Double Taxation: OECD Model Convention

Article 8 SHIPPING, INLAND WATERWAYS TRANSPORT AND AIR TRANSPORT

1.

Profits from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in the Contracting State in which the place of effective management of the enterprise is situated.

2.

Profits from the operation of boats engaged in inland waterways transport shall be taxable only in the Contracting State in which the place of effective management of the enterprise is situated.

3.

If the place of effective management of a shipping enterprise or of an inland waterways transport enterprise is aboard a ship or boat, then it shall be deemed to be situat- ed in the Contracting State in which the home harbour of the ship or boat is situated, or, if there is no such home harbour, in the Contracting State of which the operator of the ship or boat is a resident.

4.

The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to profits from the participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating agency.