Airbnb is not an estate agent, EU court rules

The accommodation-booking service Airbnb does not need an estate agent's licence to operate in France, Europe's top court has ruled.It means the app's users avoid a threat of disruption to its service in the country.The Court of Justice of the European Union 's decision was based on its determination that Airbnb was an"information society service" rather than a property broker.

France's Association for Professional Tourism and Accommodation complained that Airbnb was acting as an estate agency without a licence, breaching a local act known as the Hoguet Law.

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Wrong company...I think the suit was supposed to targeted Softbank.

will it need a licence on 1st Feb 2020, after we've successfully enacted Brexit?

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