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The phenomenon of C2C facility rental or service platforms emerged rapidly in past years. Apart global players like Uber or Airbnb, there gradually appear (and disappear) local or regional providers that offer variety of services from babysitting to cleaning or home culinary experiences. These platforms are professionally run by business establishments and serve standard public demands for food, accommodation, transportation etc. On the other hand, mere services are provided on C2C basis which makes it difficult to force them to comply with traditional regulations with regards to health & safety, taxation, labour conditions and other important domains. The paper will discuss these regulatory issues and outline possible developments of new European regulatory framework.

Radim Polčák

Masaryk University
Radim Polcak is the head of the Institute of Law and Technology at the Law Faculty at Masaryk University. He teaches and publishes in cyberlaw and legal philosophy at Masaryk University and lectures as a guest at law schools and judicial training institutions in the  EU and the U.S. Radim is the general chair of the Cyberspace annual international symposium; editor-in-chief of the Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology; head of the editorial board of the Review of Law and Technology (Revue pro právo a technologie) and a member of editorial boards and governing bodies of ICT-law focused scientific journals and international conferences around the EU and Asia. Radim is a founding fellow of the European Law Institute, a founding f…
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