech, 14 Oct 2021

In this paper, eu travel tech sets out its initial views on the European Commission´s plan for a possible legislative proposal to address issues in the short-term rental sector, based on the Inception Impact Assessment. We look at the preliminary problem analysis and explain why this instrument is…

Airbnb pushes for EU-wide data system over national platforms

Airbnb Ireland UC, 12 Jan 2023

Airbnb wants a single EU-wide data entry point instead of 27 national systems. They argue national systems create technical fragmentation and compliance delays. The company also wants the Commission to verify that local registration rules are proportionate and calls for enforcement against disproportionate local restrictions.
This would avoid building 27 different technical products and reduce significant compliance costs.
Local authorities lose flexibility to design registration systems tailored to their communities' needs.

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Airbnb Ireland UC, 13 Oct 2021

Airbnb welcomes the opportunity to feed into the European Commission’s work on a regulatory proposal for short-term rental (STR) accommodation. STRs bring enormous benefits to Europe and its citizens, especially as the region looks to economic recovery post-COVID. In the EU, new hosts on Airbnb…

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Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich, 14 Oct 2021

Die kurzfristige Vermietung von Unterkünften (STRs – short-term accommodation rentals) stellt einen wichtigen Teil des Tourismussektors dar, da dadurch insbesondere privaten Unterkunftgebern und KMUs wie bspw. land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Betrieben die Möglichkeit eröffnet wird zusätzliches…

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International Union of Tenants, 6 Jan 2023

Short-term rentals, the hotelification of the housing stock and the affordable housing crisis Short-term rentals tend to reduce the inherent differences between hotels and the regular housing stock. Consequently, the hotel industry's pricing and contractual setup tend to be transferred to the…

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International Union of Tenants, 12 Oct 2021

Hotelification Short-term rentals tend to reduce the inherent differences between hotels and the regular housing stock. Consequently, the hotel industry's pricing and contractual setup tend to be transferred to the housing sector. This phenomenon can be described as the "hotelification" of the…

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The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation, 12 Jan 2023

ANEC welcomes the Commissions proposal for a Regulation to enhance transparency in the field of short-term accommodation rentals. ANEC considers it imperative to find new ways of defining the relationships between consumers, prosumers, providers and platforms to establish whether consumer law (B2C)…

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Expedia Group, 12 Jan 2023

Expedia Group has long been calling for an EU-wide initiative on short-term rental (STR) services addressing the regulatory fragmentation in Europe. STRs are an increasingly important part of the tourism sector, as recognised by the European Commission. They represent nearly one quarter of the…

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Expedia Group, 14 Oct 2021

Expedia Group welcomes the European Commission’s decision to develop a ‘Short-term rental initiative’ in order to promote a responsible, fair and trusted vacation rental sector – and more broadly a well-balanced tourism ecosystem. Having harmonised guidance at the EU level that is tailored to the…

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The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation, 14 Oct 2021

ANEC welcomes that the European Commission continue to take interest to regulate the collaborative economy services, and especially the short-term accommodation rentals. While the Digital Services Act brought progress with horizontal rules for platforms, this type of accommodation needs more…

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Visita, 11 Jan 2023

I Sverige saknas en registrering av STR. En registrering kan skapa transparens kring vilken korttidsuthyrning som faktiskt sker och bidra till att ge en bättre bild av vilka faktiska gästnätter ett land har varje år. Visita har medlemmar som konkurrerar med STR men även medlemmar som själva, via…

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European Holiday Home Association, 14 Oct 2021

The European Holiday Home Association welcomes the chance to input into the European Commission’s work on an EU short-term rental (STR) initiative. As a voice for STRs, our membership is diverse: representing non-professional and professional service providers, entrepreneurs, property managers,…

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Sveriges Konsumenter, The Swedish Consumers' Association, 12 Oct 2021

Hotelification Short-term rentals tend to reduce the inherent differences between hotels and the regular housing stock. Consequently, the hotel industry's pricing and contractual setup tend to be transferred to the housing sector. This phenomenon can be described as the "hotelification" of the…

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Deutscher Tourismusverband e.V., 14 Oct 2021

Der Deutsche Tourismusverband begrüßt das Regulierungsvorhaben grundsätzlich. Die Analyse des Status quo, dass es an einer ausreichenden Datenlage fehlt, um den Beherbergungssektor im Bereich der Kurzzeitvermietungen (Ferienwohnen) erfassen und ggf. auch durch politische Maßnahmen unterstützen zu…

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European Federation of Rural Tourism, 12 Jan 2023

The European Federation of Rural Tourism Ruraltour welcomes the initiative for a homogeneous regulatory approach to STR and similar services across Europe. We consider that the proposed regulation is adequate to achieve this objective without considerable additional burden. The requested minimum…

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The Finnish Hospitality Association (Matkailu- ja Ravintolapalvelut MaRa ry), 12 Jan 2023

Matkailu- ja Ravintolapalvelut MaRa on elinkeinoelämän toimialajärjestö ja se edustaa laajalti matkailu- ja ravintola-alan yrityksiä Suomessa. MaRa kiittää mahdollisuudesta antaa komissiolle palautetta ehdotuksesta. MaRa kannattaa komission asetusehdotuksen tavoitteita asettaa verkkoalustoille ja…

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Deutscher Ferienhausverband, 11 Jan 2023

Mit der Short Term Rental Initiative hat die EU-Kommission einen entscheidenden Schritt zur Harmonisierung der Regulierung und einer größeren Transparenz für den Online-Ferienhausmarkt vorgelegt. Der Deutsche Ferienhausverband begrüßt diese Initiative ausdrücklich. Die aktuell existierenden,…

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Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor, 6 Jan 2023

Em anexo, os contributos da DECO - Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor

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Deutscher Ferienhausverband, 14 Oct 2021

STR ermöglicht es Bürgerinnen und Bürgern, niedrigschwellig unternehmerisch tätig zu sein. STR ist auch in strukturschwachen Regionen gut anzusiedeln, schafft und sichert Arbeitsplätze, nicht nur entlang der touristischen Wertschöpfungskette, sorgt für Steuereinnahmen, befördert den Ausbau der…

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Union des Métiers et des Industries de l'Hôtellerie, 14 Oct 2021

L’encadrement de la location de courte durée (LCD) constitue un sujet d’importance vu les efforts déjà déployés au niveau national pour encadrer ce phénomène économique. Nous accueillons favorablement l’intention de la Commission de créer une législation visant à unifier les règles dans le marché…

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Asociacion Empresarial Hotelera de Madrid, 14 Oct 2021

La Asociación Empresarial Hotelera de Madrid acoge con satisfacción la hoja de ruta de la Comisión Europea relativa a la iniciativa sobre alquileres de corta duración. La AEHM apoya decididamente la regularización de las plataformas, asimilándolas al resto de actores turísticos que operan en el…

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Verband der öffentlichen Wirtschaft und Gemeinwirtschaft Österreichs, 13 Oct 2021

The growing number of accommodations provided by and through short-term rental platforms bears opportunities as well as risks. The original principle of peer-to-peer rentals seemed to convey the “live like a local” feeling to visitors, to bring purchasing power beyond touristic hotspots (where most…

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Association pour un Tourisme Professionnel, 8 Oct 2021

The Association for a Professional Hosting and Tourism (AhTop) welcomes the EC’s initiative aiming at ensuring a level playing field for all providers of accommodation services. The emergence of tourism platforms has brought about a profound transformation of the sector, synonymous with renewal…