EU Short-Term Rental Regulation (2024/1028): what changes from May 2026 for your apartment or house

Updated: 10 November 2026

Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 applies across the EU from 20 May 2026. It does not create an EU register: it sets how national registers are used and what data platforms such as Airbnb or Booking.com share. Here is what matters for a small host (official sources at the end).

Who it affects

Short-term rentals of furnished units, professional or not: apartments, houses, rooms. The European Commission says explicitly that it does not apply to hotels or similar tourist accommodation. In Spain, the royal decree applying it also excludes hotels, aparthotels, hostels and campsites.

What changes on platforms

They ask you to declare whether your unit needs registration and let you display the number on the listing.
They must display and check registration numbers, including random checks.
Authorities can suspend an invalid number and order the platform to remove the listing without undue delay.
Every month they send the national authority, through a single digital entry point, the nights rented and guests of each unit with its registration number (small platforms, quarterly).

What you have to do

Hold the registration number required by your country or area, and keep it valid.
Show it on every listing, including your website and any direct booking page.
Keep your data consistent everywhere: address, type of unit and capacity.

How it fits each country's register

Spain: Royal Decree 1312/2024 applied the Regulation through the Registro Único de Arrendamientos and the Ventanilla Única Digital de Arrendamientos. Spain's Supreme Court annulled the single register and its number in May and June 2026; the Ventanilla Única Digital still stands. The number to display is the one from each region's tourism register.
Italy: the Ministry of Tourism presents the CIN and the BDSR database as the adaptation to the Regulation.
Portugal and Greece: the Alojamento Local registration and the AMA remain the numbers to advertise; we found no official source presenting them as the Regulation's register.

What does not change

Your usual obligations remain: guest registration, taxes and regional or municipal rules. The Regulation deals with the number and the data platforms share.

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Frequently asked questions

Does it affect my hotel?

No. The European Commission says it does not apply to hotels or similar tourist accommodation.

Is there an EU register?

No. Each country (or region) keeps its own register; the Regulation sets how numbers are shown and checked and what platforms send.

What data about me does the platform send?

Every month, the nights rented and the number of guests per night for each unit, with its registration number.

Sources

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