Business: templates and forms

A Cypriot business's agreement with a self-employed person who provides services as an independent contractor: the services, independence over when, where and how the work is done, tax and Social Insurance as the contractor's responsibility, fee and invoicing, expenses, confidentiality, intellectual property and termination. The label alone is not enough: if in practice the contractor works like an employee, the relationship may be treated as employment, so the agreement sets out how the work is actually done. It has no non-compete (section 27 of Cap. 149).

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).

For a business engaging another for a continuing service in Spain (cleaning, maintenance, IT support, marketing, consulting): a Spanish contract with scope, term and renewal, the price in words and figures, invoicing and the payment term within the 60-day limit of Spain's Law 3/2004, late-payment interest, confidentiality, personal data, termination for breach and the attempt to negotiate before going to court (Organic Law 1/2025). Signed in two copies. In Spanish.

For a self-employed person or business in Spain with an overdue unpaid invoice: a courteous Spanish reminder identifying the invoice, its amount and due date, asking for payment or for proof if already paid, and recalling that late-payment interest and recovery costs under Spain's Law 3/2004 run from the due date. Sent by e-mail or, for proof of content, by burofax; if payment does not follow, the next step is the demand with an invitation to negotiate. In Spanish.

Spain's tax agency offers a free invoicing application (VERI*FACTU) on its website; you do not need DocMuse for this. For a self-employed person or business in Spain invoicing without software who must correct an invoice: the Spanish corrective invoice of art. 15 of Royal Decree 1619/2012, in its own series, naming the invoice corrected, the reason and the amounts by difference or by replacement; VAT, IGIC in the Canary Islands or IPSI. In Spanish.

For a self-employed person or business whose invoices another business in Spain will not pay: a Spanish demand for the principal, the late-payment interest and the 40 euros per invoice of Spain's Law 3/2004, with the invitation to negotiate within thirty days that Organic Law 1/2025 requires before a court claim, including the payment-order procedure (monitorio). Sent by burofax with certified content and acknowledgement of receipt, proving what was sent and when. In Spanish.

For a business or self-employed person in Spain ending a services or supply contract with another business: a Spanish letter giving notice of termination, choosing the ground (the right to terminate or withdraw that the contract gives, or the other party's breach under art. 1124 of the Spanish Civil Code), setting the effective date and asking for materials back and the final invoice. Sent by burofax with certified content and acknowledgement of receipt. In Spanish.

A two-way confidentiality agreement between two businesses or professionals in France, before discussing a project, a partnership or a sale: what counts as confidential and the exceptions, use limited to the project, who may receive the information, how long the duty lasts after talks end, return or destruction, no licence and no duty to conclude, an optional penalty the court can moderate (article 1231-5 of the French Civil Code), French law. Signed in two originals. For an employee, use the agreement made for employment. In French.

The partnership agreement for a German civil-law partnership (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts, GbR) under the law in force since 1 January 2024 (§§ 705 ff. of the German Civil Code, BGB, as reformed by the MoPeG), for two or three freelancers, self-employed people or a small team: name and seat, whether the GbR is entered in the partnership register as an eGbR, purpose, contributions and shares, management and representation, resolutions, profit and loss, notice, leaving, a partner's death, settlement and dissolution. No notary is needed for the agreement itself. In German.

The contract between an Austrian GmbH or FlexCo and its managing director, separate from the appointment by the shareholders: duties and standard of care (§ 25 of the Austrian Limited Liability Companies Act, GmbHG), scope of the work, gross monthly salary paid 14 or 12 times a year, variable pay, leave, competition and confidentiality, term and notice. Whether the director is insured under the ASVG or the GSVG depends not on the contract's label but on the shareholding and actual influence (§ 539a ASVG); the contract records the shareholding. Removal ends the office, not the contract (§ 16 GmbHG). In German.