EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)
Supports a single, optional, uniform EU-wide company form established by Regulation that enables fast, digital incorporation and seamless cross-border operations for startups and scale-ups.
Allow any startup or innovative company to opt into the 28th regime, making it available EU-wide as an additional choice alongside national forms.
“a single, pan-European private company structure available to startups and innovative companies on an opt-in basis, identical in substance across all Member States.”
28th Regime - Danish Entrepreneurs’ Priorities for the 28th Regime.pdf, page 4
Establish the 28th regime via an EU Regulation with fully digital, fast incorporation within 48 hours through a central EU platform synchronized with national registers.
“Entrepreneurs should be able to found a 28th regime company online within 48 hours across the EU. The process must be fully digital and streamlined – leveraging the EU Business Registers Interconnection (BRIS), eIDAS digital identity, and the upcoming European Digital Business Wallet. A single central EU incorporation platform or one-stop shop could be created, with data automatically synchronized to national business registers as needed.”
28th Regime - Danish Entrepreneurs’ Priorities for the 28th Regime.pdf, page 4
Include flexible governance and share structures with simplified and harmonised rules for capital increases and share transfers, allowing use of standard venture financing instruments like EU-wide SAFE or convertible notes.
“The new EU company form should come with a modern, flexible governance structure suitable for startups. This includes the ability to issue different classes of shares... Rules for capital increases and share transfers should be simplified and harmonised... Crucially, the regime should allow use of standard venture financing instruments – for instance, an EU-wide SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) or convertible note template.”
28th Regime - Danish Entrepreneurs’ Priorities for the 28th Regime.pdf, page 5
Standardise employee stock option plans (ESOPs) under the 28th regime to enable cross-border recognition and transfer of options, facilitating employee ownership EU-wide.
“The 28th regime is an opportunity to establish a baseline framework for employee ownership that works EU-wide... the corporate law mechanics of granting and transferring equity should be standardised under the 28th regime. For example, the regime could ensure that options granted by a 28th regime company are recognised in every Member State and can be exercised or ported if the employee moves within Europe.”
28th Regime - Danish Entrepreneurs’ Priorities for the 28th Regime.pdf, page 5
Ensure the 28th regime company’s legal status and registration are valid across all Member States without requiring separate local incorporation, enabling seamless cross-border operations.
Adopt the 28th regime as a directly applicable EU Regulation based on Article 352 TFEU to create a truly uniform, optional EU company form.
“We emphasise that the legal instrument must be a Regulation... only a Regulation grounded in Article 352 TFEU (the legal basis for optional uniform legal forms) can deliver an optional, self-standing European company form that founders anywhere in the EU can choose to use.”
28th Regime - Danish Entrepreneurs’ Priorities for the 28th Regime.pdf, page 4
Incorporate simple, quick, and efficient procedures for voluntary dissolution, insolvency, and restructuring with safeguards and 'honest debtor' discharge provisions to reduce stigma and encourage entrepreneurial risk-taking.
“The 28th regime should therefore incorporate simple and quick procedures for voluntary dissolution, insolvency, or restructuring... including “honest debtor” discharge provisions that allow failed entrepreneurs to move on without undue stigma.”
28th Regime - Danish Entrepreneurs’ Priorities for the 28th Regime.pdf, page 6
On the files they lobby on: “Digital Fitness Check, Digital Networks Act, Digital Omnibus, AI Act , Apply AI Strategy implementation, EU Inc (28th regime), Tech Sovereignty Package, Public Procurement Act, VC Funds Regulation; Shareholder Rights Rules, Digital Fairness Act, Savings and investments union, Competitiveness, Merger Guidelines”
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