EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)
Supports creating a single EU portal for start-ups with a certificate system but wants clear eligibility criteria and compliance obligations defined.
Create a single EU portal for start-ups to register and obtain an EU Start-up Certificate, limited to companies registered in the EU for no more than 5 years, with at least one-third ownership by EU citizens, focused on innovation and digital technology.
“Create a single portal in the EU for support and interaction with start-ups (hereinafter - the Start-up Portal), where start-ups can register and obtain an EU Start-Up Certificate... - registered in the EU as a legal entity for profit no more than 5 years ago, where 1/3 of such entity owned to one or more EU citizens as founders of this start-up; - the objects are innovation, development, production, modernization and commercialization of an innovative product or process of digital technology;”
CONCLUSION.pdf, page 1
Define the EU Start-up Certificate validity as 5 years and require compliance with EU legislation, annual reporting on human resources, assets, turnover, benefits, and investments, and timely notification of changes.
“6. The EU Start-up Certificate is valid for 5 years from the date of issue. 7.1. A start-up holding an EU Start-up Certificate must: (a) comply with all applicable EU legislation; (b) provide annual information on the number of human resources, total assets and annual turnover... (e) notify the Start-up Portal of any changes to the start-up within one month of the date of such change;”
CONCLUSION.pdf, page 3
Implement a procedure for revoking the EU Start-up Certificate if obligations or eligibility criteria are not met, with notification and a 20-day period to remedy non-compliance.
Set up the Start-up Portal to allow application submission, certificate issuance, updating start-up details, and annual reporting, with the European Innovation Council as administrator.
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.
Also built with SvelteKit · Vercel AI SDK · Zod