Article 14 - Capital gains - Syria (Old - Effective upto 31-3-2009)

Article 14 : Capital gains 1. Gains from the alienation of immovable property, as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6, may be taxed in the Contracting State in which such property is situated. 2. Gains from the alienation of movable property forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State or of movable property pertaining to a fixed base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing independent personal services, including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or together with the whole enterprise) or of such a fixed base, may be taxed in that other State. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the alienation of ships or aircraft which it operates in international traffic and movable property pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft shall be taxable only in that State. 4. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of any property other than that mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be taxable only in that State. 5. The term "alienation" means the sale, exchange, transfer or relinquishment of the property or the extinguishment of any rights therein or the compulsory acquisition thereof under any law in force in the respective Contracting States.