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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€64.1mTotal of monetary amounts
€64.1mLargest single case: Airbnb
€64.1mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

15 Dec 2025 AirbnbConsumer ministry: €64m fine on Airbnb for listings without a licence SpainMisleading advertising and pricing €64.1m

The Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030 (Spanish Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda) imposed fines totalling 64,055,311 EUR on the holiday rental platform Airbnb, mainly because 65,122 listings advertised holiday homes without a licence, with a non-matching registration number or without accurate information on the legal status of the hosts (63,980,311 EUR, six times the unlawful profit). In addition, 10,000 EUR were imposed for missing information on distance contracts, 10,000 EUR for unanswered information requests and 55,000 EUR for failing to comply with interim orders; Airbnb must also remove the unlawful content and publish the sanction. The decision is not final.

What organisations can take from it

In Spain, platforms can be liable under consumer law for third-party listings if they do not check mandatory information such as holiday rental registration numbers and do not remove objectionable content in time.

Relevance to training and awareness

Platforms' responsibility for mandatory information in third-party listings

Authority / court
Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis
Art. 47.1 Buchst. m), t), i) und o) Texto refundido de la Ley General para la Defensa de los Consumidores y Usuarios (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
under appeal
Sector
Media and online platforms
Published
15 Dec 2025

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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