Chapter III, Article 10 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1028

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Article 10Establishment and functionalities of single digital entry points#

1.Where a Member State has established one or more registration procedures pursuant to Article 4(2), that Member State shall establish a single digital entry point for the receipt and forwarding of activity data, the relevant registration number, the specific address of the unit and the URLs of the listings provided by online short-term rental platforms pursuant to Article 9. That Member State shall designate the authority which is to be responsible for the operation of the single digital entry point.

2.The single digital entry point referred to in paragraph 1 shall:

(a)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 URLs of the listings, which, in order to ensure interoperability, is to be implemented using an application programming interface that is based on technical requirements defined by the Commission;

(b)facilitate random checks by online short-term rental platforms pursuant to Article 7(1), point (c);

(c)provide a technical interface for the competent authorities referred to in Article 12 to receive activity data, the relevant registration number, the specific address of the unit and the URLs of the listings, transmitted by online short-term rental platforms, only for the purposes listed in Article 12(2) for units in their territory;

(d)facilitate the sharing of the information referred to in Article 13.

3.Member States shall ensure that the single digital entry point referred to in paragraph 1 provides for:

(a)interoperability with the registries referred to in Article 4(5);

(b)a freely accessible and machine-readable online database or online interface for the checks referred to in Article 7(1), point (c), and for the assessment referred to in Article 8;

(c)the possibility to reuse 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(5) within the same Member State;

(d)confidentiality, integrity and security of the processing of the activity data, registration numbers, the specific addresses of the units, and the URLs of the listings transmitted by online short-term rental platforms in accordance with Article 9.

4.The single digital entry point referred to in paragraph 1 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, the specific addresses of the units and the URLs of the listings provided by online short-term rental platforms.

5.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 common specifications to establish a standardised structure of registration numbers Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2).

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activity data
means the number of nights for which a unit is rented and the number of guests to whom the unit is rented per night along with the country of residence of each guest, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 692/2011;
authorisation scheme
means an ‘authorisation scheme’ as defined in Article 4, point 6, of Directive 2006/123/EC;
competent authority
means a national, regional or local authority of a Member State that is competent to manage or enforce registration procedures, or to collect data on short-term accommodation rental services, or is responsible for ensuring compliance with the applicable rules of the Member States concerning access to, and the provision of, short-term accommodation rental services;
guest
means a natural person who is hosted in a unit;
host
means a natural or legal person that provides, or intends to provide, on a professional or non-professional basis, on a regular or on a temporary basis, a short-term accommodation rental service provided for remuneration, through an online short-term rental platform;
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;
municipality
means a ‘local administrative unit (LAU)’ within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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 authority 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 in order to obtain a registration number enabling them to offer short-term accommodation rental services through online short-term rental platforms;
short-term accommodation rental service
means the short-term letting of a unit, provided for remuneration, whether on a professional or non-professional basis, on a regular or on a temporary basis, as further defined by national law;
small or micro online short-term rental platform
means an online short-term rental platform which qualifies as a small or micro enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC;
unit
means a furnished accommodation located in the Union that is the subject of the provision of a short-term accommodation rental service;