EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)
Supports a single EU company form for innovative companies but wants it established by Regulation with specific digital and procedural facilitation changes.
Enable innovative companies, start-ups and scale-ups to incorporate once and operate seamlessly across the Union.
“a single, harmonised legal framework enabling innovative companies, start-ups and scale-ups to incorporate once, operate seamlessly across the Union”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
Make incorporation fully digital and online through national registers under a common EU standard with automatic cross-border recognition via BRIS, without a separate supranational register.
“The incorporation process should be digital-by-default, fully online, and conducted through national registers under a common EU standard, with automatic cross-border recognition via the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS). No separate supranational register is necessary”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
Shorten incorporation time to at most 2 business days.
“Shorten the time of incorporation (up to 2 business days at most)”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
Implement procedural facilitations including automatic issuance and free access to updated corporate extracts, recognition of a wider range of e-signatures with liability on submitters, harmonised financial statement formats, ability to hire managers via civil or employment agreements, and easier changes in corporate body membership without specifying numbers in articles of association.
“Implement procedural facilitations: (i) automatic issuance and updating of corporate extract with up-to-date information about the company (access to this extract should be given to representatives of the company out of charge with the option to share this extract/access to it with financial institutions and other interested parties); (ii) recognition of a wider range of e-signatures to sign company's corporate documents (with liability for signature authenticity borne by the person submitting documents to EU, or member states institutions); (iii) harmonised format for financial statements applicable to all companies under the 28th regime; (iv) hiring managers by concluding both civil and employment agreements; (v) allowing for easier changes in the number of members of corporate bodies (no requirement to specify the number of members of corporate bodies in the articles of association).”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
Abolish minimum capital requirements to reduce costs without losing economic value.
“Abolish minimum capital requirements, which add cost without delivering real economic value”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
Allow companies to issue redeemable shares to facilitate attracting financing.
“Allow the company to issue redeemable shares (thereby making it easier for the company to attract financing)”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
Establish the 28th regime as a Regulation rather than a Directive to ensure uniform rules and direct applicability from day one.
“we strongly recommend that the legal instrument establishing the 28th regime take the form of a Regulation rather than a Directive. Only a Regulation can ensure uniform rules, direct applicability, and, therefore, the elimination of legal fragmentation from day one.”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
After incorporation, companies should only need to register for tax purposes in member states where they operate.
“Following incorporation, the only additional step in each member state should be fiscal registration for tax purposes in jurisdictions where the company intends to operate.”
Feedback, 2025-09-30
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