The EU Inc. Proposal How far does it really go?

24 March 2026

On 18 March 2026, the European Commission proposed a new harmonised corporate legal form, the “EU Inc.”, intended to remove fragmentation in EU company law and make it significantly easier for innovative businesses to start, operate and scale across the European market.

Previous attempts to create an EU‑wide company form (most notably the Societas Europaea (SE)) failed to gain broad traction due to their complexity and high entry thresholds. By contrast, the EU Inc. proposal - designed as an optional ‘28th regime’ that sits alongside existing national company forms or the SE - combines fully digital procedures, 48‑hour fast‑track incorporation, no minimum capital, flexible governance and capital structures, and a pan‑European alignment of employee stock option taxation, making it one of the most ambitious corporate law reforms in recent years.

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