(1) Im Sinne dieses Abkommens, wenn der Zusammenhang
nichts anderes erfordert,
a) bedeutet der Ausdruck „Tunesische Republik“ das Hoheits-
gebiet und die Meeresgebiete, über die die Tunesische
Republik die Staatshoheit ausübt (Festland, Inseln, Binnen-
und Hoheitsgewässer und der darüber befindliche Luftraum)
und sonstige Meeresgebiete, soweit die Tunesische Republik
dort in Übereinstimmung mit dem Völkerrecht Hoheitsbefug-
nisse ausübt;
b) bedeutet der Ausdruck „Bundesrepublik Deutschland“ das
Hoheitsgebiet der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sowie das an
das Küstenmeer angrenzende Gebiet des Meeresbodens,
des Meeresuntergrunds und der darüber befindlichen
Wassersäule, soweit die Bundesrepublik Deutschland dort in
Übereinstimmung mit dem Völkerrecht und ihren innerstaat-
lichen Rechtsvorschriften souveräne Rechte und Hoheitsbe-
fugnisse zum Zwecke der Erforschung, Ausbeutung, Erhal-
tung und Bewirtschaftung der lebenden und nicht lebenden
natürlichen Ressourcen ausübt;
c) bedeuten die Ausdrücke „ein Vertragsstaat“ und „der andere
Vertragsstaat“, je nach dem Zusammenhang, die Bundes -
republik Deutschland oder die Tunesische Republik;
d) bedeutet der Ausdruck „Person“ natürliche Personen, Gesell-
schaften und alle anderen Personenvereinigungen;
e) bedeutet der Ausdruck „Gesellschaft“ juristische Personen
oder Rechtsträger, die für die Besteuerung wie juristische
Personen behandelt werden;
f) bedeuten die Ausdrücke „Unternehmen eines Vertragsstaats“
und „Unternehmen des anderen Vertragsstaats“, je nachdem,
ein Unternehmen, das von einer in einem Vertragsstaat
ansässigen Person betrieben wird, oder ein Unternehmen,
das von einer im anderen Vertragsstaat ansässigen Person
betrieben wird;
g) bedeutet der Ausdruck „internationaler Verkehr“ jede Beför-
derung mit einem Seeschiff oder Luftfahrzeug, das von einem
Unternehmen mit tatsächlicher Geschäftsleitung in einem
Vertragsstaat betrieben wird, es sei denn, das Seeschiff oder
Luftfahrzeug wird ausschließlich zwischen Orten im anderen
Vertragsstaat betrieben;
h) bedeutet der Ausdruck „Staatsangehöriger“
aa) in Bezug auf die Tunesische Republik
alle natürlichen Personen, die die tunesische Staats -
angehörigkeit besitzen, sowie alle juristischen Personen,
Personengesellschaften und anderen Personenvereini-
gungen, die nach dem in der Tunesischen Republik
geltenden Recht errichtet worden sind;
bb) in Bezug auf die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
alle Deutschen im Sinne des Grundgesetzes für die Bun-
desrepublik Deutschland sowie alle juristischen Perso-
nen, Personengesellschaften und anderen Personen -
vereinigungen, die nach dem in der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland geltenden Recht errichtet worden sind;
i) bedeutet der Ausdruck „zuständige Behörde“
aa) in der Tunesischen Republik den Finanzminister oder
seinen gehörig befugten Vertreter;
bb) in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland das Bundesministe-
rium der Finanzen oder die Behörde, an die es seine
Befugnisse delegiert hat.
(2) Bei der Anwendung des Abkommens durch einen Ver-
tragsstaat hat, wenn der Zusammenhang nichts anderes erfor-
dert, jeder im Abkommen nicht definierte Ausdruck die Bedeu-
tung, die ihm im Anwendungszeitraum nach dem Recht dieses
Staates über die Steuern zukommt, für die das Abkommen gilt,
wobei die Bedeutung dieses Ausdrucks nach dem in diesem
Staat anzuwendenden Steuerrecht den Vorrang vor einer Bedeu-
tung hat, die er nach anderem Recht dieses Staates hat.
de-tunisia-2018-base | BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol) | signed 2018-02-08 | published 2018-12-28 | Signed: 2018-02-08 | Gazette publication: 2018-12-28
Quellenform
Official original-publication PDF with native text layer; machine reader is not the facsimile
Quellenumfang
Consent law, German/French replacement convention and integral protocol; not consolidated current law
Abgerufen
2026-10-01
Text- und Sprachumfang
Unreviewed machine transcription. Original 2018 publication only, not a verified current-law consolidation. No qualified human wording, legal, alignment, public indexing or deployment approval. Preview only; noindex is not access control. The new 26-page source contains German and French. Both are transcribed from this 2018 PDF only. Closing page 21 declares German, Arabic and French authentic; French prevails in divergent German/Arabic interpretation. Arabic is linked separately by BMF but was NOT fetched or parsed. No complete authentic-language-set claim, English text or translation. Native spans, line breaks and hyphens are retained without wording correction; recorded coordinate-based word gaps separate adjacent native spans. Complete law, preamble, closing, protocol, shared signatures and running notices: /review/de-tunisia-2018-base/.
Prüfstatus
Pending independent qualified human wording, completeness, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No human approvals.
Aktualität
Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. Signed 2018-02-08; consent law 2018-12-11; gazette publication 2018-12-28. Treaty entry 2019-12-16, not application. Roster general application 2020-01-01 is not a universal tax-specific rule. Entry notice dated 2020-02-06, published 2020-03-11. Article URL retains the old 1976 date; entry-notice URL retains 2018 although its printed notice is from 2020. Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified. Unreviewed machine transcription. Original 2018 publication only, not a verified current-law consolidation. No qualified human wording, legal, alignment, public indexing or deployment approval. Preview only; noindex is not access control. The new 26-page source contains German and French. Both are transcribed from this 2018 PDF only. Closing page 21 declares German, Arabic and French authentic; French prevails in divergent German/Arabic interpretation. Arabic is linked separately by BMF but was NOT fetched or parsed. No complete authentic-language-set claim, English text or translation. Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified.
Protokolle und spätere Instrumente
Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified. Source-triage warnings: Unreviewed machine transcription. Original 2018 publication only, not a verified current-law consolidation. No qualified human wording, legal, alignment, public indexing or deployment approval. Preview only; noindex is not access control. The new 26-page source contains German and French. Both are transcribed from this 2018 PDF only. Closing page 21 declares German, Arabic and French authentic; French prevails in divergent German/Arabic interpretation. Arabic is linked separately by BMF but was NOT fetched or parsed. No complete authentic-language-set claim, English text or translation. Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified. Known related/later instruments NOT included in this source (agent triage, not exhaustive): future-instrument-or-negotiation-not-operative; limit: 2026-01-01 roster II V is negotiation, not signature or operative amendment / authentic-language-not-retained; limit: BMF separately links Arabic variant. Not fetched or parsed. Missing Arabic does not turn this complete DE/FR source into a full authentic-language set.
Textsprache und Status
de · authentic-language-transcription · machine-transcription
Fundstelle
BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol)
BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol) | de-tunisia-2018-base | de-tunisia-2018-base | BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol) | signed 2018-02-08 | published 2018-12-28 | Signed: 2018-02-08 | Gazette publication: 2018-12-28 | Article 3 | de | Pending independent qualified human wording, completeness, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No human approvals. | /library/treaties/de-tunisia-2018-base/de/articles/article-3/
Quellen, Fassung und Grenzen
Quellenfassung
de-tunisia-2018-base | BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol) | signed 2018-02-08 | published 2018-12-28 | Signed: 2018-02-08 | Gazette publication: 2018-12-28
Quellenform
Official original-publication PDF with native text layer; machine reader is not the facsimile
Quellenumfang
Consent law, German/French replacement convention and integral protocol; not consolidated current law
Abgerufen
2026-10-01
Text- und Sprachumfang
Unreviewed machine transcription. Original 2018 publication only, not a verified current-law consolidation. No qualified human wording, legal, alignment, public indexing or deployment approval. Preview only; noindex is not access control. The new 26-page source contains German and French. Both are transcribed from this 2018 PDF only. Closing page 21 declares German, Arabic and French authentic; French prevails in divergent German/Arabic interpretation. Arabic is linked separately by BMF but was NOT fetched or parsed. No complete authentic-language-set claim, English text or translation. Native spans, line breaks and hyphens are retained without wording correction; recorded coordinate-based word gaps separate adjacent native spans. Complete law, preamble, closing, protocol, shared signatures and running notices: /review/de-tunisia-2018-base/.
Prüfstatus
Pending independent qualified human wording, completeness, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No human approvals.
Aktualität
Original source edition; not a verified current-law consolidation. Signed 2018-02-08; consent law 2018-12-11; gazette publication 2018-12-28. Treaty entry 2019-12-16, not application. Roster general application 2020-01-01 is not a universal tax-specific rule. Entry notice dated 2020-02-06, published 2020-03-11. Article URL retains the old 1976 date; entry-notice URL retains 2018 although its printed notice is from 2020. Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified. Unreviewed machine transcription. Original 2018 publication only, not a verified current-law consolidation. No qualified human wording, legal, alignment, public indexing or deployment approval. Preview only; noindex is not access control. The new 26-page source contains German and French. Both are transcribed from this 2018 PDF only. Closing page 21 declares German, Arabic and French authentic; French prevails in divergent German/Arabic interpretation. Arabic is linked separately by BMF but was NOT fetched or parsed. No complete authentic-language-set claim, English text or translation. Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified.
Protokolle und spätere Instrumente
Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified. Source-triage warnings: Unreviewed machine transcription. Original 2018 publication only, not a verified current-law consolidation. No qualified human wording, legal, alignment, public indexing or deployment approval. Preview only; noindex is not access control. The new 26-page source contains German and French. Both are transcribed from this 2018 PDF only. Closing page 21 declares German, Arabic and French authentic; French prevails in divergent German/Arabic interpretation. Arabic is linked separately by BMF but was NOT fetched or parsed. No complete authentic-language-set claim, English text or translation. Replaces the convention signed 1975-12-23 and its closing protocol. The retained entry notice states their expiry at the end of 2019-12-15; treaty Article 30(3) preserves application to earlier tax periods. No old treaty body is used. Roster II V denotes a negotiating protocol, not an operative amendment. Later amendments, MLI effects and developments after the 2026-01-01 roster snapshot have not been exhaustively verified. Known related/later instruments NOT included in this source (agent triage, not exhaustive): future-instrument-or-negotiation-not-operative; limit: 2026-01-01 roster II V is negotiation, not signature or operative amendment / authentic-language-not-retained; limit: BMF separately links Arabic variant. Not fetched or parsed. Missing Arabic does not turn this complete DE/FR source into a full authentic-language set.
Textsprache und Status
de · authentic-language-transcription · machine-transcription
Fundstelle
BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol)
BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol) · /library/originals/7de0880f35d30dae25056ec347b7326f84b2954a72c6bf746e6213407a3b2a73.pdf
Disclaimers
Sprachwechsel behält übereinstimmende Artikel- und Absatzkennungen bei. Die Zuordnung bestätigt keine geprüfte rechtliche oder übersetzerische Gleichwertigkeit.
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