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For an employer and employee in Italy who want confidential information protected after the job ends, when the duty of loyalty under art. 2105 of the Italian Civil Code lapses. The agreement defines the confidential information, how long the duty lasts after the job ends, the exceptions (public information, legal duties, whistleblowing reports) and the return of documents. It is not a non-compete clause: it does not restrict future work and sets no penalty. In Italian.

A service agreement between two businesses in France, for an assignment of fixed or open-ended length: services, best-efforts or result obligation, price before VAT and invoicing rhythm, payment term within the sixty-day limit, late-payment penalties and the €40 indemnity of article L. 441-10 of the French Commercial Code, confidentiality, right to use the deliverables without assignment of copyright, termination on notice or for breach, French law. Signed in two originals. In French.

For the landlord and tenant of a furnished home let as the tenant's main residence in France. The model contract, compulsory since 1 October 2026, is published free on Légifrance; this French lease follows its headings: one year renewed tacitly, or nine months not renewed for a student, one month's notice for the tenant, a deposit of at most two months, service charges as advances or a flat sum, the minimum furniture of décret n° 2015-981, the termination clause and an optional rent-control section. In French, printed and signed by each party.

For giving an assignment to a registered independent in France (micro-entrepreneur, sole trader or one-person company) without the relationship looking like salaried employment: assignment and deliverables, freedom over organisation, hours, place and other clients, no relationship of subordination, price and invoicing, payment term and late-payment penalties, registration documents and the URSSAF vigilance certificate, right to use the deliverables, termination. Signed in two originals. In French.

A letter to the payee in Austria — gym, insurer, club, online shop or collection agency — revoking your SEPA direct debit mandate, still often called an Einziehungsauftrag in Austria. It gives the mandate reference, the creditor ID and your IBAN, forbids further debits once it is received and says how payment continues: you transfer the money yourself, the contract has ended, or you pay from another account. Revoking the mandate ends neither the contract nor a debt. A debit taken anyway is unauthorised, and your bank refunds it under the Austrian Payment Services Act (§§ 65, 67 ZaDiG 2018). In German.

A letter asking the employer in Austria for a written reference (Dienstzeugnis) under § 1163 ABGB and § 39 AngG — a final reference when the employment ends, or an interim one during it, which is issued at the employee's cost. Austrian law owes only the simple reference stating the length and kind of the work, and it may contain nothing that makes finding a new job harder; the letter also asks politely for a favourable description of duties and achievements. In German, to print and sign.

A joint statement in which two spouses or civil partners in Cyprus record what belongs to each, when and how it was acquired — before the marriage, by gift, by inheritance — what is shared and who contributed to what. Under Law 232/1991, if the marriage ends, a spouse who contributed to the increase in the other's property can claim a share of it, and the contribution is presumed to be one third unless shown otherwise. A statement signed in calmer times is evidence of exactly that. It waives no rights and transfers no property.

The request in which a tenant in Romania asks the landlord's written consent to sublet the home or part of it: to whom, what exactly and for how long. The document ends with a section in which the landlord gives consent by signing, so the request and the answer stay on the same sheet.

An agreement between Polish businesses for ongoing or periodic services — IT, marketing, accounting, consulting: the scope and what falls outside it, the term, the net fee plus VAT, payment within no more than 60 days, invoices in the national e-invoicing system (KSeF), professional diligence, confidentiality, a liability cap and termination. The rules on mandate contracts apply to it (art. 750 of the Civil Code).

A tenant's letter in Poland reporting defects the landlord is responsible for — failed heating, a leak, a broken boiler — setting a deadline for the repair and asking for a rent reduction while the defects last. The deadline is what later allows the tenant to have the repair done at the landlord's expense (art. 663 of the Civil Code); the notice also opens the way to ending the tenancy if the defects cannot be fixed.

For an employer in Spain that wants to set down in writing what information an employee must keep secret, during the contract and afterwards. It defines confidential information, what is excluded, permitted use, the return of documents and equipment at the end and the period after termination, in line with the duty of good faith in the Spanish Workers' Statute and Spanish Law 1/2019 on Trade Secrets. It is not a non-compete clause: it does not stop the employee working for another business later. Both sides sign it. In Spanish.

For someone who has left or is leaving a job in Italy and asks the employer for the final documents: the certificate of employment under art. 2124 of the Italian Civil Code, giving the period and the duties, which the employer must issue whatever the reason the job ended; the last payslip and the severance (TFR) statement; the Certificazione Unica tax statement, due within twelve days of the request when the job ends during the year. Sent by registered post, PEC or by hand. In Italian.

For a landlord in France whose tenant owes rent or charges. The French letter lists the months owed and the total, sets a payment date, offers a payment plan and the free help available (ADIL, CAF, the housing solidarity fund), then states the next step: a formal demand for payment served by a commissaire de justice, then the lease's termination clause, six weeks after an unanswered demand, or two months where a lease signed before July 2023 says so. A first friendly reminder or a formal demand, as you choose. A copy can go to the guarantor.

An open-ended contract of employment (Dienstvertrag) for salaried employees or workers in Austria, in German, carrying every item the Dienstzettel must state under the Austrian Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act (§ 2 AVRAG) as amended on 28 March 2024: seat, job and a short description of the work, collective agreement and pay group, probation month, working time and overtime, pay, leave under the Leave Act (UrlG), notice periods under § 20 AngG and § 1159 ABGB, the termination procedure, the severance fund (Abfertigung neu) and the social insurer.

The service contract between a German GmbH or UG (haftungsbeschränkt) and its managing director (Geschäftsführer), separate from the appointment by shareholders' resolution. It covers duties and transactions needing the shareholders' consent, start and place of work, salary and variable pay, sick pay, holiday, a non-compete during the contract, confidentiality, termination and garden leave after removal from office. It records the director's shareholding and says when the director is insured as an employee: without shares always; a shareholder-director is self-employed only with a majority or a blocking minority over all company business. In German.

A Greek residential lease between private individuals with no end date: the property, the rent and its adjustment, the deposit, running costs, duties and the move-in and move-out records. Even an open-ended lease runs at least three years under Greek law (Law 1703/1987); after that it ends by written notice under Article 609 of the Greek Civil Code, with the notice period the lease sets, at the end of a calendar month. It includes an early-exit clause for the tenant, the landlord's lease declaration to the tax authority (ΑΑΔΕ) by both parties' tax numbers, and rent paid only by bank transfer, which Law 5222/2025 will make compulsory.

The request in which a parent in Romania asks for a child's absences for family reasons to be excused: the period, the number of hours and the reason. The framework regulation for pre-university schools (ROFUIP) allows absences to be excused on a parent's written request approved by the head, for no more than 40 hours a school year and no more than a fifth of one subject's hours, and the request says so. It ends with a space for the head's approval.

The resolution of the sole member or the general meeting by which a Romanian SRL appoints its administrator: who, for how long, with what powers and pay, and, where there is one, whose mandate ends. It calls for the appointee's declaration of acceptance and eligibility, and empowers someone to file with the trade register, from which point the appointment binds third parties.

Signed before negotiations, before taking on a subcontractor, or before giving access to internal information. What matters is not the prohibition itself but the three things around it: what exactly counts as confidential, which exceptions are recognised, and how long the duty lasts after the relationship ends. An agreement without those three is hard to enforce.

For the landlord and tenant of an unfurnished home let as the tenant's main residence in France. The model contract, compulsory since 1 October 2026 (décret n° 2026-596), is published free on Légifrance; this French lease follows its headings, ready to fill in: a term of three or six years depending on the landlord, rent, yearly review by the IRL index, service charges, a one-month deposit, the termination clause that applies six weeks after an unanswered formal demand to pay, and an optional section for rent control. In French, printed in one original per party and signed by each.

An agreement under which an employee with access to particularly important information undertakes not to compete with the employer for a set time after leaving. The employer pays compensation of at least 25% of the pay received before the employment ended, for a period equal to the ban. It must be in writing on pain of nullity, and stops binding when the employer stops paying.

Notice of resignation from a Polish employment contract, with no reason needed: which contract, what notice period and when it ends — a period counted in weeks ends on a Saturday, one counted in months on the last day of a month. The letter also asks for the certificate of employment on the last day and for leave to be settled. If both sides want to part sooner, they can agree an earlier date after notice is given.

An employee's claim to the Polish labour court against a notice terminating an employment contract or its termination without notice: asking for the notice to be declared ineffective, for reinstatement or for compensation, with the reason the employer gave and why it is wrong, and, if the deadline was missed through no fault of the employee, a request to restore it. The deadline is 21 days from delivery of the employer's letter (art. 264 of the Polish Labour Code). The employee files it alone and pays no court fee, at the district court's labour division, in person or by registered post, with a copy for the employer.

For a family or person in Spain hiring a household employee on an open-ended contract: cleaning, cooking, childcare or care of an older person, living in or out. It sets out the tasks, the trial period, the hours and rest of Spanish Royal Decree 1620/2011, pay by the month or by the hour, pay in kind, the extra payments, holidays and the termination rules as they stand since Royal Decree-Law 16/2022. Both sides sign it before work starts. In Spanish.