EUROPE’S STARTUP MOMENT
26,000+ FOUNDERS, INVESTORS, OPERATORS. 27 COUNTRIES.
With multiple legal expert teams, we conducted a legal deep dive into the Commission’s proposal. The conclusion is clear:
This is not the 28th regime we originally campaigned for
This is not one fully harmonized new single European startup entity nor a new EU company law
Rather it acts more like a plug-in into every country’s legal system
But if implemented correctly, it can achieve the same goal: Standardization
Unless it gets watered down… which many lobby groups are trying to do right now…
So we need your help!
HOW BRUSSELS' PROPOSAL CAN WORK
01
Free choice of
registRATION SEAT
Founders choose where to incorporate – independent of where they operate, hire, and pay taxes.
02
ONE CENTRAL
REGISTRY
One digital registry. Strong KYC/AML/UBO enforcement.
Fully digital, 48-hour incorporation. One-click bank account creation.
03
ACCESS FOR
ALL COMPANIES
No size caps. No revenue thresholds. Founders and markets decide how innovation looks like – not politicians.
WHAT MATTERS MOST
Free choice of registration seat
As defined in Brussels's current proposal, founders are free to choose where they incorporate – independently from where they operate.
This would allow individual countries to compete to become a de facto standard place of registration for startups. This is very similar to how Delaware became a standard in the US.
Politicians would not mandate the standard. But founders, investors, and lawyers will converge around the countries that work best for them.
Without free choice of registration seat the EU–INC becomes 27 new national regimes, with a shared logo. Fragmentation, but with slightly better branding.
And useless for founders who need standards to fundraise globally.
READ OUR FAQ →
WHAT EU–INC DOES NOT CHANGE
The goal of our EU–INC campaign is not to avoid local obligations.
EU–INC is not a tax loophole. Taxes follow where the company operates and is administered, not where it is registered. The registered office does not override national tax rules.
EU–INC does not replace local employment law. Employment law follows the country where employees work, not where the company is registered.
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If you hire in Germany, German labor law applies to these workers. If you hire in Poland, Polish labor law applies to these workers. Neither should Polish law apply to German workers, nor German law to Polish workers. No matter where you are incorporated.
WHAT IS AT RISK NOW
Brussels' proposal now moves into negotiations between the Council and Parliament.
Several stakeholders are pushing to remove free choice of seat of registration arguing it enables "forum shopping". It does not enable it. There is current European law to prevent it.
The answer to this concern is to ensure local tax & employment law is respected, to introduce strict KYC/AML/UBO standards and modern digital infrastructure - not removing the one clause that makes this useful.
“Continental scale is our greatest asset in a world of giants.”
URSULA VON DER LEYEN — PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
We need your help!
This next phase
matters.
Talk to your policy makers. They are not from the tech industry, and all existing incumbents are – understandably – worried about any change. The startup ecosystem needs to be loud before the vote. This next phase matters.
If you build, invest, or operate in Europe:
Post about EU–INC
Talk to your policy makers
Push for free choice of registered office
POST ABOUT EU–INC
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A FULL LEGAL ANALYSIS
We did a full legal deep dive with the world-leading global law-firm Dentons to showcase three things:
That the current proposal is NOT a standard without the free choice of registration seat.
That there are currently multiple gaps to make the current model legally work.
The concerns of stakeholders related to employment law, taxes, and identity and how to potentially address them.
→ Download the full legal gap analysis (PDF)
→ Read our FAQ
EU–INC · 2026 · A GRASSROOT CAMPAIGN BY EUROPEAN STARTUPS
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