After serving as Chairperson of the European Code Administrator (Seldia Ethics Committee) for five years, Professor Evelyne Terryn has resigned following her appointment as Vice-Rector of KU Leuven . We would like to thank her for her excellent work and expertise, which have guided the Ethics Committee over the past years, and to congratulate her on her new position. To continue strengthening the work of the European Code Administrator, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Alberto De Franceschi as its new Chairperson . He is a professor of Private Law, Consumer and Market Law, Digital Law and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Ferrara , and serves as Ambassador’s Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability at KU Leuven. He also contributes his expertise as an Italian expert to several international organisations, and is the Editor in Chief of EuCML – Journal of European Consumer and Market Law. You can find more information about Professor Alberto De Franceschi’s impressive CV at the following link . Donwload  here  the full Seldia Press Release.

Seldia welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to create an optional 28th regime, a single, harmonised set of EU‑wide rules that companies can opt into to overcome legal fragmentation when setting up and operating across borders. Properly designed, the regime can reduce red tape and legal uncertainty for businesses of all sizes. To deliver on its promise, however, it is important that it has a broad scope, not only restricted to innovative start‑ups and scale‑ups companies. Such an approach would be consistent with the Commission’s priority of promoting EU economic grow. You can download our Response to the Public Stakeholder Consultation  here .