(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” shall include espe-
cially:
(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) The term “permanent establishment” also includes:
(a) a building site or construction or installation project or super-
visory activity in connection therewith only if it lasts more than
twelve months;
(b) an installation or structure used for the exploration of natural
resources, only if such use lasts more than twelve months.
(4) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article,
the term “permanent establishment” shall be deemed not to
include:
(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 for 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 subparagraphs (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 enter-
prise and has, and habitually exercises, in a Contracting State an
authority to conclude contracts in the name of the enterprise,
that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establish-
ment in that State in respect of any activities which that person
undertakes 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.
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