TMI BlogPermanent EstablishmentX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... used or to be used in, the prospecting for, or extraction or production of mineral oils; (i) a premises used as a sales outlet or for receiving or soliciting orders; (j) a building site or construction, installation or assembly project or supervisory activities in connection therewith, where such site, project or activities (together with other such sites, projects or activities, if any) continue for a period of more than six months, or where such project of supervisory activity, being incidental to the sale of machinery or equipment, continues for a period not exceeding six months and the charges payable for the project or supervisory activity exceed 10 per cent. of the sale price of the machinery and equipment. 3. [ Modified by paragraph ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... laces, is not of a preparatory or auxiliary character, 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. 4. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5, a person acting in a Contracting State on behalf of an enterprise of the other Contracting State shall be deemed to be a permanent establishment of that enterprise in the first-mentioned State if: (a) [MODIFIED by paragraph 1 of Article 12 of the MLI] [he has and habitually exercises in that State an authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the enterprise, unless his activities are limited to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... anent establishment included in the provisions of [Article 5 of this Agreement]. (b) he habitually maintains in the first-mentioned Contracting State a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise from which the person regularly delivers goods or merchandise on behalf of the enterprise; or (c) he habitually secures orders in the first-mentioned Contracting State, exclusively or almost exclusively, for the enterprise itself, or for the enterprise and other enterprises which are controlled by it or have a controlling interest in it. 5. [Modified by paragraph 2 of Article 12 of the MLI] [ An enterprise of a Contracting State shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the other Contracting State merely because it carr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 Contracting State (whether through a permanent establishment or otherwise) shall not of itself constitute either company a permanent establishment of the other. The following paragraph 1 of Article 15 of the MLI applies to the provisions of this Agreement: ARTICLE 15 OF THE MLI DEFINITION OF A PERSON CLOSELY RELATED TO AN ENTERPRISE For the purposes of the provisions of [Article 5 of this Agreement as modified by paragraph 2 of Article 12 and paragraph 4 of Article 13 of the MLI], a person is closely related to an enterprise if, based on all the relevant facts and circums ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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