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This section contains a list of the main regulatory tools which have recently been deployed in different countries to address the economic and legal challenges raised by digital platforms. In particular, three typologies  of regulation have been taken into consideration: national / domestic laws, court decisions, antitrust authorities deliberations.

All the regulatory measures stored in the section can be easily accessed through links which allow to read their official version. Keywords and tags are associated to each of the regulatory measures with the aim of providing a short description of their content.

COUNTRYDOCUMENTTAG 
ItalyLegge 96/2017short-term rentals, taxation 
ItalyLegge regionale Piemonte 3 agosto 2017, n. 13short-term rentals, legal definition 
ItalyTar Lazio - Sentenza n. 2207/2019Airbnb, taxation 
ItalyConsiglio di Stato - 2021Airbnb, taxation 
ItalyProvincial Council of Bolzano - 2022short-term rentals, time cap, housing market, overtourism 
ItalyDecreto Aiuti - 2022short-term rentals, Venice 
ItalyComune di Firenze - 2023short-term rentals, Florence, zoning 
ItalyProcura di Milano - 2023Airbnb, taxation 
SpainReal Decreto-ley 7/2019short-term rentals, legal requirements 
SpainPlan Especial Urbanistico de Alojamientos Turisticosshort-term rentals, Barcelona, urban planning, zoning 
SpainPlan Especial de Regulacion del Hospedajeshort-term rentals, Madrid, urban planning, zoning 
SpainBarcelona PEUAT - 2021Barcelona, short-term rentals, regulation, zoning, urban planning 
FranceLoi n° 2016-1321short-term rentals, licenses 
FranceCity of Paris - 2019fines, illegal short-term rentals, licenses, permits 
FranceConseil de Paris - 2021 - régulation des meublés turistiquesshort-term rentals, Paris, regulation 
GermanyBundesmeldegesetzshort-term rentals, registration, security 
GermanyBerlin housing lawshort-term rentals, permits, licenses 
GermanyBerlin higher administrative court - February 2024short-term rentals, ban 
HungaryAirbnb Act - 2020Airbnb, restrictions, temporal caps 
NetherlandsAmsterdam city council - 2018short-term rentals, temporal caps 
NetherlandsAmsterdam city council - 2020short-term rentals, spatial caps, licenses 
NetherlandsCouncil of State - 2020short-term rentals, permits, licenses 
NetherlandsThe Hague city council - 2020short-term rentals, ban, licenses 
NetherlandsCourt of Amsterdam - 2021short-term rentals, ban, licenses 
NetherlandsDutch data protection authoirty - March 2021Booking.com, fine, data management 
UKDeregulation Act 2015short-term rentals, legal requirements, licenses 
USANew York State Multiple Dwelling Lawshort-term rentals, legal requirements 
USANew York Zoning Resolutionshort-term rentals, New York, urban planning, zoning 
USALos Angeles City Ordinance no. 185931short-term rentals, Los Angeles, legal restrictions, caps 
USASan Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 41Ashort-term rentals, San Francisco, legal restrictions, caps 
USAMemphis - 2023short-term rentals, licenses, Memphis 
USADallas - 2023 short-term rentals, Dallas, zoning 
EUCourt of Justice of the European Union - 19 December 2019Airbnb, information society service, real estate, freedom to provide services 
EUCourt of Justice of the European Union - 22 September 2020Airbnb, authorisations schemes, municipalities 
EUCourt of Justice of the European Union - 24 November 2020Booking.com, dominant position abuse 
EUDigital Services Actantitrust, competition 
EUCourt of Justice of the European Union - April 2022Airbnb, tax, Belgium 
EUCourt of Justice of the European Union - December 2022Airbnb, tax, Italy 
JapanMinpaku Lawshort-term rentals, licences, caps 
South AfricaTourism Amendment Billshort-term rentals, legal restrictions 
AustraliaCommittee on Environment and Planningshort-term rentals, legal restrictions 
MexicoAgreement between Mexico City and Airbnbshort-term rentals, local taxation 
ThailandiaHua Hin courtAirbnb, legal restrictions, fines 

 

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