Okay, so let me explain this to you like you are five years old.
You know how different people have different rules at their house, like some kids have to clean their room before they can play and some kids can play first and then clean up afterwards? Similarly, different countries in Europe have their own rules on how a company should be run.
However, some people thought it would be better if all of Europe had the same rules for companies so that companies could operate more easily across different countries. That's why they made something called the European Company Statute.
The European Company Statute is like a rulebook that all companies in Europe can follow so that they all have the same rules to play by. This makes it easier for companies to do business in different European countries without having to worry about different rules in each country.
It also allows companies to become a special type of company called a "European Company" or "SE" for short. Being an SE company means you can operate in different European countries as if you were just one company instead of many.
So, in summary, the European Company Statute is a set of rules that all European companies can follow so that they can do business more easily across different countries, and it also allows companies to become a special type of company called an SE.