EU Regulation 2024/1028
EU law mandating STR host registration and monthly data sharing; applied from 20 May 2026 with fragmented member-state compliance.
Under the European Commission's draft Affordable Housing Act of 9 September, only authorities already enforcing EU Regulation 2024/1028's registration rules could restrict short lets, four months after the regulation took full effect on 20 May.
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Spain's Supreme Court voided the national registry. Does the EU's STR data law still have teeth?
Timeline for EU Regulation 2024/1028
Supplied the registration condition in Article 10(1)(e)
Nomads & Communities: EU Act ties short-let caps to registersReached full application one day before the ruling; SDEP obligations upheld but national registry layer voided
Nomads & Communities: Spain's top court voids STR registryTook full effect across the bloc on 20 May 2026
Nomads & Communities: EU STR regulation goes live; Brussels silentReached full application date, binding all 27 member states to monthly listing-data transmission via national SDEPs
Nomads & Communities: EU short-let rule lands with split enforcementAirbnb files motion against Madrid fine
Nomads & CommunitiesBackground
EU Regulation 2024/1028 governs data on short-term rentals across the European Union. Hosts must register with national authorities and show a registration number on every listing. Platforms must check those numbers and send monthly activity data to each country's Single Digital Entry Point. The regulation rests on Article 114 TFEU and caps nothing itself; it supplies the audit trail on which national limits depend.
Adopted in 2024, it applied in full from 20 May 2026. On that date Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Portugal had working portals, and Germany and the Netherlands did not. the Commission published no readiness assessment, and Airbnb's George Mavros published the only senior public framing of compliance that week.
The regulation now gates the next phase of EU short-let law. the Commission's December 2025 housing plan promised a second short-let law, and the draft tabled on 9 September makes enforced registration under 2024/1028 a precondition for any restriction.
Spain tests the regulation first
Spain produced the regulation's first courtroom test. On 23 March 2026 Madrid's High Court of Justice refused to pause a €64m fine imposed on Airbnb by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for unlicensed listings and falsified registration numbers, the first enforcement action under the regulation to survive a suspension challenge.
The National layer then broke. One day after full application, on 21 May, Spain's Tribunal Supremo annulled the country-wide registration number in judgment STS 620/2026 and handed the registers to the 17 autonomous communities. The monthly data channel the regulation requires survives, so listing data still reaches Spanish authorities, but which body registers a host now depends on the region.
Two northern states lack data portals
The regulation assumes every member state runs a Single Digital Entry Point to receive platform data. Germany and the Netherlands had none when it took full effect on 20 May 2026, and the Commission issued no infringement notice against either.
Amsterdam shows what enforcement looks like without that portal. The city halved its city-centre short-let CAP to 15 nights a year on 1 April 2026, with 30 nights in outer districts, and polices the limit with its own tools. The Dutch accommodation VAT rate also rose from 9% to 21% on 1 January. The CAP and the tax both work outside the data pipeline the regulation was meant to supply.
Reference
What is a Single Digital Entry Point under EU Regulation 2024/1028?
How does the EU STR regulation differ from Spain's existing Airbnb fine?
Does the EU STR regulation ban Airbnb?
What is EU Regulation 2024/1028?
What does the Spain Supreme Court ruling mean for Airbnb hosts in Spain?
Did Spain's Supreme Court strike down the EU short-term rental registration law?
Which EU countries still cannot comply with the short-term rental data law?
Why has the European Commission not published a compliance report for the short-term rental law?
When does the EU require short-term rental registration?
What does EU Regulation 2024/1028 require Airbnb and platforms to do?
