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- The provisions of this Article shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of this Convention where activities (in this Article “relevant activities”) are carried on offshore in connection with the exploration or exploitation of the sea-bed and subsoil and their natural resources situated in a Contracting State.
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- An enterprise of a Contracting State which carries on relevant activities in the other Contracting State shall, subject to paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, be deemed to be carrying on business in that other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein.
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- Relevant activities which are carried on by an enterprise of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 30 days in any 12 month period shall not constitute the carrying on of business through a permanent establishment situated therein. For the purposes of this paragraph:
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a) where an enterprise of a Contracting State carrying on relevant activities in the other Contracting State is associated with another enterprise carrying on substantially similar relevant activities there, the former enterprise shall be deemed to be carrying on all such activities of the latter enterprise, except to the extent that those activities are carried on at the same time as its own activities;
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b) an enterprise shall be regarded as associated with another enterprise if one participates directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital of the other or if the same persons participate directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital of both enterprises.
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4. Profits derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the transportation of supplies or personnel by a ship or aircraft to a location where relevant activities are being carried on, or from the operation of tugboats or anchor handling vessels in connection with such activities, shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.
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5. a) Subject to subparagraph b) of this paragraph, salaries, wages and similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment connected with relevant activities in the other Contracting State may, to the extent that the duties are performed offshore in that other Contracting State, be taxed in that other Contracting State.
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b) Salaries, wages and similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft engaged in the transportation of supplies or personnel to a location where relevant activities are being carried on in a Contracting State, or in respect of any employment exercised aboard a tugboat or anchor handling vessel in connection with such activities, shall be taxable only in the State of which the individual is a resident.
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6. Gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State that operates:
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a) ships or aircraft for the transportation of supplies or personnel to a location where relevant activities are being carried on in a Contracting State, or
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b) tugboats or anchor handling vessels operated in connection with such activities from the alienation of such ships, aircraft, tugboats or anchor-handling vessels shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.
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7. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of rights to assets to be produced by the exploration or exploitation of the sea-bed and subsoil and their natural resources situated in the other Contracting State, including rights to interests in or to the benefit of such assets, or from the alienation of shares deriving their value or the greater part of their value directly or indirectly from such rights, may be taxed in that other Contracting State.