Task 4 report complements the regulatory analysis in Tasks 1 - 3 with 11 in-depth market case studies assessing the economic development of the collaborative short-term rental platforms. The following 11 cities were under consideration: Athens, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Florence,...

This section gives an overview of the short-term accommodation sector in Athens. It describes the main players, and gives an insight of the economic development, and explains the main local rules shaping the short-term rental market.

This study explores consumer issues in five online peer to peer platform markets: (Re)sale of Goods; Sharing/renting of goods, Sharing/renting accommodation; Sharing/hiring rides; and Odd jobs. The study estimates that 191m citizens across the EU-28 spend EUR 27.9 billion per year on online P2P...

The aim of this study is to analyse the cumulative costs of the most relevant EU legislation with a bearing on the chemical industry in the 28 EU Member States during the period 2004-2014. Specifically, the study objectives are to: - provide for quantification of the cumulative costs related to...

In 2014 the European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry1 commissioned a study on the final evaluation of Security Research2 under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (FP7). This evaluation study was conducted by a...

Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (hereinafter 'the Directive') was adopted on 16 February 2011 and was due to be integrated into the national law of EU countries by 16 March 2013 at the latest. The Directive...

This section gives an overview of the short-term accommodation sector in Berlin. It describes the main players, and gives an insight of the economic development, and explains the main local rules shaping the short-term rental market.

This section gives an overview of the short-term accommodation sector in Paris. It describes the main players, and gives an insight of the economic development, and explains the main local rules shaping the short-term rental market.

This section gives an overview of the short-term accommodation sector in Florence. It describes the main players, and gives an insight of the economic development, and explains the main local rules shaping the short-term rental market.