(2) This Agreement shall enter into force on the day of the
exchange of the instruments of ratification and shall have effect:
a) in Ireland:
i) in the case of income tax, income levy and capital gains
tax, for any year of assessment beginning on or after the
first day of January in the calendar year next following the
year in which this Agreement enters into force;
ii) in the case of corporation tax, for any financial year begin-
ning on or after the first day of January in the calendar
year next following the year in which this Agreement
enters into force;
b) in Germany:
i) in the case of taxes withheld at source, in respect of
amounts paid on or after the first day of January in the
calendar year next following the year in which this Agree-
ment enters into force;
ii) in the case of other taxes, in respect of taxes levied for
periods beginning on or after the first day of January in
the calendar year next following the year in which this
Agreement enters into force.
(3) Upon the entry into force of this Agreement, the Conven-
tion between the Federal Republic of Germany and Ireland for
the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and to
the Gewerbesteuer (Trade Tax), signed at Dublin on 17th of Octo-
ber 1962, as amended by the Protocol signed at Berlin on
25th of May 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the 1962 Conven-
tion), shall cease to have effect from the dates on which this
Agreement becomes effective for taxes in accordance with the
relevant provisions of paragraph 2.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3, where the provisions
of Article XXII of the 1962 Convention would have afforded any
greater relief from tax than is due under this Agreement, any such
provision as aforesaid shall continue to have effect for a period
of 12 months from the date on which the provisions of this
Agreement would otherwise have effect in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph 2.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 and
the provisions of Article 17 where, immediately before the entry
into force of this Agreement an individual was in receipt of pay-
ments falling within Articles XIII and XV of the 1962 Convention,
that individual may elect that the provisions of Articles XIII and XV
shall continue to apply to such payments and not the provisions
of Article 17.
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Germany / Ireland; BGBl. 2011 II S. 1042 (consent law); S. 1043–1067 (agreement, protocol and joint declaration); edition de-ireland-2011-base | BGBl. 2011 II S. 1042 (consent law); S. 1043–1067 (agreement, protocol and joint declaration) | signed 2011-03-30 | published 2011-11-07 | Signed: 2011-03-30 | Gazette publication: 2011-11-07; article 32; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/de-ireland-2011-base/en/articles/article-32/
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