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- 1. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of immovable property referred to in Article 6 of this Convention and situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.
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- 2. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of shares in a company or of an interest in a partnership or trust may be taxed in the other Contracting State where the shares or the interest derive at least 50 per cent of their value directly or indirectly from immovable property referred to in Article 6 of this Convention and situated in that other Contracting State unless the relevant class of the shares or the interest is traded on a recognised stock exchange specified in subparagraph (c) of paragraph 7 of Article 22 of this Convention and the resident and persons related or connected to that resident hold or own in the aggregate 5 per cent or less of that class of the shares or the interest.
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- 3. Where
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- (a) a Contracting State (including, for this purpose in the case of Japan, the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan) provides, pursuant to the laws of that Contracting State concerning failure resolution involving imminent insolvency of financial institutions, substantial financial assistance to a financial institution that is a resident of that Contracting State, and
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- (b) a resident of the other Contracting State acquires shares in the financial institution from the first-mentioned Contracting State,
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- the first-mentioned Contracting State may tax gains derived by the resident of the other Contracting State from the alienation of such shares, provided that the alienation is made within five years from the first date on which such financial assistance was provided.
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- 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, gains from the alienation of any property, other than immovable property, forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State, including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise), may be taxed in that other Contracting State.
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- 5. Gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the alienation of ships or aircraft operated by that enterprise in international traffic or any property, other than immovable property, pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.
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- 6. Gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Article shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.