Scheda

The overall objectives of the proposal are to provide better conditions for starting a business and better opportunities for growth and scaling up in the EU, and to encourage more investment into EU companies, particularly in their early and growth stages. With these improved conditions and opportunities, the proposal aims to strengthen the competitiveness of EU companies and the EU economy and to improve the functioning of the single market.

It presents a corporate legal framework including a harmonised company legal form to be introduced in the national order of each Member State. Moreover, it harmonises a wide range of corporate rules to address the challenges modern businesses are facing throughout the whole company lifecycle in the single market, including setting up, the subsequent operation of companies and liquidation and insolvency procedures. In addition, it proposes harmonised rules to enable companies to attract private investment through common fast, digital and cost-effective procedures, which would make it easier for high-growth companies to scale up in the single market and enable both the EU and third country investors to invest in companies.

The consultation will run until 25 June 2026