The European DIGITAL SME Alliance, of which Sunrise Tech Park is a member, has brought together a coalition of around 200 companies and associations and launched the “28 for All” campaign to express its position on the proposed “28th regime.” Sunrise Tech Park has also joined the campaign.
The “28 for All” campaign calls on the European Union and its Member States to take ambitious and swift action on the 28th regime proposal. This legislation could become the most significant EU business reform in more than two decades, and therefore should be treated as a top priority.
Representatives of European business organisations and companies outline three key conditions for the system to truly work:
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The 28th regime must be established through a regulation;
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The regime must be open to all European companies;
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It must be simple enough for any company to register under it.
A strong ecosystem of European companies is Europe’s most powerful lever for competitiveness. However, it is still complex and costly for companies to expand into other EU countries within the Single Market, making it difficult for European businesses to scale up quickly.
The upcoming 28th regime proposal is therefore critically important. A single corporate legal framework across all 27 Member States could finally deliver what the Single Market has long promised: consistent and predictable rules for companies operating across borders.
The signatories call on the EU and its Member States to ensure that the 28th regime is:
- Open to all. Regardless of sector, company size, or date of establishment. Restricting it only to startups or companies considered innovative would contradict the purpose of a Single Market instrument. Every company should have the opportunity to choose European company status.
- A regulation. Any legal form that would need to be transposed into national law would recreate the same fragmentation this reform seeks to eliminate. Therefore, only a regulation can ensure direct and harmonised application.
- Simple. Registering under the 28th regime should be at least as simple as under existing national systems. The “once-only” and “digital-by-default” principles should therefore be mandatory.
The time has come to turn promises of strengthening competitiveness into concrete action. The campaign’s signatories stand ready to work with EU institutions and Member States to ensure that the 28th regime becomes the transformative framework Europe needs.
The full campaign statement and the list of signatories can be found at 28forall.eu. European companies and business organisations that still wish to support the campaign can express their support on the website.
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