Article: EU Law and the Member States’ Competence to Regulate the Operation of Collaborative Economy Platforms – Where Do We Stand after the Digital Services Act

Abstract

The article analyses selected legal aspects of the functioning of collaborative economy platforms in the internal market of the European Union. The objective is to analyse the scope of the competences left to the Member States to regulate the operation of collaborative economy platforms, both these established on their territories and these benefitting from the freedom to provide crossborder services, after the adoption of the Digital Services Act. The article covers the evolution of EU law concerning online platforms (including collaborative economy platforms), interpretation of information society services, as well as scrutinises provisions of the E-commerce Directive and the Digital Services Act. Free movement of services, internal market, collaborative economy, sharing economy, collaborative platforms