(1) For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “permanent
establishment” means a fixed place of business through which
the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on.
(2) The term “permanent establishment” includes especially:
a) a place of management;
b) a branch;
c) an office;
d) a factory;
e) a workshop, and
f) a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of ex-
traction of natural resources.
(3) A building site or construction or installation project or su-
pervisory activities in connection therewith constitutes a perma-
nent establishment only if it lasts more than twelve months.
(4) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article,
the term “permanent establishment” shall be deemed not to in-
clude
a) the use of facilities solely for the purpose of storage, display
or delivery of goods or merchandise belonging to the enter-
prise;
b) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belong-
ing to the enterprise solely for the purpose of storage, dis-
play or delivery;
c) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belong-
ing to the enterprise solely for the purpose of processing by
another enterprise;
d) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the
purpose of purchasing goods or merchandise or of collect-
ing information, for the enterprise;
e) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the
purpose of carrying on, for the enterprise, any other activity of
a preparatory or auxiliary character;
f) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for any
combination of activities mentioned in sub-paragraphs a)
to e), provided that the overall activity of the fixed place of
business resulting from this combination is of a preparatory
or auxiliary character.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2),
where a person – other than an agent of an independent status
to whom paragraph (6) applies – is acting on behalf of an enterprise
and has, and habitually exercises, in a Contracting State an au-
thority to conclude contracts in the name of the enterprise, that
enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in
that State in respect of any activities which that person under-
takes for the enterprise, unless the activities of such person are
limited to those mentioned in paragraph (4) which, if exercised
through a fixed place of business, would not make this fixed
place of business a permanent establishment under the provi-
sions of that paragraph.
(6) An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent
establishment in a Contracting State merely because it carries
on business in that State through a broker, general commission
agent or any other agent of an independent status, provided that
such persons are acting in the ordinary course of their business.
(7) The fact that a company which is a resident of a Contract-
ing State controls or is controlled by a company which is a resi-
dent of the other Contracting State or which carries on business
in that other State (whether through a permanent establishment
or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute either company a per-
manent establishment of the other.
de-cyprus-2011-base | BGBl. 2011 II S. 1068 | Signed: 2011-02-18 | Gazette publication: 2011-11-07
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de-cyprus-2011-base | BGBl. 2011 II S. 1068 | Signed: 2011-02-18 | Gazette publication: 2011-11-07
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