Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

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Changed On registration procedures: Any registration procedure established in a Member State must comply with the requirements set under this Regulation and provide for the automatic issuance of a registration number - while for some existing procedures, this is currently done ex-ante. In view of clarifying how such registration procedure is interlinked with authorizationauthorisation schemes when they are in place, the Rapporteur proposes amendments to Article 4 and Article 5. Furthermore, when it comes to information to be provided by hosts as part of the registration procedures, she recommends to expand the list of information that allow the precise identification of a unit.

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Changed Verification by competent authorities: this is the view of the Rapporteur that to counterbalance the automatic issuance of a registration number that greater powers should be given to competent authorities in case of incorrect information or serious doubts about validity of a registration number, such as granting them possibility to suspend or withdraw the validity of such number, as well as possibility to request online short-term rental platforms to provide further information and remove access to the illegal listings.

Changed Compliance by design: this point is key to ensure that hosts and platforms comply with the provisions under this Regulation. Building on the information submitted by Member States under Article 13, platforms should design their online interface in a way that requires hosts to provide a registration number for areas where such a procedure exists, and not only self-declare. Furthermore, random checks are crucial to detect illegal listings and should be performed on a regular basis.

Changed The Rapporteur agrees with the Commission’s approach that this Proposal does not regulate the adoption of local rules by competent authorities under the Services Directive and proposes some improvements in this respect: adoption of such rules by competent authorities are done under the Services Directive and notified in this respect. We should avoid creating confusion on this particular point.

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Changed Evaluation: the Rapporteur introduces some modifications with regard to the evaluation by shortening the period from 5 to 34 years to assess how effective this Regulation has been in helping competent authorities to enforce rules regulating market access for short-term rental accommodation services due to the quality and availability of data submitted by online platforms, but also to evaluate the extent to which online platforms cooperate in this respect.

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Changed Date of application: In order not to delay further the implementation of this long-awaited Proposal, the date of application is shortened from 24 to 1218 months.