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A Cypriot company's resolution appointing a new director, removing a director or recording a resignation under the Companies Law, Cap. 113: the company's details with its HE number, how the decision is taken, the director's details with identity card, passport or ARC number, the date it takes effect, the appointee's acceptance and who files. Section 178 allows a director to be removed without consent by ordinary resolution at a general meeting, after 28 days' special notice; the articles may provide another route too. The change is notified separately to the Registrar of Companies on form HE4 within 14 days.

An Italian free-form self-declaration, in Italian (art. 46 of Presidential Decree 445/2000), stating personal status, qualities and facts in place of a certificate: an educational qualification, membership of a professional register, being alive, income and the other cases the law lists. With the warning on penalties (art. 76) and the note on signing (art. 38). Public bodies and private parties must accept it; many bodies publish free models. No stamp duty is due (art. 37). Sign it in front of the official or hand it in with a copy of an identity document.

A contract between a business and a self-employed freelancer in Germany — in design, copywriting, programming, consulting or media, for example — granting usage rights in the work results under the German Copyright Act (UrhG). It describes genuinely independent work, without instructions on time, place and method and without integration into the client's organisation, and covers the fee, the small-business VAT rule, the artists' social levy, confidentiality and termination. It states the risk of disguised employment plainly: the facts decide, not the label (§ 7(1) SGB IV). With a choice on the status determination under § 7a SGB IV. In German.

A Greek employment contract with no end date, written for the Labour Law Code (Presidential Decree 62/2025) and the 2025–26 changes: job and duties, place of work, hours, gross pay in figures and words, the holiday bonuses and leave allowance, probation of up to six months and how the contract ends. It gives the essential terms in writing, as the law requires within one week, and sets out the ERGANI II steps: the contract itself is no longer filed, but since 16 February 2026 the employee must accept the hiring notice before starting.

For moving to part-time hours, for a different start and finish, or for a flexible arrangement. The change affects an essential term of the employment contract, so it is put into effect by a written amendment — and part-time hours reduce pay proportionately. The application proposes a specific arrangement and the date it should start.

A request from an employee in mainland France or an overseas department other than Mayotte to suspend the contract without pay: unpaid leave (congé sans solde), which the employer is free to grant, a sabbatical (articles L. 3142-28 et seq. of the French Labour Code) or leave to set up or take over a business (articles L. 3142-105 et seq.). It gives the dates and, where relevant, the reason or the business's activity. For the two statutory leaves, send it at least three months (sabbatical) or two months (start-up) ahead, in a way that proves the date (registered post with proof of receipt, or hand delivery against a receipt), unless a collective agreement says otherwise. In French.

An agreement between two businesses in Cyprus for the supply of services under the Contract Law, Cap. 149: the services and what is excluded, term, fee plus VAT, invoicing and payment terms, complaints and corrections, independent performance, confidentiality, intellectual property in the deliverables, a liability cap and termination. Late payment carries the interest (ECB reference rate plus eight points) and the €40 of Law 123(I)/2012. It has no non-compete, which section 27 of Cap. 149 makes void, with narrow exceptions, and it needs no stamp duty.

A written employment contract with no end date for an employee in Cyprus: job and duties, place and hours of work, gross salary in words, payment into a bank account, social insurance, 20 or 24 days' annual leave, probation and termination under the Termination of Employment Law. It gives in writing the terms Law 25(I)/2023 requires the employer to hand over, the core ones within seven days of the start, and protects confidential information without a non-compete clause, which Cypriot law would treat as void.

The agreement by which a Greek employer and employee end the employment contract together on a date they choose: the last working day, the final settlement of pay, leave and bonuses, a lump sum if one is agreed, the return of equipment and the certificate of employment. No statute governs it: no form, reason or compensation is required, only a clear shared will — and the written agreement is what proves it when the end is declared in ERGANI II.

An employee's request in Poland to work remotely in full or in part: from when, where and on what pattern, with a statement about premises and equipment. Some employees — pregnant ones and parents of children up to 4, among others — are entitled to have the request granted unless the organisation or type of work rules it out; the letter lets you state that ground. Occasional remote work, up to 24 days a year, has its own request.

The other half of a contract for work. The record fixes what has been accepted, what has been noted as defective, what remains to be put right and how much is owed. Without it, an argument about whether the work was finished is conducted from memory. It is signed by both sides at the moment of acceptance, not afterwards.

The way to leave at once, without working a notice period — but only if the employer agrees. The application proposes a date on which the contract is to end. The part almost nobody knows: the employer must answer within seven days, and silence counts as a refusal. Without written consent there is no termination.

An Italian request, in Italian, that anyone can make without giving reasons, for data and documents held by a public body (art. 5(2) of legislative decree 33/2013, Italy’s freedom of information act), within the limits of art. 5-bis. The body answers within 30 days; a refusal can be reviewed by its transparency officer. Release is free apart from the cost of copies on paper or media: no revenue stamp. Many bodies have a free form in their ‘Amministrazione trasparente’ section. Send it by PEC or e-mail.

For someone doing occasional self-employed work in Italy without a VAT number: the receipt, in Italian, that the worker gives the client on being paid, with both parties' details and tax codes, the work, the gross fee, 20% withholding tax if the client is a withholding agent, the net amount, the outside-VAT statement and a space for the €2 revenue stamp above €77.47. It is not an invoice: anyone with a VAT number invoices only electronically through the Exchange System (SdI).

For a tenant in Italy who wants to leave a rented home before the lease ends: the notice of withdrawal to the landlord, for serious reasons under art. 3(6) of Italian Law no. 431 of 9 December 1998 or under the lease's own withdrawal clause, with six months' notice, the end date, a request to arrange the return of the keys, and the return of the deposit with interest. Sent by registered post with proof of receipt, by PEC if the landlord has a PEC address, or by hand against a signature. In Italian.

A letter asking a German employer for a full employment reference (qualifiziertes Arbeitszeugnis) on leaving, or an interim reference (Zwischenzeugnis) while still employed — expressly covering performance and conduct, because without that request the employer owes only a basic reference stating the type and length of the work (§ 109 of the German Trade Regulation Act, GewO). It gives the job, the period of employment, the reason and a date by which the reference should be posted. No form is prescribed for the request. In German.

The written request to a school in Cyprus for a copy of the leaving certificate (apolytirio), a certificate of studies with the marks for each year, or a certificate of attendance: the graduate's details as the school keeps them, the name while at school if it has changed, the year of graduation, the number of copies and the purpose. If the records are now kept elsewhere, it asks for the request to be passed on to whoever keeps them. It serves for a job, a university application or recognition abroad.

A written agreement between an employer and an employee in Cyprus for leave without pay: how long it lasts, the return date, what happens to the employment contract, social insurance and length of service, and which benefits continue. Unpaid leave is granted by agreement between the two, which is why its terms are best written down before it starts. The employment contract is suspended, not ended, and the employee returns to the job on the date set.

A written request by an employee or former employee in Cyprus asking the employer for a certificate of employment: the job and the period worked, and, if wanted, the pay or an assessment of the work. It serves a new employer, a bank, a landlord, a residence permit or studies. A written request, with a date for the reply, leaves proof of what was asked for and when.

A written employment contract with an end date for an employee in Cyprus: job, place and hours, gross salary, social insurance, annual leave, probation in proportion to the term, and the reason for the fixed term. It sets whether the contract can be ended early on notice or only by agreement, and follows Law 98(I)/2003: a fixed-term employee may not be treated less favourably than permanent staff, and employment that reaches 30 months in total on successive contracts counts as open-ended unless there is an objective reason.

The written notice by which a tenant of a home in Cyprus ends the tenancy: under the lease's break clause, with the notice an open-ended tenancy requires, at the end of the agreed term, or as an offer to end it by agreement where the lease gives no other way out. It sets the end date and the date the home is handed back, asks for the deposit to be returned to a bank account, and is sent by registered post or by hand, so that what was sent and when can be proved.

The request in which an employee in Greece, when the contract ends, asks the employer for the certificate of employment under art. 678 of the Greek Civil Code, which serves as proof of previous service for a new employer. The certificate states the kind and length of the work, and the quality of the work and the employee's conduct only if the employee asks for that specifically — so the request lets you choose what it should state. One document does the work of both a certificate and a reference.

The agreement by which a Greek employer and employee set up unpaid leave: the period, the return date, the suspension of work and pay while the employment contract continues, and the return to the same job. In Greece such leave is granted only by an individual written agreement, for up to a year (art. 62 of Law 4808/2021) — the employer is not obliged to grant it — and the agreement must be filed in ERGANI II before the leave starts. That is why it is a document for both to sign, not a mere request.

The request to a Romanian employer for child-raising leave until the child turns 2, or 3 for a child with a disability (Emergency Ordinance no. 111/2010), with the employment contract suspended for that time. It also asks for the income certificate needed for the monthly allowance claim, which is filed separately, at the town hall.