EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)
Supports an inclusive 28th regime that embraces social economy enterprises and diverse innovation, but wants it open to all business forms and tailored to social economy principles.
Include social economy enterprises explicitly within the scope of the 28th regime as innovative companies, recognising their diverse legal forms and principles.
“The regime should first explicitly identify social economy enterprises and entities as legal persons that fall under the concept of innovative companies, as designed in this framework.”
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Design the 28th regime in a modular way with variants for different legal forms, allowing tailored registration and contractual obligations without forcing a single legal form.
“CEPES proposes that the 28th regime could be conceived in a modular way, with variants that enterprises of different legal forms can use. These variants would apply to areas such as registration, taxation or contractual obligations, enabling different innovative companies to benefit from streamlined procedures without being forced to adopt a single legal form.”
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Enable employee ownership and participation to share in company value creation, and safeguard company mission and long-term purpose aligned with social economy principles.
“Enable employee ownership and participation, allowing workers to share in the value creation of the company under the 28th regime. Safeguard the company’s mission and long-term purpose, ensuring that founders and investors can align their efforts with common-good objectives.”
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Introduce optional safeguards such as steward ownership, asset locks, and different share classes including dual-class and veto shares to protect against hostile takeovers.
“Introduce optional safeguards such as “steward ownership”, asset locks and different classes of shares (including dual-class and veto shares).”
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Keep the regime open to all enterprises wishing to opt in, including social economy enterprises, to reflect entrepreneurial diversity and support policy coherence and long-term resilience.
“CEPES calls on the European Commission to explore legal solutions that keep the regime open to all enterprises wishing to opt in. An inclusive approach would: • Reflect Europe’s entrepreneurial diversity: Enterprises with diverse ownership models — including those prioritising sustainability, social missions or employee participation — are vital contributors to competitiveness, industrial leadership and social cohesion. • Support EU policy coherence: An open regime would align with EU strategies such as the Transition Pathway for Proximity and Social Economy, the Social Economy Action Plan and the Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions. • Encourage long-term resilience: By welcoming companies with long-term orientations and innovative ownership structures, the 28th regime would foster a corporate ecosystem less vulnerable to short-term shocks and better able to deliver sustainable growth.”
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