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Germany / Malaysia · 2010 source edition

Article 12 Royalties and Fees for Technical Services

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(1) Royalties and fees for technical services arising in a Con- tracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
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(2) However, such royalties and fees for technical services may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise, and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the royalties or fees for technical services is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed 7 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties or fees for technical services. The competent authorities of the Con- tracting States shall by mutual agreement settle the mode of application of this limitation.
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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, and films or tapes for radio or television broadcasting), any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial or scientific equipment, or for information (know-how) concerning industrial, commer- cial or scientific experience.
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(4) The term “fees for technical services” as used in this Art- icle means payments of any kind to any person, other than to an employee of the person making the payments, in consideration for any services of a technical, managerial or consultancy nature.
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(5) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the royalties or fees for technical services, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State in which the royalties or fees for technical services arise, through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property or contract in respect of which the royalties or fees for technical services are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such a case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.
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(6) Royalties and fees for technical services shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is a resident of that State. Where, however, the person paying the royalties or fees for technical services, whether he is a resident of a Con- tracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in connection with which the obli- gation to pay the royalties or fees for technical services was incurred, and such royalties or fees for technical services are borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such royalties or fees for technical services shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated.
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(7) 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 or fees for tech- nical services, having regard to the use, right, information or services 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 provisions of this Article shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the other provisions of this Agreement.
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Germany / Malaysia; BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310; edition de-malaysia-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310 | Signed: 2010-02-23 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23; article 12; English; unreviewed source text, current applicability unverified; /editions/de-malaysia-2010-base/en/articles/article-12/

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de-malaysia-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1310 | Signed: 2010-02-23 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23
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