Scope
Article 2
1. This Regulation applies to providers of online short-term rental platforms that offer services to hosts providing short-term accommodation rental services in the Union, irrespective of their place of establishment, and to hosts providing short-term accommodation rental services. 2. This Regulation is without prejudice to: (a) national, regional or local rules regulating access to, or the provision of, short-term accommodation rental services by hosts, in compliance with Union law, unless otherwise specifically provided for under this Regulation; (b) national, regional or local rules regulating the development or use of land, town and country planning, building standards, housing and tenancies; (c) Union or national law regulating the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties; (d) Union or national law regulating the administration, collection, enforcement and recovery of taxes, customs and other duties; (e) Union or national law regulating the development, production and dissemination of European statistics or national official statistics. 3. In addition, this Regulation is without prejudice to the rules laid down by other Union legal acts regulating other aspects of the provision of services by online short-term rental platforms and the provision of short-term accommodation rental services, in particular: (a) Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 16 ) ; (b) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; (c) Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 17 ) ; (d) Directive 2000/31/EC; (e) Directive 2006/123/EC; (f) Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 18 ) ; (g) Council Directive 2010/24/EU ( 19 ) ; and (h) Council Directive 2011/16/EU ( 20 ) .