Entry 12: The EU short-term rental framework
Regulation (EU) 2024/1028, member-state rollouts, and Ireland as the lead example, with its register opening 1 December 2026.
The entry guide
Working guides on this file
The EU short-term rental framework Before Your First EU Booking: A Host Checklist Registration, planning, building permission, listing accuracy and records, in the order that prevents rework. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Cross-Border Hosting: One Listing, Many Rulebooks How hosts with units in more than one EU country keep registrations, caps and taxes separate. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Data Sharing Between Platforms and Authorities in the EU What monthly data sharing means, who sees what, and how hosts keep their side consistent. Guide The EU short-term rental framework EU Host Checklist for 2026 Compliance A single working checklist that gathers registration, planning, listing and record duties for the year. Guide The EU short-term rental framework EU Member-State Rollout: A 2026 Timetable in General Terms Why rollout looks uneven across the EU, and how to track a single country's position without guessing. Guide The EU short-term rental framework EU Platform Suspension and Delisting: When Listings Come Down Why listings are suspended or removed, how to respond, and how to avoid repeat removals. Guide The EU short-term rental framework EU Registration Numbers: How They Work in Practice One number per unit, display duties, renewals and the errors that break verification. Guide The EU short-term rental framework EU Short-Term Rental Definitions and Exemptions What counts as a short-term rental under the framework, and where national exemptions may apply. Guide The EU short-term rental framework EU Single Digital Entry Points: How Each Country Receives Rental Data What a Single Digital Entry Point is, who runs it, and why hosts rarely deal with it directly. Guide The EU short-term rental framework France, Spain and Italy: EU Rollout Compared in General Terms Three large markets, three different starting points, and why comparison needs care. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Ireland Planning Statement for Short-Term Lets: What the Draft Means The draft National Planning Statement presumption, towns over 20,000, and how planning sits apart from registration. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Ireland Short-Term Letting Register: Registration Explained The Failte Ireland register plan, who must register, and what the December 2026 dates do and do not promise. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Ireland Short-Term Rental Taxes: A General Guide for Hosts How Irish short-let income, record keeping and platform reporting fit together, in general terms only. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Monthly Reporting to EU Entry Points: What Hosts Should Know Why platforms report every month, what that means for host records, and how mismatches arise. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Platform Verification and Display Rules Across the EU How platforms check registration numbers, what listings must show, and what happens when verification fails. Guide The EU short-term rental framework Regulation 2024/1028: What It Changes for Hosts and Platforms The scope, duties and limits of the EU short-term rental regulation, and which older practices it ends. Guide