EU LAW AND THE PUBLIC REGULATION OF THE PLATFORM ECONOMY: THE CASE OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL MARKET

被引:1
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作者
Kramer, Dion [1 ]
Schaub, Martien [2 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Erasmus Univ, Rotterdam, Netherlands
来源
COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW | 2022年 / 59卷 / 06期
关键词
SERVICES; AIRBNB;
D O I
10.54648/cola2022114
中图分类号
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号
030207 ;
摘要
The platform economy undoubtedly brings advantages, but also generates significant challenges for (local) government. National and local regulators seeking to address such challenges are confronted with limits imposed by EU law, which seemingly grants online platforms a wide degree of freedom to provide their services within the Union's internal market. This article evaluates the room for national and local authorities to regulate platform-mediated services under the E-Commerce Directive and Services Directive after the "Airbnb cases" (Airbnb Ireland and Cali Apartments). Taking the short-term rental market as a case study, the article concludes that there is in fact considerable room to target both the intermediary services provided by the platforms (upstream), as well as the underlying services (downstream). A combination of upstream and downstream regulation is recommended for local enforcement to be effective, avoid further fragmentation from city to city and halt the trend towards ever-stricter regulation of the underlying services.
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页码:1633 / 1667
页数:35
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