EU Inc, by country.

EU Inc. Corporate Legal Form Overview by PKF Germany

This document provides an overview of the EU Inc. corporate legal form as presented by PKF Germany.

Accountancy Europe Feedback on the Proposed EU Inc. Corporate Framework

Accountancy Europe has published its consultation response and practical recommendations regarding the proposed 28th regime corporate legal framework known as EU Inc.

EuropaBio’s startups and SME feedback on the EU Inc. proposal - Europabio

ESBG response to the EBA-ESMA consultation on the revised ESMA/EBA Draft Joint Guidelines on Suitability Assessments

On 23 May 2026, the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) submitted its response to the European Commission's Have Your Say consultation on the recently published proposal for an EU Inc. framework.

EU INC. represents the first attempt to implement the 28th regime

EU INC. is the first attempt to translate the 28th regime into an operational legal framework.

A 28th legal regime to help European startups grow

The one market, one law project aims to remove legal and financial barriers to startup growth by creating a single European framework that operates alongside the 27 existing national legislations.

The EU 28th Regime: What Businesses Need to Know About ‘EU Inc."

The EU’s 28th Regime proposes a new optional “EU Inc.” corporate framework, offering a digital, harmonised regime to simplify cross-border business.

EU Inc. — Will The Proposed New EU-Wide Company Form Keep Startups In Europe?

Despite hosting over 40,000 VC-backed tech startups and creating more of them than any other region globally, the EU had only 331 unicorns, as compared to 1,963 in the US as of 2025. The numbers highlight a structural challenge: European companies have been struggling to scale up and compete globally for some time, and a growing number of European high-growth startups are relocating their headquarters outside the EU, primarily to the US.

The EU Inc.: the digital “28th Regime”

Prompted by the European competitiveness agenda of Letta/Draghi, the EU Commission presented a proposal on 18 March 2026 for a Regulation on an optional uniform legal form in EU company law designated as “EU Inc.” (COM (2026) 321). This corporate legal form is intended to exist alongside the respective national legal forms (hence the “28th Regime”) and – according to the plan – is to be adopted within the next twelve months following the necessary consultations with the European Council and the European Parliament, becoming applicable from 2028.

Competitiveness and Simplification: The Challenge of the 28th European Regime

Silvia Pugi, deputy secretary general of CEC European Managers, discusses the new 28th regime, now known as EU Inc.