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ARTICLE 11
Interest

 

1.         Interest arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         However, such interest may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises and according to the  laws of that State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the interest and is a company  which is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed:

            (a)        10 percent of the gross amount of the interest if it is received

                         by any financial institution (including  an insurance

                         company);

            (b)        15 percent of the gross amount of the interest in other cases.

                         The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall by

                         mutual agreement settle the mode of application of this

                         limitation.

 

3.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, interest arising in a Contracting State and paid in respect of a loan made by or guaranteed or insured by the Government of the other Contracting State, the central bank of that other State or any agency or instrumentality (including a financial institution) which is wholly owned or is controlled by that Government shall be exempt from tax in the first·mentioned State.

 

4.         The term "interest" as used in this Article means income from debt·claims of every kind, whether or not  secured by mortgage, and whether or not  carrying a right to participate in the debtor's profits, and in particular, income from government securities and income from bonds or debentures, including premiums and prizes attaching to such securities, bonds or debentures.

 

5.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the interest, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the interest arises,  through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the debt·claim in respect of which the interest is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

 

6.         Interest shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, a local authority  or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether he is a resident of a  Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in connection with which the indebtedness on which the interest is paid was incurred, and such interest is borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such interest shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the  permanent establishment or fixed base is situated.

 

7.         Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both  of them and some other person, the amount of the interest, 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 beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions  of this Article shall apply only to the last·mentioned amount.  In such 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 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 State.

 

2.         However, such royalties may be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise, but the tax so charged shall not exceed:

            (a)        5 percent of the gross amount of royalties if they are made

                         as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use any

                         copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work;

            (b)        15 percent of the gross amount of other royalties.

                         The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall by

                         mutual agreement settle the mode of application of this 

                         limitation.

 

3.         The term "royalties" as used in this 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 and films and tapes for  television or radio broadcasting, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience, and for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial or scientific equipment in connection therewith.

 

4.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties, being a  resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the royalties  arise, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the royalties are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such cases the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

 

5.         Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, a local authority or a resident of that 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 or a fixed base in connection with which the liability to pay the royalties was incurred, and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment or fixed  base, then such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the State  in which  the  permanent establishment or fixed base is situated.

 

6.         Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both  of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties, 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  beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the  last·mentioned amount. In such 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 derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of immovable property referred to  in Article 6 and situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

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 independent personal services, including such gains from the alienation  of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise) or of such fixed base, may be taxed in that other State.

 

3.         Gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the alienation of ships or aircraft  operated in international traffic, or movable property pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft,  shall be taxable only in that State.

 

4.         Gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the alienation of containers (including trailers, barges and related equipment for the transport of containers) as mentioned in paragraph 3 of Article 8 shall be taxable only in that State.

 

5.         Gains from the alienation of any property other than  that referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4  shall be  taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.

 

6.         With respect to gains derived by the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish air transport consortium Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), the provisions of paragraph 3 shall apply only to such proportion of the gains  as corresponds to the participation held in that consortium by SAS Denmark A/S, the Danish partner of Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS).

 

 

ARTICLE 14
Independent Personal Services

1.         Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services or other activities of an independent character shall be taxable only in that State except in the following circumstances, when  such income may also be taxed in the other Contracting State:

            (a)        if he has a fixed base available to him in the other

                         Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities,

                         for a period or  periods amounting to or exceeding in the

                         aggregate 90 days within any twelve·month period;

                         in that case, only so much of the income as is attributable to

                         that fixed base may be taxed in that other State; or

            (b)        if his stay in the other Contracting State is for a period or

                         periods amounting to or exceeding in the aggregate 90 days

                         within any twelve·month period; in that case, only so

                         much of the income as is derived from his activities

                         performed in that other State may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         The term "professional services" includes especially independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational  or teaching activities as well as the independent activities of physicians, dentists, lawyers, engineers, architects 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.         Notwithstanding 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 within any

                         twelve·month period, and

            (b)        the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an 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 derived in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic by an enterprise of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in that State.

 

4.         Where a resident of Denmark derives remuneration in respect of an employment exercised aboard an  aircraft operated in international traffic by the consortium Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), such  remuneration shall be taxable only in Denmark.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011