EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)
Rejects the 28th Regime proposal because it undermines workers' rights, national protections, and legal certainty, posing risks to employees, creditors, and public authorities.
Restrict the new company form to genuine innovative start-ups rather than allowing all companies, including existing groups, to use it.
“Contrary to the stated objective of the planned support for innovative start-ups, EU Inc. is available to all companies and can be used to reorganise existing group structures.”
Feedback, 2026-06-24 · the Commission’s translation
Implement serious company law rules on formation and control to prevent abusive start-ups and letterbox companies and ensure effective state controls and enforcement of labour, tax, and social legislation.
“The 28th Regime favours non-transparent ownership and greatly facilitates abusive start-ups and letterbox companies. At the same time, state controls and enforcement of labour, tax and social legislation are significantly hampered.”
Feedback, 2026-06-24 · the Commission’s translation
Ensure employee share ownership (EU-ESO) grants voting, supervisory, and information rights and reconsider the minimum holding period to reduce risks to employees.
“Employee share ownership (EU-ESO) is not an equivalent substitute for a fair wage. In particular, it must be rejected that the warrants from the EU-ESO do not grant employees voting, supervisory and information rights. In addition, warrants pose a significant risk to employees, as they become worthless in the event of insolvency. This problem is exacerbated by the minimum holding period of 24 months.”
Feedback, 2026-06-24 · the Commission’s translation
Include binding safeguards to protect national labour law, employee participation rights, and collective agreements, preventing erosion through discrepancies between registered and head offices.
“The proposal allows for an EU-wide regime of shopping where companies can deliberately undermine workers’ rights and national protections... The proposal creates considerable uncertainties in individual and collective labour law due to the lack of binding safeguards in favour of national law... It is particularly problematic that the discrepancy between the registered office and the head office allows for the targeted erosion of established employee participation rights.”
Feedback, 2026-06-24 · the Commission’s translation
Use Article 352 TFEU as the legal basis requiring unanimity in the Council instead of Article 114 TFEU.
“Due to its subsidiarity, Article 114 TFEU cannot be the legal basis for the 28th Regimes. Instead, reference must be made to Article 352 TFEU, which requires unanimity in the Council.”
Feedback, 2026-06-24 · the Commission’s translation
Maintain national insolvency standards and safeguards, including the involvement of an independent insolvency administrator representing employees' interests.
“The insolvency provisions of the 28th Regimes devaluate national insolvency standards and safeguards for creditors and employees, as well as national pay protection systems. In particular, the renunciation of the involvement of an insolvency administrator who represents the interests of employees in an independent manner is unacceptable.”
Feedback, 2026-06-24 · the Commission’s translation
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