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EU consumer rules: Airbnb cooperates with European Commission and EU consumer authorities improving the way it presents offers

Inicio » EU News » EU consumer rules: Airbnb cooperates with European Commission and EU consumer authorities improving the way it presents offers

2019-07-12

The European Commission announced today that, as a result of negotiations with Airbnb, the platform has improved and fully clarified the way it presents accommodation offers to consumers, which is now in line with the standards set in EU consumer law.

Airbnb addressed all the demands made by theEuropean Commission and national consumer protection authorities, led by the Norwegian Consumer Authority, to bring their practices and terms fully in line with EU consumer rules.

Improvements and changes

  • In accommodation searches with selected dates, users see the total price in the results page, including all the applicable mandatory charges and fees (such as service, cleaning charges and local taxes). There are now no surprise mandatory fees appearing on later pages;
  • Airbnb clearly distinguishes if an accommodation offer is put on the market by a private host or a professional;
  • Airbnb provides an easily accessible link to the Online Dispute Resolution platform on its website and all the necessary information related to dispute resolution.

Terms of service

  • makes clear that users can bring a case against Airbnb before the courts of their country of residence;
  • respects users’ basic legal rights to sue a host in case of personal harm or other damages;
  • commits not to unilaterally change the terms and conditions without clearly informing users in advance and without giving them the possibility to cancel the contract.

Background

The Consumer Protection Cooperation Network carried out a joint assessment of Airbnb’s practices and terms of service, under the facilitation of the European Commission and the lead of the Norwegian Consumer Authority (Forbrukertilsynet). The action was launched in July 2018

The EU Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation links national consumer authorities in a pan-European enforcement network. On that basis, a national authority in one EU country can request the assistance of other authorities in another EU country to stop a cross-border infringement of EU consumer law.

The cooperation can be activated to enforce various bodies of EU consumer legislation, such as for instance the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the Consumer Rights Directive or the Unfair Contract Terms Directive.

For more information

Press release 

More information on Airbnb’s changes and on consumer enforcement actions

Facstheet with the changes of Airbnb

Press release on the meeting with Airbnb – September 2018

Press release on the action against Airbnb – July 2018

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