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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12245
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Digital

Advocate General considers service provided by Airbnb constitutes an information society service

Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Maciej Szpunar, in his Opinion of Tuesday 30 April in Case C-390/18, considered that a service such as that provided by the Airbnb platform constitutes an information society service. 

Airbnb Ireland, based in Dublin, Ireland, operates an online platform for users based outside the United States that connects hosts with accommodation for rent and people wishing to rent such accommodation. 

Following a complaint against...

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PASSING: our former deputy editor-in-chief, Michel Theys, died in Brussels on Tuesday 30 April at the age of 67 as a result of a serious illness
LABOUR DAY: please note that our offices will be closed on Wednesday 1 May. EUROPE 12246 will be dated 3 May 2019
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CANADA: CETA court system is compatible with European Union law, according to EU Court of Justice
DIGITAL: Advocate General considers service provided by Airbnb constitutes an information society service
JUSTICE: Public Prosecutor's Office is not a judicial authority empowered to issue a European arrest warrant, according to Advocate General
FISHERIES: Italy was wrong to contest arrangements for allocating European swordfish quota in 2017
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Five areas that European Commission believes EU's strategic agenda should cover by 2025
UNITED KINGDOM: Labour Party to decide whether to include second referendum in its manifesto for European elections
EP2019: Catalan independentists expect to send more deputies to next European Parliament
EP2019: WeMove calls on European voters to choose change over hate fuelled by far right
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission considers inadmissible a European citizens' initiative calling for a halt to trade with Israeli settlements
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: 'We would of course like to see all young people happy in Europe', says Tibor Navracsics
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Battery Alliance, Member States want to move up a gear
ENERGY: Russian company Rosatom denounces Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament's bias on nuclear energy
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca will launch its campaign #WeFarm4EU on May 6
CLIMATE: more than 50 business leaders urge EU to establish real decarbonisation strategy
EXTERNAL ACTION
PALESTINE: International community urges Israelis and Palestinians to resume dialogue
WESTERN BALKANS: in Berlin, Serbia and Kosovo agree to participate constructively in Dialogue
VENEZUELA: European caution in face of uncertainty of Venezuelan situation
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 0.4% in euro area and by 0.5% in EU in first quarter of 2019
MOROCCO: Polisario Front brings an action before EU Court of Justice against Association Agreement
MIGRATION: agreement between European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Albania in force on 1 May