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Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1) ‘unit’ means a furnished accommodation located in the Union that is the subject of the provision of a short-term accommodation rental service; it does not include the following:

(a) hotels and similar accommodation, including resort hotels, suite or apartment hotels and motels as described in NACE Rev. 2, group 55.1 (‘hotels and similar accommodation’) and hostels as described in NACE Rev. 2, group 55.2 (‘holiday and other short-stay accommodation’) of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ;

(b) the provision of accommodation in camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks, as described in NACE Rev. 2, group 55.3, of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006.

(2) ‘host’ means a natural or legal person that provides, or intends to provide, on a professional or non-professional basis, on a regular or on a temporary basis, a short-term accommodation rental service provided for remuneration, through an online short-term rental platform;

(3) ‘guest’ means a natural person who is hosted in a unit;

(4) ‘short-term accommodation rental service’ means the short-term letting of a unit, provided for remuneration, whether on a professional or non-professional basis, on a regular or on a temporary basis, as further defined by national law;

(5) ‘online short-term rental platform’ means an online platform within the meaning of Article 3, point (i), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, that allows guests to conclude distance contracts with hosts for the provision of short-term accommodation rental services;

(6) ‘small or micro online short-term rental platform’ means an online short-term rental platform which qualifies as a small or micro enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC;

(7) ‘registration number’ means a unique identifier issued by the competent authority which identifies a unit in that Member State;

(8) ‘registration procedure’ means any procedure by which hosts must provide specific information and documentation to the competent authorities in order to obtain a registration number enabling them to offer short-term accommodation rental services through online short-term rental platforms;

(9) ‘authorisation scheme’ means an ‘authorisation scheme’ as defined in Article 4, point 6, of Directive 2006/123/EC;

(10) ‘listing’ means the reference to a unit offered for short-term accommodation rental services and published on an online short-term rental platform’s website;

(11) ‘competent authority’ means a national, regional or local authority of a Member State that is competent to manage or enforce registration procedures, or to collect data on short-term accommodation rental services, or is responsible for ensuring compliance with the applicable rules of the Member States concerning access to, and the provision of, short-term accommodation rental services;

(12) ‘activity data’ means the number of nights for which a unit is rented and the number of guests to whom the unit is rented per night along with the country of residence of each guest, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 692/2011;

(13) ‘municipality’ means a ‘local administrative unit (LAU)’ within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council .