Article 13 Capital gains

Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of immovable property referred to in Article 6 and situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other Contracting State.

Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of shares in a company or of interests in a partnership or trust may be taxed in the other Contracting State where the shares or the interests derive at least 50 per cent of their value directly or indirectly from immovable property referred to in Article 6 and situated in that other Contracting State, unless the relevant class of the shares or the interest is traded on a recognised stock exchange specified in subparagraph c) of paragraph 8 of Article 21 and the resident and persons related or connected to that resident own in the aggregate 5 per cent or less of that class of the shares or the interests.

Gains from the alienation of any property, other than immovable property, forming part of the business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State, including such gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise), may be taxed in that other Contracting State.

Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of ships or aircraft operated by that resident in international traffic or any property, other than immovable property, pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft shall be taxable only in that Contracting State.

Gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Article shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 6, gains derived from the alienation of shares in or ‘jouissance’ rights or debt-claims on a company whose capital is divided into shares and which, under the laws of a Contracting State, is a resident of that Contracting State or from the alienation of part of the rights attached to the said shares, ‘jouissance’ rights or debt-claims by an individual who is a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in the first-mentioned Contracting State in accordance with the laws of the first-mentioned Contracting State and with their interpretation, including the interpretation of the term ‘alienation’, if that individual — either alone or with his or her spouse or one of their relatives by blood or marriage in the direct line — directly or indirectly, owns at least 5 per cent of a particular class of shares in that company. This provision shall apply only if the individual who derives the gains was a resident of the first-mentioned Contracting State at any time or the entire time during the last ten years preceding the year in which the gains are derived and provided that, at the time he or she became a resident of the other Contracting State, the above-mentioned conditions regarding share ownership in the said company were satisfied and only insofar as part of the assessment that has been issued in connection with the above-mentioned share ownership and with his or her emigration is still outstanding under the laws of the first-mentioned Contracting State.