Permanent Establishment

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....n or structure, or plant or equipment, used for the exploration for or exploitation of natural resources. 3. The term "permanent establishment" shall also include: (a) A building site or construction, installation or assembly project or supervisory activities in connection therewith, but only if such site, project or activities last for a period or periods amounting to or exceeding in the aggregate 183 days within any twelve month period; (b) the furnishing of services, including consultancy services, by an enterprise through employees or other individuals engaged by the enterprise for such purpose where such activities continue within the country for a period or periods aggregating more than 183 days within any twelve ....

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....es at the same place or at another place in the same Contracting State and a) that place or other place constitutes a permanent establishment for the enterprise or the closely related enterprise under the provisions of this Article, or b) the overall activity resulting from the combination of the activities carried on by the two enterprises at the same place, or by the same enterprise or closely related enterprises at the two places, is not of a preparatory or auxiliary character, provided that the business activities carried on by the two enterprises at the same place, or by the same enterprise or closely related enterprises at the two places, constitute complementary functions that are part of a cohesive business oper....

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....r (c) habitually secures orders in the first-mentioned State, wholly or almost wholly for the enterprise itself. 6. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, an insurance enterprise of a Contracting State shall, except in regard to reinsurance, be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the other Contracting State if it collects premiums in the territory of that other State or insures risks situated therein through a person other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 7 applies. 7. Paragraph 5 shall not apply where the person acting in a Contracting State on behalf of an enterprise of the other Contracting State carries on business in the first-mentioned State as an independent agent and ....