(1) Au sens de la présente Convention, à moins que le
contexte n’exige une interprétation différente:
a) l’expression «République Tunisienne» désigne le territoire et
les espaces maritimes sur lesquels la République Tunisienne
exerce sa souveraineté (territoire continental, îles, eaux inté-
rieures, mers territoriales et espaces aériens les surplombant)
ainsi que les autres espaces maritimes sur lesquels la Répu-
blique Tunisienne exerce sa juridiction conformément au droit
international;
b) l’expression «République fédérale d’Allemagne» désigne le
territoire de la République fédérale d’Allemagne, ainsi que la
zone des fonds marins, de leur sous-sol et de la colonne
d’eau surjacente, adjacente à la mer territoriale, pour autant
que la République fédérale d’Allemagne, conformément au
droit international et à sa législation interne, y exerce des
droits souverains et sa juridiction aux fins de l’exploration,
de l’exploitation, de la conservation et de la gestion des
ressources naturelles, biologiques et non biologiques;
c) les expressions «un État contractant» et «l’autre État contrac-
tant» désignent selon le contexte la République fédérale
d’Allemagne ou la RépubliqueTunisienne;
d) le terme «personne» désigne les personnes physiques, les
sociétés et tous autres groupements de personnes;
e) le terme «société» désigne toute personne morale ou toute
entité qui est considérée comme une personne morale aux
fins d’imposition;
f) les expressions «entreprise d’un État contractant» et «entre-
prise de l’autre État contractant» désignent respectivement
une entreprise exploitée par un résident d’un État contractant
et une entreprise exploitée par un résident de l’autre État
contractant;
g) l’expression «trafic international» désigne tout transport
effectué par un navire ou un aéronef exploité par une entre-
prise dont le siège de direction effective est situé dans un
État contractant, sauf lorsque le navire ou l’aéronef n’est
exploité qu’entre des points situés dans l’autre État contrac-
tant;
h) le terme «national» désigne:
aa) en ce qui concerne la République Tunisienne, toute per-
sonne physique qui possède la nationalité tunisienne
ainsi que toute personne morale, société de personnes
ou tout autre groupement de personnes constitués
conformément à la législation en vigueur en République
Tunisienne;
bb) en ce qui concerne la République fédérale d’Allemagne,
tout Allemand au sens de la Loi fondamentale pour
la République fédérale d’Allemagne ainsi que toute
personne morale, société de personnes ou tout autre
groupement de personnes constitués conformément à
la législation en vigueur en République fédérale d’Alle-
magne;
i) l’expression «autorité compétente» désigne:
aa) en ce qui concerne la République Tunisienne, le Ministre
des Finances ou son représentant dûment autorisé,
bb) en ce qui concerne la République fédérale d’Allemagne,
le Ministère fédéral des Finances ou l’autorité à laquelle
il a délégué ses pouvoirs.
(2) Pour l’application de la Convention à un moment donné
par un État contractant, tout terme ou expression qui n’y est pas
défini a, sauf si le contexte exige une interprétation différente, le
sens que lui attribue, à ce moment, le droit de cet État concer-
nant les impôts auxquels s’applique la Convention, le sens
attribué à ce terme ou expression par le droit fiscal de cet État
prévalant sur le sens que lui attribuent les autres branches du
droit de cet État.
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
Source form
Official original-publication PDF with native text layer; machine reader is not the facsimile
Source scope
Consent law, German/French replacement convention and integral protocol; not consolidated current law
Retrieved
2026-10-01
Text and language scope
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/.
Review status
Pending independent qualified human wording, completeness, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No human approvals.
Currentness
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.
Protocols and later instruments
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.
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 | fr | Pending independent qualified human wording, completeness, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No human approvals. | /library/treaties/de-tunisia-2018-base/fr/articles/article-3/
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Source edition
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
Source form
Official original-publication PDF with native text layer; machine reader is not the facsimile
Source scope
Consent law, German/French replacement convention and integral protocol; not consolidated current law
Retrieved
2026-10-01
Text and language scope
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/.
Review status
Pending independent qualified human wording, completeness, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No human approvals.
Currentness
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.
Protocols and later instruments
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.
BGBl. 2018 II S. 710 (consent law); S. 711–735 (convention and protocol) · /library/originals/7de0880f35d30dae25056ec347b7326f84b2954a72c6bf746e6213407a3b2a73.pdf
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