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EBWs could create a market for rapid online authentication and risk intelligence checks to replace manual checks under the EU’s proposed new regulation.
The EU 28th Regime or EU Inc. could boost the European Single Market. It aims to help innovative companies start, scale, and invest faster.
The European Commission’s proposed EU Inc. (COM(2026) 321 final) seeks to create a new, optional corporate form that can operate across the European Union as a 28th regime alongside national compan…
The European Commission’s proposed EU Inc. (COM(2026) 321 final) seeks to create a new, optional corporate form that can operate across the European Union as a 28th regime alongside national compan…
Europe’s 28th regime will not attract high-growth startups unless it offers legal certainty for the contracts investors and founders actually use
In a nutshell: The European Commission published the 28th regime proposal and opened feedback for the Cyber Resilience Act guidance. The European Council adopted conclusions on competitiveness and ... Continue reading...
The European Trade Union Confederation warns that the proposed EU Inc. model, also known as the 28th regime, creates risks for social dumping and the circumvention of collective bargaining agreements.
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Countries like the idea but find parts of the execution lacking
Introduction BusinessEurope welcomes the EU Inc. proposal (28th regime on company law) as an optional instrument to facilitate entrepreneurs and companies to incorporate, scale up, and operate across all Member States and EEA countries, and help attract investment by offering a reliable and simple EU corporate framework. The approach to prioritise administrative simplicity, flexibility, and digitalisation will help reduce the costs and administrative burden associated with company formation, which is highly positive from a business perspective. The EU Inc. should not be seen in isolation but as one among the other EU initiatives and tools (present and future) that are necessary to make Europe more competitive. It should by no means be seen as a cure to all problems companies face in the Single Market. BusinessEurope elaborated on the necessary measures to improve the business environment, investment, and conditions for all companies in the EU, in its ‘From Ambition to Delivery' paper. While we fully support the proposal, we consider that a few improvements in a few specific respects can shape the EU Inc. into a uniform and attractive European corporate legal framework that genuinely promotes the growth of all companies, including SMEs, export-oriented SMEs, and start-ups in Europe, fosters […]
Europe does not need another abstract policy discussion. It needs practical tools that make company building easier. EU Inc has the potential to be one of those tools.
The ambition is undeniable, but will the final rules live up to it?
The European Commission’s proposal for a 28th regime, also referred to as EU Inc., is being presented as a major step towards simplifying cross-border business in Europe. By offering companies a single EU-wide legal framework as an alternative to national systems, the initiative aims to reduce administrative burdens and stimulate economic activity. However, from the perspective of ETF, this narrative overlooks the very real risks for workers in highly mobile and cross-border sectors such as transport, where enforcement of labour standards is already a major challenge.
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The Commission’s proposed ‘EU Inc.’ (aka ‘28th regime’) is the talk of the town. Previous EU company forms rested on Article 352 TFEU, with its inconvenient unanimity requirement. This time, the Commission proposed to use Article 114 TFEU instead. Convenient, yes. Convincing, no.
All hangs on which country’s rules will apply to employees
EU Inc., the Scaleup Europe Fund, and the AI Act are measures by the European Commission to strengthen the competitiveness of the European start-up ecosystem. In this interview, Maciej Berestecki discusses the EU’s plans and the opportunities for European start-ups.
the28thregime.eu reports that the Council Working Party on Company Law held Session 4 on 6 and 7 May 2026, the JURI Committee heard Commissioner McGrath on 4 and 5 May, and the 7th LawFin Workshop convened on 7 May to discuss venture-capital contracting, insolvency design, and political adoption of the proposal.
the28thregime.eu publishes an editorial assessment of the 7 May ECGI, Bocconi, and LawFin academic workshop on the EU Inc. proposal, identifying four problem areas: market fragmentation in scale-up financing, gaps in venture-capital contracting, insufficient insolvency-restructuring pathways, and uncertain political coalition-building.
the28thregime.eu summarises the 21 April European Economic and Social Committee conference on EU Inc., reporting that debate has shifted from abstract principles to concrete design questions about collective rights, labour safeguards, and the separation of registered and operational seats.
Council, Commission, and Parliament leaders endorse a joint roadmap to deliver the One Europe, One Market agenda by end-2027, with the 28th regime listed among the priority files for co-legislator agreement by end-2026.
The European Economic and Social Committee Workers' Group convenes ETUC, S&D MEPs, the Spanish government, and the Commission to debate the EU Inc. proposal, with members warning of regulatory arbitrage, letterbox-company risk, and erosion of co-determination via the separation of registered and operational seats.
the28thregime.eu analyses the 134-page EU Inc. Regulation package, summarising key features including 48-hour digital registration, EUR 0 minimum capital, explicit SAFE financing provisions, and the constitutional choice to route dispute resolution through national courts.
European Council conclusions endorse the 'One Europe, One Market' agenda and call on co-legislators to adopt the 28th regime corporate framework by end of 2026, on the basis of the Commission proposal of 18 March.
the28thregime.eu reports that on 19 March 2026 EU leaders endorsed the 28th regime within the One Europe, One Market agenda and set an end-2026 adoption deadline, elevating the 18 March Commission proposal to a high-level political priority while leaving the legal text unchanged.
European Commission tables COM(2026) 321: a regulation establishing the EU Inc. corporate legal form, with 48-hour digital incorporation, EUR 100 maximum fee, and simplified insolvency. Communication 'Towards a 28th regime for EU companies' published the same day.
European Commission press release IP/26/614 announces the EU Inc. proposal as an optional, digital-by-default European corporate framework intended to incentivise companies to stay in Europe and encourage those who looked elsewhere to return.
DG GROW publishes its EU Inc. landing page summarising the new harmonised corporate legal regime, listing the legislative proposal, impact assessment, and factsheets.
the28thregime.eu reports that the European Commission launched the EU Inc. optional company framework on 18 March 2026, featuring 48-hour digital registration with a EUR 100 cost ceiling, harmonised corporate rules, and simplified cross-border operations.
the28thregime.eu reports that the Commission has set 18 March 2026 as the EU Inc. proposal date ahead of the 19 to 20 March European Council, and frames the initiative within President von der Leyen's five-pillar One Europe, One Market plan covering administrative burden, the internal market, energy, digital infrastructure, and trade.
The European Parliament's Subcommittee on Tax Matters holds a public hearing on the feasibility of a 28th tax regime alongside the forthcoming EU Inc. corporate proposal, with three expert groups recommending a narrow scope targeting equity, stock-option treatment, and administrative simplification rather than broad tax harmonisation.
the28thregime.eu reports that on 24 February 2026 the Parliament's tax subcommittee held a public hearing examining whether a 28th tax regime is viable alongside EU Inc., with experts converging on targeted equity treatment and administrative streamlining rather than broad harmonisation.
Finance ministers of Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain announce the E6 group to push capital-markets, euro, defence, and supply-chain priorities, including the 28th regime, around EU political gridlock.
the28thregime.eu reports that the European Parliament adopted recommendations supporting a unified 28th regime allowing startups to register digitally within 48 hours and operate across all EU Member States, with President von der Leyen confirming a Q1 2026 Commission proposal.
Plenary adopts the JURI legislative-initiative report (2025/2079(INL)) by Rene Repasi (S&D, DE), recommending the Commission propose a maximum-harmonisation framework based on Articles 50 and 114 TFEU, with strong employee-participation safeguards.
France's Eric Lombard and Germany's Joerg Kukies meet to release a French-German Scale-Ups financing roadmap that includes explicit support for a successful outcome of the upcoming 28th regime negotiations on a new European corporate legal form.
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Committee on Legal Affairs adopts rapporteur Repasi's 28th regime legislative-initiative report by 18 in favour, 4 against, 1 abstention, recommending a 'Societas Europaea Unificata' (S.EU) framework.
COM(2025) 870 lists the 28th regime corporate legal framework among the Commission's 2026 legislative deliverables under the Single Market and Competitiveness pillar.
France and Germany publish a joint economic agenda whose Single Market and Simplification pillar commits both governments to introducing a 28th regime and a favourable regime for young innovative companies, while pledging to protect national labour and social standards.
DG GROW launches a 12-week public consultation on a '28th regime, a single harmonised set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU'. Deadline: 30 September 2025.
Commission publishes 'Choose Europe to Start and Scale', a five-pillar strategy that explicitly references the forthcoming 28th regime as the corporate-law backbone for cross-border scaling.
COM(2025) 30 final, the 'Competitiveness Compass', sets out the EU's economic agenda for 2025-2029 and announces the creation of a 28th legal regime (named EU Inc.) to provide a single set of rules across the single market.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tells the World Economic Forum that the EU will create 'a new truly European company structure', confirming political endorsement of the 28th regime concept ahead of the Competitiveness Compass.
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EU Inc. organisers publish a detailed blueprint covering a standardised company structure, fully digital registry, an EU-FAST investment instrument, and an EU-wide ESOP, and call for the proposal's inclusion in the Commission's 2025 Work Programme. Petition counted over 13,000 signatures.
Von der Leyen II Commission takes office. Executive Vice-President Stephane Sejourne (Prosperity and Industrial Strategy) and Commissioner Michael McGrath (Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law) hold portfolios covering the 28th regime, per their September 2024 mission letters.
Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital) and Simon Schaefer (Factory) launch the EU Inc. petition with backing from Stripe, Wise, Supercell, DeepL, Wolt, Bolt, and dozens of European investors, calling for a 28th-regime startup entity.
Mario Draghi presents 'The future of European competitiveness' to Commission President von der Leyen, recommending a 28th legal regime so innovative companies can scale across the single market under a single rulebook.
Former Italian PM Enrico Letta presents 'Much more than a market' to the European Council, proposing a European Business Code that would operate as an optional 28th regime alongside the 27 national company-law systems.
