Overview

• Officials have sent formal takedown requests to Airbnb and Booking, with removal procedures starting in the coming hours.
• Targets are properties that applied for the mandatory code since July 1 but were denied because they did not meet legal requirements.
• Andalucía accounts for about 16,740 affected licenses, including roughly 6,000 in the province of Málaga.
• In Catalonia, 7,729 properties are flagged, including 3,149 in Girona and 2,717 in Barcelona provinces, with 1,564 in Barcelona city.
• Since Jan. 1 the registry has logged 336,497 applications, 264,998 for tourist use, with 53,786 registrations revoked, and the government says the aim is to shift units toward long‑term rentals.