WhoShapedIt EU Inc

EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)

How Bpifrance lobbied on EU Inc

Supports, with changes
Other · FRA

Welcomes the EU Inc. proposal but wants safeguards to preserve national economic impact, prevent tax and social forum shopping, and ensure practical implementation for investment.

1 submission to the Commission · declared EU lobbying: €400,000–€499,999 last year. Summaries are AI-written; the quotes are theirs, checked word for word.

What they asked for

  1. Who can use it?

    Wants changes
    Feedback on the proposal (2026) · 25 Jun 2026

    Preserve the link between national State aid and the real economic anchoring of companies to ensure public funds benefit the real economy and avoid aid being diverted to companies with limited local impact.

    “Il faut prévenir toute course aux aides d’Etat sans impact économique tangible et garantir que les bénéfices des aides profitent à l’économie réelle, tout en respectant l’objectif d’harmonisation européenne”

    Contribution de Bpifrance à la consultation publique de la Commission sur la proposition EU Inc.pdf, page 1
  2. How fast can you set one up?

    Backs it
    Feedback on the proposal (2026) · 25 Jun 2026

    Facilitate access to investors and capital through digitalization of procedures including investor integration, share transfers, capital operations, a central European register, and once-only principle to reduce delays, costs, and complexity.

    “Le cadre vise également à faciliter l’accès aux investisseurs par la digitalisation des procédures : intégration des investisseurs, transferts d’actions, opérations sur le capital, registre central européen, principe du once-only et flux d’investissement transfrontaliers. Ces simplifications pourraient réduire les délais, les coûts et la complexité liés au développement dans plusieurs États membres.”

    Contribution de Bpifrance à la consultation publique de la Commission sur la proposition EU Inc.pdf, page 2
  3. How much capital, and who protects creditors?

    Backs it
    Feedback on the proposal (2026) · 25 Jun 2026

    Support mobilizing more European capital for European companies to reduce the loss of startups to non-EU investors and strengthen the EU capital market.

    “L’EU Inc. est directement liée à l’objectif de construire une Europe des capitaux plus forte. Du point de vue de Bpifrance, l’ambition est claire : mobiliser davantage de capitaux européens au profit des entreprises européennes et rendre les structures basées dans l’UE suffisamment attractives pour dissuader les start-ups de se tourner vers des investisseurs extérieurs à l’UE”

    Contribution de Bpifrance à la consultation publique de la Commission sur la proposition EU Inc.pdf, page 2
  4. How do shares and employee stock options work?

    Wants changes
    Feedback on the proposal (2026) · 25 Jun 2026

    Ensure the EU Inc. regime simplifies and clarifies stock options and ESOPs across Europe while carefully coordinating with national regimes to avoid fiscal and administrative frictions during company conversion.

    “Un apport important concerne les stock-options / ESOP, outil essentiel pour attirer et retenir les talents dans les entreprises innovantes. Le régime proposé va dans le bon sens en cherchant à les simplifier et à les rendre plus lisibles dans un cadre européen. Leur articulation avec les régimes nationaux devra toutefois être soigneusement traitée, notamment pour éviter des frictions fiscales ou administratives lors de la conversion d’une entreprise en EU Inc.”

    Contribution de Bpifrance à la consultation publique de la Commission sur la proposition EU Inc.pdf, page 2
  5. Where can it be registered?

    Wants changes
    Feedback on the proposal (2026) · 25 Jun 2026

    Prevent the EU Inc. from enabling companies to relocate their registered seat solely for tax or social advantages without real economic substance, by requiring transparency, economic substance, stakeholder protection, and alignment with public support schemes.

    “Le défi consiste à veiller à ce que l’UE Inc. ne devienne pas un outil permettant de contourner les règles fiscales, sociales ou de gouvernance, ni un vecteur de transfert des entreprises hors de leurs écosystèmes d’origine. ... Le succès du régime dépendra donc de garde-fous simples : transparence, substance économique, protection des parties prenantes et cohérence avec les dispositifs publics”

    Contribution de Bpifrance à la consultation publique de la Commission sur la proposition EU Inc.pdf, page 2

Their submissions

In the Transparency Register

Other organisations, public or mixed entities · 4 full-time lobbyists · €400,000–€499,999 on EU lobbying, last closed year · 950921712127-74

On the files they lobby on: “…pe strategy - Action plan for the EU chemicals industry - Single Market Strategy, Small and mid-caps definition - Startup, scale-ups and innovative companies’ definitions - Union of skills - Industrial Accelerator Act - EU Inc - Public Procurement Act - Circular Economy Act - Biotech Act - European Research Area Act - Innovation Act - Proposal on addressing supply chain dependencies - Cloud and AI Development Act - Chips Act 2 - Quantum Act - AI gigafactories Competition - SME and small mid-caps…”

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