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..... ried on in that other State, of the same or similar kind as those effected through that permanent establishment, such provisions shall also apply to the extent so provided to the present Convention with respect from the date from which the later of those two Conventions, Agreements or Protocols between India and United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany enters into force. It is understood that only the provisions included in both new Conventions, Agreements or Protocols between India and U.K. and F.R.G. shall apply to the present Convention. 3. In respect of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 7, where an enterprise of one of the Contracting States sells goods or merchandise or carries on business in the other Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, the profits of that permanent establishment shall not be determined on the basis of the total amount received by the enterprise, but shall be determined only on the basis of the remuneration which is attributable to the actual activity of the permanent establishment for such sales or business. Especially, in the case of contracts for the survey, supply, installation or construction of industrial, commerc .....

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..... Convention on the said items of income, the same rate or scope as provided for in that Convention, Agreement or Protocol on the said items income shall also apply under this Convention, with effect from the date on which the present Convention or the relevant Indian Convention, Agreement or Protocol enters into force, whichever enters into force later. 8. It is understood that any amount which is payable in respect of any default or omission in relation to the taxes to which this Convention applies or which represents a penalty imposed relating to those taxes is not considered as an interest for the purposes of article 12 (Interest) and is not considered as tax for the purpose of article 25 (Elimination of double taxation). 9. In respect of Article 13 (Royalties, fees for technical services and payments for the use of equipment s) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, royalties, fees for technical services and payments for the use of equipment arising in France and paid to a resident of India, shall not be taxable in France. 10. It is understood that in case India applies a levy, not being a levy covered by Article 2, such as the Research and Development Ce .....

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..... ion of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital came into force on the 1st day of August, 1994, after the notification by both the Contracting States to each other of the completion of the procedures required under their laws for bringing into force the said Convention. And whereas the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by section 90 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), section 24A of the Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964 (7 of 1969) and section 44A of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), had directed that all the provisions of the said Convention annexed to the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) (Foreign Tax Department) No. G.S.R. 681(E), dated 7th September, 1994, shall be given effect to in the Union of India. And whereas paragraph 7 of the Protocol dated 29th September, 1992, to the aforesaid Convention provides that if after the 1st day of September, 1989, under any Convention Agreement or Protocol concluded between India and a third State which is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, India should limit its taxation at source on dividend .....

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..... terest on loans made or guaranteed by a bank or other financial institution carrying on bona fide banking or financial business or an insurance company or by an enterprise which holds directly or indirectly at least 10 per cent of the capital of the company paying interest; (b) 15 per cent of the gross amount of the interest in all other cases. III. With effect from the 1st April, 1997, for paragraph 2 of article 12 relating to Interest , referred to in paragraph II above, the following paragraph shall be read: 2. However, such interest may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises, and according to the laws of that State, but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the interest, the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount of the interest. IV. With effect from the 1st April, 1995, for the existing paragraph 2 of article 13 relating to Royalties and fees for technical services and payments for the use of equipment , the following paragraph shall be read: 2. However, such royalties, fees and payments may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which they arise and according to the laws of that Contracting State but if the recipient is the .....

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