Competition Law in Tourism

Impact on free competition in the regulations of the Collaborative hosting in Spain. Legal problems Pilar Juana García Saura1 1. Introduction; 2. Position of the jurisprudence on laws and regulations that govern collaborative hosting activities; 2.1. Legal nature of collaborative hosting; 2.2. Applicability in urban planning instruments approved by the different city councils of Directive 2006 on services in the internal market; 2.3. Possibility of assigning the rooms of a VUT separately or completely; 2.4. Temporary limitations contained in decrees; 3. Administrative regulation implies restrictions, obligations and controls. How are they justified?; 3.1. Protection of consumers and users or minimum quality in the provision of services; 3.2. Alleging the right to housing to justify the need for administrative regulation; 4. Conclusion; Bibliography. 1. INTRODUCTION Currently, the tourism sector is experiencing convulsive changes. From being a market regulated by the Public Administration, they are transitioning to a situation in which Internet platforms have appeared to exercise this activity, in accordance only with the criterion for the provision of mediation services (collaborative platforms). This service should be understood as an information society service, which implies a redefinition of the roles of the agents involved according to criteria that are also novel. Indeed, the rapid expansion of this model is causing uncertainty in the regulated actors of the tourism supply chain and negative repercussions on sustainability In this context, virtual platforms are undermining the tourism planning of Public Administrations, a necessary requirement to ensure the possibility 1 Department of Administrative Law, University of Murcia.

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