Airbnb wins fight to remain exempt from property rules

📆 12/19/2019 7:32 PM
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Homesharing site Airbnb has won its battle to remain exempt from onerous European property regulations, as the EU's top court ruled it was an online platform and not a property agent

The case came before the Court of Justice of the European Union following a complaint by French tourism association AHTOP.

For Airbnb, the French case is significant as the International Olympic Committee has agreed to promote the company for accommodation during the 2024 Olympics in Paris. "The nature of the links between the intermediation service and the provision of accommodation did not justify departing from the classification of that intermediation service as an 'information society service'," the CJEU said.

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