(1) Where a person considers that the actions of one or both
of the Contracting States result or will result for him in taxation
not in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, he may,
irrespective of the remedies provided by the domestic law of
those States, present his case to the competent authority of the
Contracting State of which he is a resident or, if his case comes
under paragraph 1 of Article 25, to that of the Contracting State
of which he is a national. The case must be presented within
three years from the first notification of the action resulting in
taxation not in accordance with the provisions of the Conven-
tion, or, if later, within six years from the end of the taxable year
or chargeable period in respect of which that taxation is imposed
or proposed.
(2) The competent authority shall endeavour, if the objection
appears to it to be justified and if it is not itself able to arrive at a
satisfactory solution, to resolve the case by mutual agreement
with the competent authority of the other Contracting State, with
a view to the avoidance of taxation which is not in accordance
with the Convention. Any agreement reached shall be imple-
mented notwithstanding any time limits in the domestic law of
the Contracting States, except such limitations as apply for the
purposes of giving effect to such an agreement.
(3) The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall
endeavour to resolve by mutual agreement any difficulties or
doubts arising as to the interpretation or application of the Con-
vention. They may also consult together for the elimination of
double taxation in cases not provided for in the Convention.
(4) The competent authorities of the Contracting States may
communicate with each other directly, for the purpose of reach-
ing an agreement in the sense of the preceding paragraphs.
(5) Where,
a) under paragraph 1, a person has presented a case to the
competent authority of a Contracting State on the basis that
the actions of one or both of the Contracting States have
resulted for that person in taxation not in accordance with the
provisions of this Convention, and
b) the competent authorities are unable to reach an agreement
to resolve that case pursuant to paragraph 2 within two years
from the presentation of the case to the competent authority
of the other Contracting State,
any unresolved issues arising from the case shall be submitted to
arbitration if the person so requests. These unresolved issues
shall not, however, be submitted to arbitration if a decision on
these issues has already been rendered by a court or administra-
tive tribunal of either State. Unless a person directly affected by
the case does not accept the mutual agreement that implements
the arbitration decision, that decision shall be binding on both
Contracting States and shall be implemented notwithstanding
any time limits in the domestic laws of these States. The com-
petent authorities of the Contracting States shall by mutual
agreement settle the mode of application of this paragraph.
de-united-kingdom-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | Signed: 2010-03-30 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23
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BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | de-united-kingdom-2010-base | de-united-kingdom-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | Signed: 2010-03-30 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23 | Article 26 | en | Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed. | /library/treaties/de-united-kingdom-2010-base/en/articles/article-26/
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de-united-kingdom-2010-base | BGBl. 2010 II S. 1333 | Signed: 2010-03-30 | Gazette publication: 2010-11-23
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official-publication PDF with native text layer; reader is a machine transcription
Source scope
original implementing law, bilingual base treaty and accompanying protocol; not a current consolidated text
Retrieved
2026-09-30
Text and language scope
German and English versions are present in the source and are identified by the signing clause. Unreviewed coordinate-based machine transcription of this original source edition only. Printed line breaks, hyphens and uncertain token spacing are retained, not silently corrected. Treaty preamble, closing formula, protocol and shared signatures are separate retained assets, not part of the last article. Full supplements: /review/de-united-kingdom-2010-base/. PDF page links identify pages, not verified paragraph correspondence.
Review status
Pending human wording, completeness, source-authority, currentness, alignment and rendering review. No legal review performed.
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Protocols and later instruments
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