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2026/0074(COD) · Committee Stage

28th regime corporate legal framework – EU Inc.

512 submissions from 468 organizations told the European Commission what they think about this file. Here is what each of them said, in their own words.

The Commission received 1,048 submissions on this file. Shown here: the 512 from organizations. Not shown: 497 from private individuals. Their submissions are personal data; the Commission publishes them under its own legal basis, and republishing them by name here would need one we do not have. Organizations act in a public capacity, so their positions are public record. Also not shown: 39 further submissions we do not publish for other reasons: no quotable text (a comment under 250 characters and no readable paper), no organization named, or a private person who filed under their own name. About this data →

Committee JURIRapporteur René Repasi (S&D)Next Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading 19 Oct 2026
  1. Deliberations in Council working party · 8 Oct 2026
  2. Deliberations in Coreper · 30 Sept 2026
  3. Deliberations in Council working party · 29 Sept 2026
  4. Deliberations in Council · 24 Sept 2026
  5. Deliberations in Council working party · 17 Sept 2026

Who showed up

359 submissions from industry (companies and their trade associations) against 64 from civil society: NGOs, consumer organizations, environmental groups and trade unions. That is 5.6 industry submissions for every one from civil society.

Industry 359Civil society 64Public authorities, academia, other 84

Groupings use the respondent type each organization selected when filing. Counting submissions, not organizations: a body that filed twice is counted twice. An identical text filed by several organizations counts once: 5 submissions here repeat 3 texts word for word and are folded into them.

What the room declares

118 of 468
in the EU Register
500
full-time lobbying staff
€57.6M+
declared costs a year
268
EP accreditations declared

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026). The cost figure sums band floors, so the true total is higher.

The file, right now

The consultation closed on 25 Jun 2026; it ran from 30 Apr 2026.

Policy area
Justice (DG JUST)
Where it stands
Awaiting adoption
Legislative stage
Committee Stage
Lead committee
JURI
Commission reference
COM(2026)321

How it got here

  1. Call for evidence · impact assessment30 Sept 2025
  2. Public consultation30 Sept 2025
  3. Proposal for a regulation25 Jun 2026

Also on the Commission’s pipeline for this file, with no date recorded: Initiative planned.

Filed word for word by several organizations

2 blocks of text on this file were submitted, identically, by three or more organizations. Shared text is a fact about the filings; what it means is for the reader.

3 organizations: CER landlele, Energy Community MTÜ, landlele

“1) Tax Free Transfers to All Energy Communities Members in Europe. Energy communities bring environmental, financial and social benefits to their members. Without an energy community, a physical person (e.g. an individual, an EU Citizen) installs a photovoltaics on his/her roof and autonomously takes care of the selection of the company that does the works, permitting and financing.”

3 organizations: axabio, Farmless BV, Tech Europe

“1) ONE EUROPEAN STANDARD So that investors know how it works and you can easily raise globally, so that ecosystems can form around a centralized registry, so that stock-options can be done europe-wide, etc etc 2) FOR EVERYONE Because nobody knows, how startups look like in future and we don't want to have governments niche down access to the entity in oblivion.”

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IDEE ECONOMICHE

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

The initiative will respond to the demands of the business community by providing businesses, especially innovative ones, with a single set of rules to operate and invest more easily in the single market. In a nutshell, it will define a new legal framework that will regulate a wide range of key issues for businesses taking into account online procedures and digital tools under EU company law.

Filed in Italian · English published by the European Commission

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Fondation pour le droit continental

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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The Henri Capitant Association and the Foundation for Continental Law welcome the initiative of the European Commission to create an optional regime for a European Company within the Union. While this proposal is a real step forward in completing the single market, it contains a number of regrettable choices borrowed from Delaware law and some shortcomings.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Delivery Hero

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Operating in 13 EU Member States through over 70 corporate entities, Delivery Hero has scaled across several European markets and seen firsthand how corporate and regulatory fragmentation raises the cost of growing in Europe. As one of Europe's leading founder factories, we have a direct stake in whether the 28th Regime delivers a legal form that genuinely supports founders from incorporation through to scale.

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The Notarial Chamber of the Czech Republic understands the aims of the proposal, the needs of companies operating cross-border in the internal market and welcomes the possibility to provide feedback in this consultation. In our view, the proposal provides a solution for a part of the barriers existing in the internal market (especially thanks to ESOP and insolvency rules).

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Chamber of Progress

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Companies need to set up and scale faster across Europe. We applaud the Commission for getting much of the set up part right: fast, digital, and low-cost procedures will help SMEs across the bloc. However, on scaling, much more needs to be done if the EU Inc framework is to be a truly European alternative to Delaware.

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Social Economy Europe (SEE)

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Social Economy Europes contribution to the public consultation on the 28th Regime corporate legal framework EU Inc. Social Economy Europe welcomes the European Commissions proposal for a 28th Regime corporate legal framework EU Inc. as an important step towards a simpler, more integrated and more competitive Single Market.

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ANIVEC National Association of Clothing, Confection and Mode Industries provides its technical advice on the proposed Regulation of the 28th Optional Legal Regime (“EU Inc.”), in conjunction with the guidance of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB).

Filed in Portuguese · English published by the European Commission

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Philea, Philanthropy Europe Association

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Philea welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the European Commission proposal for A single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU 28th regime. The EU inc. scope should cover foundations Philea and others had called for the EU Inc framework to include foundations and not only limited liability companies.

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Bpifrance

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Mr Bpifrance welcomed the lambition of the EU Inc. proposal, while stressing three priorities to make it an effective lever for European innovation. First, it is essential to preserve the link between national State aid and the real economic growth of undertakings in order to ensure that the benefits of such aid benefit the real economy, while respecting the objective of European harmonisation.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Gide Loyrette Nouel

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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The proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal framework of the 28th regime for businesses was particularly awaited. It responds to major French academic and institutional initiatives, in particular those of the Henri Capitant Association (December 2020) and the Haut Comité Juridique de la Place Financière de Paris (March 2021) in favour of a simplified European company, in…

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Cooperatives Europe

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Cooperatives Europe is the European cross-sectoral organisation representing cooperative enterprises in Europe. We represent 163 million individual entrepreneurs and member cooperators, owning 250,000 cooperative enterprises and providing jobs to 4,7 million European citizens. We welcome the Commissions proposal for the EU INC and the efforts to support innovative startups and scaleups in Europe.

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Association for Competitive Technology (ACT)

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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The Association for Competitive Technology (hereafter ACT) hereby submits comments to the European Commission in response to the Public Consultation on A single harmonised set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU 28th regime. ACT is a policy trade association for the small business technology developer community.

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Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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The CCBE welcomes the objective of establishing an optional European corporate framework facilitating cross-border business activity and reducing fragmentation within the Single Market. However, the proposal does not yet provide the certainty required for a genuinely uniform company form. The principal concern relates to the relationship between the Regulation and national law.

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Belgisch Centrum voor Vennootschapsrecht

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Position Paper from the Belgian Centre of Company Law on the EU Inc. Proposal1 Executive summary The Belgian Centre of Company Law (the “BCCL”) welcomes the Commission’s EU Inc. Proposal, in particular the emphasis on online formation and deliberation, the “once-only” principle, the use of a Regulation rather than a Directive, and the introduction of EU-level templates for articles of association.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

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The draft regulation on the legal framework for the EU Inc represents a useful step forward as it aims to simplify certain procedures, reduce the fragmentation of company law and promote better cross-border circulation of information.

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Bundesnotarkammer

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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The German Federal Chamber of Notaries (Bundesnotarkammer) supports the objective of strengthening the European Unions competitiveness and improving the framework conditions for growth-oriented companies. However, the Proposal for a Regulation should be substantially revised in order to ensure consistency with the European acquis in company law, legal certainty, effective anti-abuse safeguards, democratic…

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Royal Dutch Association of Civil-law Notaries (KNB)

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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The Royal Dutch Association of Notaries endorses the European Union’s aim of strengthening the internal market and European competitiveness. A new European legal form can contribute to this if it is in line with the European model, in which legal certainty and protection are guaranteed ex ante rather than ex post. The current EU Inc. proposal does not provide sufficient safeguards to this end.

Filed in Dutch · English published by the European Commission

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Please find attached the opinion of the Combined Companies Law Committee of the Dutch Bar Association (NOvA) and the Royal Notarial Professional Organisation (KNB) on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the company law framework of the 28th regime EU Inc.

Filed in Dutch · English published by the European Commission

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Proposal for an EU Regulation on the 28th Regime “EU Inc.” Comments and Notes Startup Portugal, as an organisation for the promotion of entrepreneurship registered in the European Transparency Register under number 5213929102373-93, hereby sets out its position on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 28th company law regime, published by the European Commission on 18…

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

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SPANISH BIOINDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (AseBio)

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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AseBio welcomes the European Commission's proposal to develop Regime 28 and create the EU Inc. framework, an initiative that will allow innovative companies to operate under a single, harmonized set of company rules across the European Union.

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EE
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ENSIE fully supports Social Economy Europes contribution to the public consultation on the 28th Regime corporate legal framework EU Inc. ENSIE joins Social Economy Europe in calling for the future 28th Regime to be an inclusive instrument that reflects the diversity of Europes enterprise models and ensures that social economy entities can benefit from Single Market simplification without being forced to abandon…

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notary

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

The proposal seeks to facilitate company formation and cross-border business activity. While these objectives are to be supported, it is important to ensure that simplification does not come at the expense of transparency and legal certainty.

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Fédération des entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD) – Feedback sur la proposition de la Commission européenne pour un 28ème régime La Fédération française du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD) se réjouit de la proposition de la Commission européenne en faveur d’un « 28ème régime ». Nous appelons à poser les bases d’un droit européen des affaires.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

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CECOP

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the Commissions proposal for an EU Inc, or 28th regime. As the EU strives for increasing the competitiveness of Europe and creating an enabling environment for innovation, the 28th regime has the opportunity to contribute to these goals.

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European Tax Adviser Federation (ETAF)

· · filed 25 Jun 2026 · source

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ETAF Statement Proposal for a Regulation on the 28th regime corporate legal framework The European Tax Adviser Federation (ETAF), representing the interests of more than 280,000 regulated tax advisers across Europe, would like to thank the European Commission for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposal for a Regulation on the 28th regime corporate legal framework (COM (2026) 321), or the so-called “EU…

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

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