(1) Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the
alienation of immovable property situated in the other Contract-
ing State may be taxed in that other State.
(2) Gains from the alienation of shares and similar rights in a
company, the assets of which consist – directly or indirectly –
principally of immovable property situated in a Contracting State,
may be taxed in that State.
(3) Gains from the alienation of movable property forming part
of the business property of a permanent establishment which an
enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting
State or of movable property pertaining to a fixed base available
to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State
for the purpose of performing independent personal services, in-
cluding such gains from the alienation of such a permanent es-
tablishment (alone or with the whole enterprise) or of such fixed
base, may be taxed in that other State.
(4) Gains from the alienation of ships or aircraft operated in
international traffic or movable property pertaining to the oper -
ation of such ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in the Con-
tracting State in which the place of effective management of the
enterprise is situated.
(5) Gains from the alienation of any property other than that
referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4, shall be taxable only in the Con-
tracting State of which the alienator is a resident.
(6) Where an individual was a resident of a Contracting State
for a period of 5 years or more and has become a resident of the
other Contracting State, paragraph 5 shall not prevent the first-
mentioned State from taxing under its domestic law the capital
appreciation of shares in a company resident in the first-men-
tioned State for the period of residency of that individual in the
first-mentioned State. In such case, the appreciation of capital
taxed in the first-mentioned State shall not be included in the de-
termination of the subsequent appreciation of capital by the
other State.
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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 13; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/de-costa-rica-2014-base/en/articles/article-13/
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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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