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 provisions of

that paragraph.

6. An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in a Con-

tracting State merely because it carries on business in that State through a broker, gen-

eral 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 Contracting State controls or is

controlled by a company which is a resident 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 permanent establishment of

the other.

CHAPTER III

TAXATION OF INCOME

ARTICLE 6

INCOME FROM IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable property

(including income from agriculture or forestry) situated in the other Contracting State

may be taxed in that other State.

2. The term “immovable property” shall have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated. The term shall

in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment

used in agriculture and forestry, rights to which the provisions of general law respecting

landed property apply, usufruct of immovable property and rights to variable or fixed

payments as consideration for the working of, or the right to work, mineral deposits,

sources and other natural resources; ships and aircraft shall not be regarded as immov-

able property.

3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to income derived from the direct use,

letting, or use in any other form of immovable property.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to the income from im-

movable property of an enterprise and to income from immovable property used for the

performance of independent personal services.

5. The foregoing provisions shall also apply to income from movable property or

income derived from services, which are connected with the use or the right to use the

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