Commission concludes public consultation on the European Innovation Act

The Commission has published the results of the call for evidence and the public consultation for the future European Innovation Act, gathering stakeholders' feedback and proposals to shape the innovation landscape in Europe.

As part of the public consultation and the call for evidence that were open from 8 July - 3 October 2025, a total of 202 responses were received for the public consultation and 336 position papers were received for the call for evidence.. A wide range of stakeholders, including businesses and business associations, public authorities, academia, and more, gave their views and proposals for the future European Innovation Act.

Key stakeholder insights:

• boost access to finance for startups and scaleups
• create an EU-wide framework for regulatory sandboxes for companies to test their innovations in different Member States, and for Member States to implement cross-border regulatory sandboxes;
• improve access to the EU's world-class research and technology infrastructures;
• strengthen public investment in the commercialisation, uptake and wide diffusion of innovative solutions;
• stimulate the commercialisation of publicly-funded research results generated in universities and research organisations;
• enable public and private procurement to promote innovation and support the participation of start-ups and innovative companies.

The European Innovation Act, which is expected to be proposed in 2026 as a key deliverable of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy, will help speed up the journey of innovative ideas to market across all sectors and will help close the innovation gap between the EU and its global competitors. It will aim to address challenges in commercialising research results, strengthen collaboration between the industry and the academia, and improve access of innovative companies to procurements and infrastructures. It will also help create a more innovation-friendly regulatory and policy environment across the EU, to give European innovators the tools they need to grow and scale within the EU and compete globally.

The results of the consultation are available on the Have your Say Portal: European Innovation Act.

The Commission is now analysing the feedback received and assessing the impact of each proposed measure, ahead of the adoption of the proposed Act in 2026.

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European Innovation Act