TMI BlogPermanent EstablishmentX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... site, construction, installation or assembly project or supervisory activities in connection therewith constitutes a permanent establishment only if it lasts more than nine months. 4. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this article, the term permanent establishment shall be deemed not to include: a) The use of facilities solely for the purpose of storage, display or delivery of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise; b) The maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of storage, display or delivery; c) The maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of processing by another enterprise; d) The maintenance of a fixed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... aracter, provided that the business activities carried on by the two enterprises at the same place, or by the same enterprise or closely related enterprises at the two places, constitute complementary functions that are part of a cohesive business operation. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 6 applies is acting in a Contracting State on behalf of an enterprise of the other Contracting State, that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the first-mentioned State, if: a) He has and habitually exercises in that State an authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the enterprise, unless his activities are limited wholly ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of the MLI applies to the provisions of Article 5 of the Convention: ARTICLE 15 OF THE MLI DEFINITION OF A PERSON CLOSELY RELATED TO AN ENTERPRISE For the purposes of the provisions of [Article 5 of the Convention as modified by paragraph 4 of Article 13 of the MLI], a person is closely related to an enterprise if, based on all the relevant facts and circumstances, one has control of the other or both are under the control of the same persons or enterprises. In any case, a person shall be considered to be closely related to an enterprise if one possesses directly or indirectly more than 50 per cent of the beneficial interest in the other (or, in the case of a company, more than 50 per cent of the aggregate vote and value of the company s sh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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