Airbnb says had proposed alternative to forcing Paris hosts to register rentals

An illustration picture shows the Paris apartment offer by American actress Judith Freiha on the Airbnb web page displayed on a smatphone in front of a general view of the Ile Saint-Louis on the Seine river in Paris, France, August 9, 2015. Nowhere in the world has more accommodation available on Airbnb than Paris. Now the home-sharing website that has transformed budget travel to the French capital is giving its super-deluxe hotels a fright too. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

PARIS: Short-term rental website Airbnb said it had proposed for Paris and other large French cities to create automated limits to ensure its hosts did not rent their property beyond the 120 days a year legal limit for a main residence in France. 

Airbnb was reacting after a Paris city council decision on July 4 made it mandatory from December for people renting their apartments on short-term rental websites such as Airbnb to register their property with the town hall.