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ARTICLE 11
INTEREST

1.         Interest arising in one of the Contracting States, being interest to which a resident of the other Contracting State is beneficially entitled, may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         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:

            (a)        10 per cent of the gross amount of the interest if it is interest to which any

                          financial institution (including an insurance company) is beneficially entitled;

                          and

            (b)        in all other cases, 25 per cent of the gross amount of the interest.

 

3.         The term "interest" in this Article includes interest from Government securities or from bonds or debentures, whether or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying a right to participate in profits, and interest from any other form of indebtedness as well as all other income assimilated to income from money lent by the taxation law of the Contracting State in which the income arises.

 

4.         The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the person beneficially entitled to the interest, being a resident of one of the Contracting States, carries on business in the other Contracting State, in which the interest arise, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the indebtedness in respect of which the interest is paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base.  In such a case, the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

 

5.         Interest shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself or a political or administrative subdivision of that State or a local authority of that State or a person who is a resident of that State for the purposes of its tax.  Where, however, the person paying the interest, whether a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State or outside both Contracting States a permanent establishment or 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.

 

6.         Where, owing to a special relationship between the payer and the person beneficially entitled to the interest, or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the interest paid, having regard to the indebtedness for which it is paid, exceeds the amount which might have been expected to have been agreed upon by the payer and the person so entitled 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 amount of the interest paid shall remain taxable according to the law of each Contracting State, but subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

7.         Interest derived form the investment of official reserves by the Government of a Contracting State or by a bank performing central banking functions in a Contracting State, shall be exempt from tax in the other Contracting State.

 

 

ARTICLE 12
ROYALTIES

1.         Royalties arising in one of the Contracting States, being royalties to which a resident of the other Contracting State is beneficially entitled, may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         Such royalties may be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise, and according to the law of that State, but the tax so charged shall not exceed 15 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties.

 

3.         The term "royalties" in this Article means payments or credits, whether periodical or not, and however described or computed, to the extent to which they are made as consideration for:

            (a)        the use of, or the right to use, any copyright, patent, design or model, plan,

                         secret formula or process, trademark or other like property or right;

            (b)        he use of, or the right to use, any industrial, commercial or scientific equipment;

            (c)        he supply of scientific, technical, industrial or commercial knowledge or

                         information;

            (d)        he supply of any assistance that is ancillary and ubsidiary to, and is furnished

                         as a means of enabling the application or enjoyment of, any such property

                         or right as is mentioned in subparagraph (a), any such equipment as is

                         mentioned in subparagraph (b) or any such knowledge or information as

                         is mentioned in subparagraph (c);

            (e)        he use of, or the right to use-

                        (i)         otion picture films;

                        (ii)        ilms or video tapes for use in connection with television; or

                        (iii)       tapes for use in connection with radio broadcasting; or

            (f)         total or partial forbearance in respect of the use of a property or right referred

                         to in this paragraph.

 

4.         Income derived from the alienation of property or rights mentioned in paragraph 3 may be taxed in the Contracting State in which the income arises, but the tax so charged shall not exceed 15 per cent of the gross amount of the income.

 

5.         The provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 shall not apply if the person beneficially entitled to the royalties or the income mentioned in paragraph 4, being a resident of one of the Contracting States, carries on business in the other Contracting States, in which the royalties or income 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 or income are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base.  In such a case, the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

 

6.         Royalties and the income mentioned in paragraph 4 shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself or a political or administrative subdivision of that State or a lacal authority of that State or a person who is a resident of that State for the purposes of its tax.  Where, however, the person paying the royalties or income, whether the person is a resident of one of the Contracting States or not has in a Contracting State or outside both Contracting States a permanent establishment or fixed base in connection with which the liability to pay the royalties or income was incurred, and such royalties or income are borne by the permanent establishment or fixed base, then such royallties or income shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated.

 

7.         Where, owing to a special relationship between the payer and the person beneficially entitled to the royalties or the income mentioned in paragraph 4, or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties or income paid, having regard to what they are paid for, exceeds the amount which might have been expected to have been agreed upon by the payer and the person so entitled 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 amount of the royalties or income paid shall remain taxable according to the law of each Contracting State, but subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.         For the purposes of this Article "paid" includes credited and "payer" and "person paying" have the corresponding meanings.

 

 

ARTICLE 13
ALIENATION OF PROPERTY

1.         Income or gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of real property referred to in Article 6 and, as provided in that Article, situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         Income or gains from the alienation of property, other than real property referred to in Article 6, that forms part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting  State or pertains to a fixed base available to a resident of the first mentioned State in that other State for the purpose of performing independent personal services, including income or gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise) or of such a fixed base, may be taxed in that other State.

 

3.         Income or gains from the alienation of ships or aircraft operated in international traffic, or of property other than real property referred to in Article 6 pertaining to the operation of those ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the enterprise which operated those ships or aircraft is a resident.

 

4.         Income or gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of shares or comparable interests in a company, the assets of which consist wholly or principally of real property in the other Contracting State of a kind referred to in Article 6, may be taxed in that other State.

 

5.         Nothing in this Agreement affects the application of a law of a Contracting State relating to the taxation of gains of a capital nature derived from the alienation of property other than that to which any of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 apply.

 

 

ARTICLE 14
INDEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES

1.         Income derived by an individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting States in respect of professional services or other independent activities of a similar character shall be taxable only in that State unless the services or activities are performed in the other Contracting Stated.  If the services or activities are so performed, such income as is derived in respect thereof may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, income derived by an individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting States in respect of professional services or other independent activities of a similar character performed 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 tax year or year of income,

                         as the case may be, of that other State:

            (b)        the recipient does not have a fixed base available in the other State for

                         the purpose of performing the activities of the recipient for a period or

                         periods exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in such year; and

            (c)        the income is not deductible in determining taxable profits of an enterprise

                         or a permanent establishment situated in that other State.

 

3.         The term "professional services" includes services performed in the exercise of independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as in the exercise of the independent activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and accountants.

 

 

ARTICLE 15
DEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES

1.         Subject to the provisions of  Article 16, 18, 19 and 20, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by an individual  who is a resident of one of the 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 from that exercise may be taxed in that other State.

 

2.         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derives by an individual who is a resident of the 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 that other State for a period or periods not exceeding
                         in the aggregate 183 days in the tax year or year of income, as the case

                         may be, of that other State;

            (b)        the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer who is not a resident
                         of that other State; and

            (c)        the remuneration is not deductible in determining taxable profits of a permanent
                         establishment or a fixed base which the employer has in that other State.

 

3.         Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic by a resident of one of the Contracting States may be taxed in that Contracting State.

 

 

Last updated: 08.12.2011