Permanent Establishment
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.... (i) a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of extraction of natural resources. 3. The term "permanent establishment" also encompasses: (a) [MODIFIED by paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the MLI] [a building site, a construction, assembly or installation project or supervisory activities in connection therewith, but only where such site, project or activities continue for a period of more than three months together with other such sites, projects or activities, if any;] The following paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the MLI applies and supersedes subparagraph (a) of paragraph 3 of Article 5 of this Agreement: ARTICLE 14 OF THE MLI - SPLITTING-UP OF CONTRACTS For the sole purpose of determining whether the period (....
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....e has carried on activities at that building site, construction [or,] [assembly or] installation project or [supervisory activities in connection therewith other place identified in the [subparagraph (a) of paragraph 3 of Article 5 of the Agreement]. (b) the furnishing of services, including consultancy services, by an enterprise through employees or other personnel engaged by the enterprise for such purpose, but only where activities of that nature continue (for the same or a connected project) within the country for a period or periods aggregating to more than six months within any 12-months' period. 4. [MODIFIED by paragraph 2 and paragraph 4 of Article 13 of the MLI] [Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, t....
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.... 13 OF THE MLI - ARTIFICIAL AVOIDANCE OF PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT STATUS THROUGH THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY EXEMPTIONS Notwithstanding [Article 5 of the Agreement], the term "permanent establishment" shall be deemed not to include: a) the activities specifically listed in [paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement] as activities deemed not to constitute a permanent establishment, whether or not that exception from permanent establishment status is contingent on the activity being of a preparatory or auxiliary character; b) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of carrying on, for the enterprise, any activity not described in subparagraph a); c) the maintenance of a fixed place of busi....
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....of paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person - other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 7 applies - is acting in a Contracting State on behalf of an enterprise of the other Contracting State, that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the first-mentioned Contracting State in respect of any activities which that person undertakes for the enterprise, if such a person: (a) [MODIFIED by paragraph 1 of Article 12 of the MLI] [has and habitually exercises in that State an authority to conclude contracts in the name of the enterprise, unless the activities of such person are limited to those mentioned in paragraph 4 which, if exercised through a fixed place of business, would not make this fixed pl....
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....ness to be deemed to constitute a permanent establishment under the definition of permanent establishment included in the provisions of [Article 5 of the Agreement]. (b) has no such authority, but habitually maintains in the first-mentioned State a stock of goods or merchandise from which he regularly delivers goods or merchandise on behalf of the enterprise; or (c) habitually secures orders in the first-mentioned State, wholly or almost wholly for the enterprise itself or for the enterprise and other enterprises controlling, controlled by, or subject to the same common control as, that enterprise. 6. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, an insurance enterprise of a Contracting State shall, except i....
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....12 of the MLI] 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 [Contracting State] as an independent agent and acts for the enterprise in the ordinary course of that business. Where, however, a person acts exclusively or almost exclusively on behalf of one or more enterprises to which it is closely related, that person shall not be considered to be an independent agent within the meaning of this paragraph with respect to any such enterprise. 8. The fact that a company which is a resident of a Contracting State controls or is controlled by a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State, or which carries ....
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