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ARTICLE 21
TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS


1.             An  individual who visits a Contracting State for the purpose of teaching or carrying out research at the invitation  of a recognized university,  college, school or other educational institution in that State and who is or was immediately before that visit a resident of the other Contracting State, shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned State on any remuneration for such teaching or research for a period not exceeding two years from the date of his  visit to that State for that purpose, provided that such remuneration is derived by him from outside that State.

 

2.             The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income from research if such activities are undertaken by the individual not in the public interest but  primarily for the private benefit of some person or persons.

 

 

ARTICLE 22
 OTHER INCOME

1.             Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State, which are not expressly mentioned in the foregoing Articles of this Convention shall be taxable only in that State, except that if such income is derived from sources in the other Contracting State, it may also be taxed in that other State.

 

2.             The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income other than income  from immovable property as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6, if the beneficial owner of such income, being a resident of  a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State 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 income is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Articles 7 or 14, as the case may be, shall apply. 

 

 

CHAPTER  IV
METHODS FOR ELIMINATION OF   
DOUBLE  TAXATION

ARTICLE 23
ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION

1.             When income or profits are subject to tax in both Contracting States, relief from double taxation shall be given in accordance with the following paragraphs of this Article.

 

2.             Tax payable in a Contracting State in respect of income derived in that State shall be allowed as a credit against any tax payable in the other Contracting State in respect of that income. The credit shall not, however, exceed that part of the tax payable in the other Contracting State as computed before the credit is given, which is appropriate to such item of income.

 

3.             For the purpose of allowance as a credit in a Contracting State the tax paid in the other Contracting State shall be deemed to include the tax which is otherwise payable in that other State but has been reduced or waived in accordance with special incentive laws designated to promote economic development in that other State.

 

 

CHAPTER   V
SPECIAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 24
 NON-DISCRIMINATION

1.             Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other Contracting State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith, which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which nationals of that other State in the same circumstances are or may be subjected.

 

2.             The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State shall not be less favorably levied in that other State than the taxation levied on enterprises of that other State  carrying on the same activities. This provision shall not be construed as obliging a Contracting State to grant to residents of the other Contracting  State any personal allowances, relieves and reductions for taxation purposes on account of civil status or family responsibilities which it grants to its own residents.

 

3.             Except where the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 9, paragraph 8 of Article 11, or paragraph 6 of Article 12, apply, interest, royalties and other disbursements paid by an enterprise of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State shall, for the purpose of determining the taxable profits of such enterprise, be deductible under the same conditions as if they had been paid to a resident of the first-mentioned State.

 

4.             Enterprises of a Contracting State, the capital of which is wholly or partly owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by one or more residents of the other Contracting State, shall not be subjected in the first-mentioned State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which other similar enterprises of the first-mentioned State are or may be subjected to.

 

 

ARTICLE 25
MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE

1.             Where a person considers that the actions of one or both of the Contracting States result or will result for him in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, he may, irrespective of the remedies provided by the domestic law of those States, present his case to the competent authority of the Contracting State of which he is a resident or, if his case comes under paragraph 1 of Article 24, to that of the Contracting State of which he is a national. The case must be presented within 3 years from the first notification of the action resulting in taxation not in accordance with the provisions of the Convention.

 

2.             The competent authority shall endeavour, if the objection appears to it to be justified and if it is not itself able to arrive at a satisfactory solution, to resolve the case by mutual agreement with the competent authority of the other Contracting State, with a view to the avoidance of taxation which is not in accordance with the Convention. Any agreement reached shall be implemented within the time limits in accordance with the domestic laws of the Contracting States.

 

3.             The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall endeavour to resolve by mutual agreement any difficulties or doubts arising as to the interpretation or application of this Convention. They may also consult together for the elimination of double taxation in cases not provided for in the Convention.

 

4.             The competent authorities of the Contracting States may communicate with each other directly, including through a joint commission consisting of themselves or their representatives, for the purpose of reaching an agreement in the sense of the preceding paragraphs.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011