Article 15 - Independent Personal Services - France

ARTICLE 15 INDEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES 1. Income derived by an individual or a partnership of individuals who is a resident of a Contracting State from the performance of professional services or other independent activities of a similar character shall be taxable only in that Contracting State except in the following circumstances when such income may also be taxed in the other Contracting State: (a) if he has a fixed base regularly available to him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities; in that case, only so much of the income as is attributable to that fixed base may be taxed in that other Contracting State; or (b) if his stay in the other Contracting State is for a period or periods amounting to or exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in the relevant fiscal year ; in that case, only so much of the income as is derived from his activities performed in that other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State. 2. The term professional services includes independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities, as well as the independent activities of physicians, surgeons, lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and accountants.