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ARTICLE 16
DIRECTORS' FEES

 

            Directors'  fees  and  other  similar  payments  derived  by  a  resident  of  a  Contracting  State  in  his  capacity  as  a  member of the board of  directors  of  a  company  which  is a resident of  the  other  Contracting  State may be taxed in that other State.

 

 

ARTICLE 17
ARTISTES AND ATHLETES

1.         Notwithstanding the  provisions of Articles 14 and  15,  income derived by a resident of  a   Contracting  State  as  an  entertainer, such  as  a   theatre,  motion  picture,   radio  or  television artiste, or a musician, or as an  athlete,  from his personal  activities as  such  exercised in  the other Contracting State, may be taxed in  that other State.

 

2.         Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or an athlete in his capacity  as such accrues not to the entertainer or athlete himself  but  to another person, that income may,  notwithstanding  the provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15, be taxed in  the Contracting  State  in  which  the  activities of   the  entertainer or athlete are exercised.

 

3.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall  not apply  to  remuneration or profits, salaries,  wages  and  other similar income derived from activities performed in  a  Contracting State by an entertainer or an  athlete  if  the  visit  to that Contracting  State  is  substantially supported by public funds of the other Contracting State,  including any local authority or statutory body thereof.

 

4.         Notwithstanding the provisions of  Article  7,  where  the  activities mentioned in paragraph 1 of  this Article  are  provided   in a  Contracting  State  by  an  enterprise  of  the other Contracting State  the  profits derived  from  providing  these activities  by  such  an  enterprise   may  be taxed  in  the first-mentioned Contracting State unless the enterprise is  substantially       supported from the public funds of the other  Contracting State,  including any local authority or  statutory  body  thereof,  in  connection  with  the  provisions  of  such activities.

 

 

ARTICLE 18
PENSIONS

            Subject  to  the  provisions of paragraph 2  of  Article 19, pensions and other similar remuneration  paid  to a resident of a Contracting State in consideration  of   past employment shall be taxable only in that State.

 

 

ARTICLE 19
GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION

1.         (a)        Remuneration, other than a pension,  paid by a Contracting

                         State or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of

                         services rendered to that  State or authority shall be taxable

                          only in that State.

            (b)        However,  such  remuneration  shall  be taxable  only  in  the

                         other  Contracting  State  if  the  services are rendered in that

                         State and the individual is  a resident of that State who:

                         (i)         is a national of that State; or

                         (ii)        did not become a resident of that State solely for the

                                      purpose of rendering the services.

 

2.         (a)        Any pension  paid  by, or  out  of  funds created  by,  a

                         Contracting State or a  local authority  thereof to an individual

                         in respect of services  rendered to that State or authority shall

                         be taxable only in  that State.

            (b)        However, such  pension shall be  taxable only in the other

                         Contracting State if the individual  is a resident of, and a

                         national of, that State. 

 

3.         The provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 18 shall apply to remuneration and pensions in respect of services  rendered  in connection with a business carried on  by a Contracting State or a local authority thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE 20
STUDENTS

A  Student or business apprentice who,  immediately  before visiting a Contracting State,  was  a  resident  of the other Contracting State and whose  visit to  the first-mentioned Contracting State is  solely  for the purpose of education or training shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned State on:

            (i)         remittances from abroad for the purposes of his

                         maintenance, education, study, research or training;

            (ii)        a grant,  allowance  or  award   from   a  governmental  

                         scientific,   literary    or educational organization; and

            (iii)       income  from  personal  services  rendered  in  that State

                         provided the income  constitutes earnings reasonably

                         necessary for his maintenance  and  education, and  that  the

                         study  or  training is not of  a  secondary character  in 

                          respect  of  the services rendered.

 

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011