Ms Solveig Mayer:

I would also suggest looking at the registration scheme; get it set up in compliance with the EU legislation and get the data. The data are key because then you can know where the properties are and how many and you can then get in contact as an authority with the owners and partners and you will get a better view. Do that first. That would be my view. In the interim, you would not link it with licensing or with the planning permission because from what I understand there is some lack of clarity. I am based in Germany. There are a few examples where registration schemes are linked with authorisation and change-of-use systems and it does not work because it is such a cumbersome procedure to apply for. It really scares away people, hosts and partners. It is not the way to go. The way to go is to get the data and then make evidence-based decisions and regulation and then set up the scheme online with an immediate sending out of a registration number. There should be low thresholds and it should be at a low cost, if possible. You would have the data and work with those first and then the next step should follow.