Permanent Establishment
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....tural resources; (h) a sales outlet; (i) a warehouse in relation to a person providing storage facilities for others; and (j) a farm, plantation or other place where agricultural, forestry, plantation or related activities are carried on. 3. [MODIFIED by paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the MLI] [A building site or construction or assembly project or supervisory activities in connection therewith constitute a permanent establishment only if such site, project or activity last more than six months.] The following paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the MLI applies and supersedes paragraph 3 of Article 5 of this Convention: ARTICLE 14 OF THE MLI - SPLITTING-UP OF CONTRACTS For the sole purpose of ....
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....ilding site [, or] construction or [assembly installation project,] or [supervisory activities in connection therewith other place identified in the [paragraph 3 of Article 5 of the Convention]. 4. An enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in a Contracting State and to carry on business through that permanent establishment if it provides services or facilities in connection with, or supplies plant and machinery on hire used for or to be used in, the prospecting for, or extraction or exploitation of mineral oils in that State. 5.[MODIFIED by paragraph 4 of Article 13 of the MLI] [Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this Article, the term "permanent establishment" shall be deemed not to include: (a)....
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....erprise carries on business activities 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 [Article 5 of the Convention]; 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 complement....
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...., be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the other Contracting State if it collects premiums in the territory of that other State or ensures risks situated therein through a person other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 8 applies. 8. An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in a Contracting State merely because it carries on business in that State through a broker, general commission agent or any other agent of an independent status, provided that such persons are acting in the ordinary course of their business. However, if the activities of such an agent are carried out wholly or almost wholly for the enterprise and the conditions made or imposed between them in their commercial....
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