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Two Fines, One Risk

Bavaria's short-let law carries two fines, and both of them need your council to have passed a by-law.

Munich and Nuremberg have passed the one that carries 500,000 euros. Neither has passed the one that carries 50,000.

Start with the 50,000. Bavaria's change-of-use act lets a council introduce a registration scheme in a by-law. Where it does, article 2a(2) makes the host register a unit before offering it on a platform and article 2a(5) makes them show the number in the listing, with article 4(2) points 2 and 3 setting the ceiling at 50,000 euros for either failure, negligence included.

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