Overview
- The High Court of Justice of Madrid rejected Airbnb’s request for precautionary measures, ending a temporary payment stay and allowing enforcement of the €64,055,311 penalty.
- Airbnb can still seek reconsideration through a recurso de reposición, with broader judicial avenues remaining available afterward.
- Spain’s consumer ministry imposed the penalty in December 2025 after finding widespread breaches tied to tourist-rental ads across multiple autonomous-community rules.
- Authorities cited listings without required licenses, incorrect or false registration numbers, and untruthful host information as misleading commercial practices; the 65,122 flagged ads were removed from the platform in July 2025.
- In addition to the main sanction, regulators levied three smaller fines of €10,000, €10,000, and €55,000, and separate proceedings against large tourist-flat managers opened in December 2024 remain active.