Common Questions

What is the BDSR in Italy's short-term rental system?

The BDSR (Banca Dati Strutture Ricettive) is Italy's national accommodation database, administered by the Ministry of Tourism. It is the backend registry for CIN codes and serves as Italy's SDEP portal under EU Regulation 2024/1028 on short-term rental data sharing.Source: Italian Ministry of Tourism

How does Italy's BDSR relate to the EU STR Regulation?

The BDSR functions as Italy's Single Digital Entry Point (SDEP) under EU Regulation 2024/1028, allowing the European Commission to access aggregated accommodation data and enabling platforms to validate CIN registrations in real time. The European Commission uses Italy's BDSR as a reference architecture for other member states.Source: EU Regulation 2024/1028 / Italian Ministry of Tourism

Was Italy's national accommodation database ready before the EU STR Regulation deadline?

Yes. Italy's BDSR was operational well before the May 2026 EU STR Regulation compliance Deadline. The CIN system feeding the BDSR went live in January 2025, giving Italy a 16-month head start over the most delayed member states.Source: Italian Ministry of Tourism / EU Regulation 2024/1028

Background

The BDSR (Banca Dati Strutture Ricettive) is Italy's central accommodation database, administered by the Ministry of Tourism as the backend registry for the CIN (Codice Identificativo Nazionale) short-term rental registration system. It serves as Italy's Single Digital Entry Point (SDEP) layer under EU Regulation 2024/1028 on data collection and sharing for short-term rental services, collecting property details, host information, and registration status for all accommodation operators. Italy had the CIN system feeding the BDSR live from January 2025, more than 16 months before the EU compliance Deadline, making it the earliest large member state to complete its national stack.

By January 2026, the Ministry of Tourism reported 694,287 registered structures with 621,262 CIN codes issued; roughly 11,000 positions remained under administrative verification. A Cruscotto (dashboard) operational layer was added in mid-2025 as an evolution of the original BDSR, providing geolocation mapping and interactive monitoring tools that allow municipalities to track accommodation density and support local enforcement. Platforms connecting to the BDSR API can validate CIN codes in real time; smaller platforms were still being onboarded in early 2026.

Italy's BDSR is the most operationally mature SDEP implementation among EU member states. The European Commission cites it as the reference architecture for member states still building their national portals, particularly those without legacy accommodation registration systems. The BDSR was built to replace fragmented regional registers that previously made cross-regional enforcement and taxation monitoring impossible; regional tourism authorities still feed data into it but retain their own inspection and enforcement powers, creating a dual-layer system with some reporting gaps.