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.... but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the interest the tax, so charged shall not exceed 15 per cent. of the gross amount of the interest. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article: (a) where the interest is paid to a bank carrying on a bona fide banking business which is a resident of the other Contracting State and is the beneficial owner of the intere....

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.... of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 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, or and the debt-claims in respect of which th....

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....is situated. 7. Where, owing to 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....