That's how long Poland has to build a national short-term rental registration system before EU Regulation 2024/1028 takes effect on 20 May.

The draft act was submitted to the Polish parliament on 29 December.

First reading: 17 April.

Today: still no clarity on who keeps the register, what verification looks like, or what landlords need to provide.

The fines? Up to 50,000 złoty - around 12,000 euros - for failing to register a property that can't legally be registered yet.

Compare that to Spain.

The Unique Rental Registration Number went live on 1 July last year.

By the end of June 2025, over 215,000 applications had been processed.

This is the real story of 20 May.

It isn't one deadline.

It's 27 enforcement curves landing on the same date.

🇪🇸 Spain — operational since last summer.
🇵🇹 Portugal — STR market down ~30% in months.
🇬🇷 Greece — unified digital property register live in 2026.
🇵🇱 Poland — still drafting the law.

If you operate across borders in Europe, the same regulation is going to feel very different depending on where your properties are.