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Costa Rica / Germany · 2014 source edition

Article 12 Royalties

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(1) Royalties arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resi- dent of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
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(2) However, such royalties may also be taxed in the Contract- ing State in which they arise and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the royalties is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties.
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(3) The term “royalties” as used in this Article means pay- ments of any kind received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work including cinematograph films, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, and for the use or for the concession of use of an industrial, commercial or scientific equipment, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience. The term “royalties” shall also include payments of any kind for the use or the right to use a person’s name, picture or any other similar personality rights and on pay- ments received as consideration for the registration of entertain- ers’ or sportsmen’s performances by radio or television.
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(4) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties, being a resident of a Contract- ing State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the royalties arise, through a permanent establishment situ - ated therein, or performs in that other State independent per - sonal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of which the royalties are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.
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(5) Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is that State itself, a Land, a political subdivision, a local authority or a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of a Con- tracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent es- tablishment or fixed base in connection with which the liability to pay the royalties was incurred, and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the Contracting State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated.
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(6) Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the royalties, having regard to the use, right or information for which they are paid, exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the pro- visions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments shall re- main taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Agreement.
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Costa Rica / Germany; BGBl. 2014 II S. 917; edition de-costa-rica-2014-base | BGBl. 2014 II S. 917 | signed 2014-02-13 | published 2014-11-26 | Signed: 2014-02-13 | Gazette publication: 2014-11-26; article 12; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/de-costa-rica-2014-base/en/articles/article-12/

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BGBl. 2014 II S. 917

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de-costa-rica-2014-base | BGBl. 2014 II S. 917 | signed 2014-02-13 | published 2014-11-26 | Signed: 2014-02-13 | Gazette publication: 2014-11-26
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Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. Unknown as current law. Signed 2014-02-13; consent law 2014-11-20; gazette publication 2014-11-26. Edition ID year is not a signature date. Treaty entry into force: 2016-08-10. Roster general application: 2017-01-01 (not a universal tax-specific rule). Cached official article entry statements (may refer to multiple instruments): 10. August 2016. Evidence is the retained 2026-10-01 agent audit of source PDF, 2026-01-01 roster and cached official HTML, not a fresh current-law determination. Bounded agent triage, no qualified wording/alignment/legal review. No exhaustive verification of all later 2026 developments. Matching digest proves retained source identity, not legal force.

Printed signature protocol retained separately and not merged into articles. Roster future-instrument/negotiation entry (NOT proof of operative amendment): Costa Rica R-P V. P = Paraphierung (initialled), NOT signature; U = signed, ratification pending; V = negotiation. R-P protocol/R-A replacement. MLI application and complete later amendments, replacements or suspensions are NOT verified. No developments after the retained roster snapshot are certified. This is NOT a current consolidated instrument. Source-triage warnings: Bounded agent triage, no qualified wording/alignment/legal review. No exhaustive verification of all later 2026 developments. Matching digest proves retained source identity, not legal force.

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