National rules making the repeated renting of accommodation for short periods to transient customers subject to authorisation is in line with the Directive (2006/123) governing the provision of services in the internal market, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday 22 September (Cases C-724 and 727/18).
In France, Cali Apartments SCI and HX rent studios via the Airbnb platform repeatedly and for short periods without prior authorisation from the local authorities. They...