Chapter II, Article 4 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1028

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Article 4Registration 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.A Member State that imposes a requirement on online short-term rental platforms to transmit data to competent authorities in accordance with this Regulation shall establish or maintain a registration procedure for units located in areas of its territory where such data transmission requirement applies.

3.Member States shall ensure that:

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

(b)registration procedures are provided online, and free of charge, where possible, or at a reasonable and proportionate cost, and allow for the automatic and immediate issue of a registration number, that shall not include personal data, 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);

(c)registration procedures are subject to effective appeal mechanisms within the Member State;

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

(e)technical means are in place to enable a host to update information and documentation;

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

(g)technical means are in place to enable a host to remove a unit from the registry referred to in paragraph 5; and

(h)hosts are required, when offering their short-term accommodation rental services via an online short-term rental platform, to declare to the online short-term rental platform whether the unit offered is subject to a registration procedure and, if it is, to provide the registration number.

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

5.Member States shall ensure that registration numbers are included in a public and easily accessible registry. The competent authority issuing the registration number shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining the registry, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

6.Member States shall ensure that hosts are able to submit all documents required as part of the registration process in a digital format.

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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;