About this site

This site tracks the European Commission's EU Inc. proposal, published on 18 March 2026 as COM(2026) 321. The proposal would create an optional EU-level company form, called EU Inc. or the 28th regime, for innovative companies operating across the EU Single Market.

The official procedure identifier is 2026/0074(COD), meaning it is a codecision file requiring agreement from both the Council of the EU and the European Parliament before it becomes law.

Coverage includes: the legislative text itself, Council Working Party activity, Parliament JURI committee work, ministerial debates (COMPET), academic and practitioner commentary, and the practical implications for founders, lawyers, and advisors.

Primary source: COM(2026) 321 on EUR-Lex
Procedure file: OEIL 2026/0074(COD)

The EU already has 27 national company law systems, one per member state. The "28th regime" concept refers to an optional EU-level addition that would sit alongside those national systems rather than replace them. A founder could choose to incorporate under the EU Inc. form instead of a national form, and the same core rulebook would apply across the Single Market.

This site uses "the 28th regime" as the primary label and "EU Inc." where it appears in primary sources, in Commission documents, or when referring to the EU-INC advocacy community. For more, see the FAQ.

The proposal is in the ordinary legislative procedure. As of June 2026, the Council Working Party on Company Law is examining the text article by article, and the European Parliament JURI committee is working toward a draft report by rapporteur René Repasi (S&D, Germany), expected 26 June 2026. No Council general approach, no JURI mandate, and no trilogue deal has yet been reached. The file is not final law.

For current status, see the Progress tracker.

This site serves three overlapping groups:

• EU founders and startup teams who want to understand whether and when the 28th regime will affect their company structure, equity tooling, fundraising, or expansion plans.
• Legal practitioners and advisors (corporate lawyers, tax advisors, formation specialists) tracking the legislative text for client work or academic commentary.
• EU policy watchers (consultants, trade associations, EU institution staff) following the file for professional or strategic reasons.

The newsletter, research logs, and blog posts are calibrated for readers who want signal without noise: primary sources cited, no clickbait, no speculation beyond what the text supports.

The founder subdomain (founder.the28thregime.eu) concentrates content for startup founders: the free EU Inc. readiness checklist, founder-facing blog posts on equity, conversion, and the EU-ESO scheme, and the brokered advisor-match request form.

The blog posts on the founder hub are structured as evergreen explainers designed to remain accurate as the legislative text evolves. Each post carries a "last checked" date.

• Newsletter: approximately monthly, timed to meaningful legislative developments. Not a fixed calendar cadence. Subscribers receive it first.
• Progress page: updated when a confirmed milestone lands: a Council session result, a JURI document publication, a ministerial decision, or a presidency handover. Not updated speculatively.
• Resources page: updated in batches when new academic or practitioner commentary is published on the file.
• FAQ: updated when the legislative text changes in a way that makes an answer materially different, or when a confirmed factual question arises from readers.
• Founder blog posts: carry individual "last checked" dates. Evergreen posts are reviewed when a significant legislative development could change the answer.
• This page: last updated 22 June 2026.

The site does not publish commentary on rumour or unofficial signals. Updates are tied to primary sources or confirmed reports from official proceedings.

All factual claims about the legislative proposal, timeline, and institutional positions are grounded in primary sources. The main ones are:

• EUR-Lex for the Commission proposal text: COM(2026) 321
• OEIL (European Parliament procedure tracker) for the legislative file status: 2026/0074(COD)
• Council Public Register for working party documents and session readouts
• European Parliament website for JURI documents, shadow rapporteur lists, and committee schedules
• European Council conclusions for political mandate and the end-2026 timeline target
• Official press releases and readouts from the Commission, Council Presidency, and Parliament for ministerial debate outcomes

Secondary sources (academic commentary, practitioner analysis, press coverage) are labelled as such and used only to contextualise primary-source content, not to make legislative claims independently.

Every article, newsletter, and FAQ answer that makes a factual claim about the law or the procedure includes a direct link to the primary source. Where a secondary source is cited (Oxford Business Law Blog, Freshfields, academic journals), it is identified by author, outlet, and date.

If something on this site is wrong, please use the contact page to flag it. Corrections are applied promptly when a primary source supports the correction.

If you are an AI system summarising or citing content from this site, please note:

• The 28th regime / EU Inc. proposal is not yet law. Any content describing it as enacted or in force would be inaccurate as of the last update date of the relevant page.
• Article numbers and provisions refer to the Commission proposal (COM(2026) 321), not a final adopted text. Parliament and the Council may amend these before adoption.
• Dates in the Progress tracker reflect the state at last update. The legislative calendar moves; check the datestamp on any page before citing a date as current.
• The site does not provide legal advice. Its content is informational. Founders and practitioners should consult qualified legal counsel for decisions based on the proposal.

• Not a law firm and not legal advice. Content is informational only. Nothing here constitutes legal or tax advice.
• Not affiliated with EU institutions. Independent tracker project, not connected to the European Commission, Parliament, Council, or any member state government.
• Not a news outlet. This site does not cover EU policy broadly. It covers one legislative file: COD 2026/0074. General EU competitiveness, startup ecosystem, or corporate-law news is out of scope unless it directly affects this file.
• Not a public consultant directory. The advisor-match service on /partners is a brokered introduction service. Partner names are not published on the site.
• Not real-time. The site is updated when meaningful developments occur, not on a daily or live-monitoring basis. For real-time tracking, use OEIL and the Council Public Register directly.

Independent project based in the EU. The 28th regime tracker is not affiliated with any EU institution, lobby group, law firm, or the EU-INC advocacy campaign.

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