About this project

This site is a practical tracker for founders, operators, investors, researchers, and legal professionals who want signal — not noise — on the EU’s proposed “28th regime” for innovative companies and the two reference proposals shaping debate (EU-Inc and Bruegel’s Regime 0).

What we track?

We track three layers:

1. Official EU process (primary sources first)
   • European Parliament trackers, briefings, adopted texts, committee materials
   • European Commission work programme references, consultations, and (once published) the draft legal act
   • Council signals when relevant
   • Public breefings
   
2. Reference proposals (influential, but not official law)
   • EU-Inc (ecosystem proposal): https://www.eu-inc.org and https://proposal.eu-inc.org
   • Regime 0 (Bruegel): policy brief proposing a targeted optional regime for innovative startups
   
3. Credible commentary (labelled clearly)
   We sometimes link to reputable media and stakeholder positions to show what’s contested — always separated from “official process”.

Why it exists?

Scaling across the Single Market often means re-solving the same legal/admin problems country by country — especially around incorporation, governance, investment docs, and employee equity. The 28th regime exists because policymakers and ecosystems want to reduce that fragmentation for innovative, cross-border companies.

Editorial policy

• Primary sources first.
• Neutral summaries with “what it is” + “why it matters”.
• Clear separation between:
    – what is official,
    – what is proposed by others,
    – what is still unknown.
• Dates on every update.

Transparency

Independent project. Not affiliated with EU institutions. Not legal, tax, or investment advice.

If we ever add monetisation (e.g., referral links to tools or service providers), it will be:
• clearly labelled, and
• never allowed to change what we say in the tracker.

Collaboration

If you’re a founder, legal practitioner, policy researcher, or ecosystem builder:
• send primary sources we missed,
• propose corrections,
• or contribute a short guest perspective (labelled as guest).

Use the contact page:
https://the28thregime.eu/contact

Coming next

When the Commission publishes draft legal text, we plan to add:
• a clause-by-clause explainer series,
• founder readiness checklists (non-legal, operational),
• and a directory of expert commentators / practitioner perspectives (opt-in, transparent criteria).


If you want the “draft breakdown” the day it drops, join the watchlist:
https://the28thregime.eu/