Toward a 28th European Enterprise Regime: A Single Rulebook to Enable Cross-Border Scale-Up in Europe

Author: Allan Dizioli, Alexandra Fotiou, and Mr. José M. Garrido

The paper proposes an optional EU-wide "28th regime" to complement national legal systems, aiming to reduce barriers to cross-border business, improve access to capital, and help firms scale more easily across the EU single market.

Volume/Issue: Volume 2026 Issue 014

Publication date: July 2026

ISBN: 9798229050715

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Finance , Investments and Securities-General , Taxation - General , EU single market , 28th regime , EU Inc , enterprise law , company law , insolvency , venture capital , startups , scaleups , cross-border mobility , productivity , Europe , competitiveness , structural reforms , company law directive , enterprise regime , firm entry , growth model , Societas Privata Europaea , productivity gap , Solvency , Total factor productivity , Corporate insolvency , Compliance costs , Global

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Summary

This publication aims to shape the policy debate on how to deepen the EU single market by proposing a concrete, operational blueprint for an optional EU-wide enterprise regime. It shows how a 28th regime (a voluntary enterprise legal framework, sitting alongside the 27 member states’ individual regimes) regime can work through multiple channels to help firms expand efficiently within the EU single market. An effective 28th regime will reduce legal fragmentation, lower the fixed costs of cross-border scaling, improve access to risk capital, and support more efficient restructuring and second chances for firms. The paper combines legal and institutional design with macroeconomic analysis to identify significant potential payoffs from adopting such a regime.