EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)
Supports a single, harmonised EU company form established by regulation with digital-only, uniform rules and fast procedures to help startups scale across the Single Market.
Create a digital-only company form with one central EU registry providing once-only onboarding, linked to national registers as read-only, and enable reuse of verified credentials across borders via eIDAS and a European Business Wallet.
Guarantee mutual recognition of corporate actions across Member States and allow qualified e-signatures, ESOP grants, and shareholder agreements digitally.
“Guarantee mutual recognition of corporate actions (board resolutions, share transfers) across Member States. Allow qualified e-signatures, ESOP grants, and shareholder agreements.”
No Half Measures_ A Single EU Company Form for Startups.pdf, page 2
Introduce standardised investment templates and ensure cross-border recognition of equity instruments to avoid legal fragmentation and facilitate investment from global actors.
“Introduce standardised investment templates: EU-SAFE/convertible, model shareholders agreement, due diligence pack. Ensure cross-border recognition of equity instruments so investors do not need to 're-lawyer' in 27 jurisdictions, and to make it easier for non-European actors such as from the US, China and the Middle East to invest in European markets.”
No Half Measures_ A Single EU Company Form for Startups.pdf, page 2
Establish a baseline EU framework for employee stock options with harmonised recognition, portability across borders, and taxation aligned at liquidity rather than grant or vesting.
“Establish a baseline EU framework for employee stock options (ESOPs): harmonised recognition, portability across borders, and taxation aligned at liquidity (not at grant or vesting).”
No Half Measures_ A Single EU Company Form for Startups.pdf, page 2
Adopt a single, harmonised EU company form that is narrow, uniform, and digital-only to enable seamless cross-border incorporation and financing for startups.
“The 28th Regime must be digital-only, narrow, and uniform, enabling seamless cross-border incorporation and financing.”
No Half Measures_ A Single EU Company Form for Startups.pdf, page 1
Establish the 28th Regime as a single EU regulation, not a directive, to guarantee uniform rules across all Member States and avoid fragmentation.
“A single EU regulation is the only way to guarantee uniform rules across all Member States.”
No Half Measures_ A Single EU Company Form for Startups.pdf, page 2
Open source underneath
WhoShapedIt is a thin layer on open-source packages. Star them, fork them, build your own micro.
Open-source context and state for AI: it keeps only what matters for the question.
In WhoShapedIt: Reads every lobby submission and position paper and each official text, cut into passages, and judges each passage against nine questions (who can use EU Inc, workers on the board, tax…), so every ask and every step is read on the passages that address it.
Open-source Svelte components for clean, accessible interfaces.
In WhoShapedIt: The status, the timeline, the theme picker, the camps of lobbies and the organisation pages.
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