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(1) Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
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(2) However‚ such dividends may also be taxed in the Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident and according to the laws of that State‚ but if the beneficial owner of the dividends is a resident of the other Contracting State‚ the tax so charged shall not exceed: a) 5 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends if the beneficial owner is a company (other than a partnership) which holds directly at least 10 per cent of the capital of the company paying the dividends; b) 15 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends in all other cases. This paragraph shall not affect the taxation of the company in respect of the profits out of which the dividends are paid.
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(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2‚ income derived from rights or debt-claims participating in profits (including in the Federal Republic of Germany income of a silent partner (”stiller Gesellschafter”) from that partner’s participation as such or from a ”partiarisches Darlehen” or ”Gewinnobligationen”) that is deductible in determining the profits of the debtor may be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises according to the laws of that State.
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(4) The term ”dividends” as used in this Article means income from shares‚ ”jouissance” shares or ”jouissance” rights‚ mining shares‚ founders’ shares or other income which is subjected to the same taxation treatment as income from shares by the laws of the State of which the company making the distribution is a resident. The term ”dividends” includes also income derived by a silent partner (”stiller Gesellschafter”) from that partner’s participation as such or from a ”partiarisches Darlehen”‚ ”Gewinnobligationen” or similar payments and distributions on certificates of an investment fund or investment trust.
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(5) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends‚ being a resident of a Contracting State‚ carries on business in the other Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident‚ through a permanent establishment situated therein and the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment. In such case‚ the provisions of Article 7 shall apply.
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(6) Where a company which is a resident of a Contracting State derives profits or income from the other Contracting State‚ that other State may not impose any tax on the dividends paid by the company‚ except insofar as such dividends are paid to a resident of that other State or insofar as the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with a permanent establishment situated in that other State‚ nor subject the company’s undistributed profits to a tax on the company’s undistributed profits‚ even if the dividends paid or the undistributed profits consist wholly or partly of profits or income arising in such other State.