ARTICLE 11 Interest 1. Interest arising in a Contracting State and and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that State. 2. However, such interest may be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises, and according to the law of that State, but the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount of the interest if the enterprise paying the interest engages in an industrial undertaking and the interest is received by any financial institution (including an insurance company) which is a company of the other Contracting State. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, interest arising in a Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in that state if the interest is received by a) the other Contracting State, an administrative subdivision or b) any inancial institution wholly owned by the other Contracting State, an administrative subdivision or a local authority thereof, or c) by a resident of the other Contracting State on bonds issued by the Government of the first mentioned State. 4. The term "interest" as used in this Article means income from Government securities, bonds or debentures, whether or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying a right to participate in profits, and debt claims of every kind as well as all other income assimilated to income from money lent by the taxation law of the State in which the income arises. 5. The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3 shall not apply if the recipient of the interest, being a resident of a Contracting State, has in the other Contracting State in which the interest arises a permanent establishment with which the debt-claim from which the interest arises if effectively connected. In such a case the interest is taxable in that other Contracting State according to its own law. 6. Interest shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, an administrative subdivision a local authority or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether permanent establishment in connection with which the indebtedness on which the interest is paid was incurred, and such interest is borne by such permanent establishment, then such interest shall be deemed to arise in the Contracting State in which the permanent establishment is situated. 7. Where, owing to a special relationship between the payer and the recipient or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the interest paid, having regard to the debt-claim for which it is paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the recipient in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last mentioned amount. In that case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the law of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Convention. ARTICLE 12 Royalties 1. Royalties arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State. 2. However, such royalties may be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arises, and according to the law of that Contracting State, but the tax so charged shall not exceed: a) 5 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties if they are paid as consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work; b) in all other cases, 15 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties. 3. The term "royalties" as used in the Article means payments of any kind received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work including cinematograph films, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience. 4. Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that Contracting State itself, an administrative subdivision, a local authority or a resident of that Contracting State, Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment in connection with which the right or property giving rise to the royalties is effectively connected, and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment, then such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the Contracting State in which the permanent establishment is situated. 5. The provisions of paragraph (1) and (2) shall not apply if the recipient of the royalties, being a resident of a Contracting State, has in the other Contracting State in which the royalties arise a permanent establishment with which the right or property giving rise to the royalties is effectively connected. In such a case, the royalties shall remain taxable in that other Contracting State according to its own law. 6. Where, owing to a special relationship between the payer and the recipient or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties paid, having regard to the use, right or information for which they are paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the recipient in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In that case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Convention. ARTICLE 13 Capital Gains 1. Gains from the alienation of immovable property, as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6, may be taxed in the Contracting State in which such property is situated. 2. Gains from the alienation of movable property forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State or of movable property pertaining to a fixed base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing professional services, including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or together with the whole enterprise) or of such a fixed base, may be taxed in the other State. 3. Gains from the alienation of any property other than those mentioned in paragraph 1 and 2, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident. ARTICLE 14 Independent personal services 1. Remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services or other independent activities, of a similar character shall be taxable only in that State. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services rendered in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State if: a) the recipient is present in that other State for a period or periods exceeding in the aggregate 40 days in the fiscal year concerned, or b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an enterprise which is resident of that other State, or c) the remuneration is borne by a permanent establishment which the person paying the remuneration has in that other State. 3. The term "professional services" includes, especially independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as the independent activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and accountants. ARTICLE 15 Dependent personal services 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 16,18 and 19, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be taxable only in that State unless the employment is exercised in the other Contracting State. If the employment is so exercised such remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State. 2. Not withstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment exercised in the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State if: a) the recipient is present in the other State for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in the fiscal year concerned, and b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, and employer who is not a resident of the other State, and c) the remuneration is not borne by a permanent establishment or a fixed base which the employer has in the other State. 3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft in international traffic, may be taxed in the Contracting State in which the place of effective management of the enterprise is situated. |