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DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF ON TAXES ON INCOME

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 123.37

DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF ON TAXES ON

INCOME WITH THE GRAND DUCHY OF

LUXEMBOURG ORDER

14th February, 1996

LEGAL NOTICE 65 of 1996, as amended by Legal Notices 95 of 1996

and 238 of 2013,as modified by S.L.123.183.

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The title of this Order is Double Taxation Relief on Taxes

on Income with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Order.

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CONVENTION

BETWEEN MALTA

AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG

FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION

AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION

WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME

AND ON CAPITAL

The Government of Malta and the Government of the Grand Duchy of

Luxembourg, desiring to conclude a Convention for the avoidance of double taxation

and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital,

have agreed as follows

ARTICLE 1

Personal Scope

This Convention shall apply to persons who are residents of one or both of the

Contracting States.

ARTICLE 2

Taxes Covered

The existing taxes to which the Convention shall apply are

(a) in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

(i) the income tax on individuals (l’impot sur le revenu des

personnes physiques);

(ii) the corporation tax (l’impot sur le revenu des collectivites);

(iii) the tax on fees of directors of companies (l’impot special sur les

tantiemes);

(iv) the capital tax (l’impot sur la fortune);

(v) the communal trade tax (l’impot commercial communal);

(hereinafter referred to as "Luxembourg tax").

(b) in Malta

the income tax

(hereinafter referred to as "Malta tax")

2. The Convention shall apply also to any identical or substantially similar

taxes which are imposed after the date of signature of the Convention in addition to,

or in place of, the existing taxes. The competent authorities of the Contracting States

shall notify each other of substantial changes which have been made in their

respective taxation laws.

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It is hereby declared

(a) that the arrangements specified in the Convention set

out in the Schedule to this Order have been made with

the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

with a view to affording relief from double taxation in

relation to the following taxes imposed by the laws of

the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

(i) the income tax on individuals;

(ii) the corporation tax;

(iii) the tax on fees of directors of companies;

(iv) the capital tax;

(v) the communal trade tax;

(b) that it is expedient that those arrangements should

have effect.

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Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article this Convention shall

not apply to tax paid or payable in Malta in accordance with the provisions of sub-

article (13) of article 56 of the Income Tax Act concerning the chargeable income of

any person engaged in the production of petroleum produced in Malta or any

substantially similar provision which is imposed after the date of signature of this

Convention.

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ARTICLE 3

General Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Convention, unless the context otherwise requires

(a) the term "Luxembourg" when used in a geographical sense, means the

territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;

(b) the term "Malta" when used in a geographical sense, means the Island of

Malta, the Island of Gozo and the other islands of the Maltese archipelago including

the territorial waters thereof, and any area outside the territorial sea of Malta which,

in accordance with international law, has been or may hereafter be designated, under

the law of Malta concerning the Continental Shelf, as an area within which the rights

of Malta with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources may be

exercised;

(c) the terms "a Contracting State" and "the other Contracting State" mean

Luxembourg or Malta as the context requires;

(d) the term "person" includes an individual, a company and any other body of

persons;

(e) the term "company" means any body corporate or any entity which is treated

as a body corporate for tax purposes;

(f)

the terms "enterprise of a Contracting State" and "enterprise of the other

Contracting State" mean respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a

Contracting State and an enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting

State;

(g)

the term "nationals" means

(i) all individuals possessing the nationality of a Contracting State;

(ii) all legal persons, partnerships and associations deriving their status as

such from the laws in force in a Contracting State;

(h) the term "international traffic" means any transport by a ship or aircraft

operated by an enterprise of a Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is

operated solely between places in the other Contracting State;

(i)

the term "competent authority" means

(i)

in Luxembourg, the Minister of Finance or his authorized

representative, and

(ii) in Malta, the Minister responsible for finance or his authorized

representative.

2. As regards the application of the Convention by a Contracting State any

term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the

meaning which it has under the law of that State concerning the taxes to which the

Convention applies.

ARTICLE 4

Resident

1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "resident of a Contracting

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reason of his domicile, residence, place of management or any other criterion of a

similar nature. But this term does not include any person who is liable to tax in that

State in respect only of income from sources in that State or capital situated therein.

2. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 an individual is a resident

of both Contracting States, then his status shall be determined as follows

(a) he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State in which he has a

permanent home available to him; if he has a permanent home available

to him in both States, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State

with which his personal and economic relations are closer (centre of

vital interests);

(b) if the State in which he has his centre of vital interests cannot be

determined, or if he has not a permanent home available to him in either

State, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the State in which he has an

habitual abode;

(c) if he has an habitual abode in both States or in neither of them, he shall

be deemed to be a resident of the State of which he is a national;

(d) if he is a national of both States or of neither of them, the competent

authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual

agreement.

3. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 a person other than an

individual is a resident of both Contracting States, then it shall be deemed to be a

resident of the State in which its place of effective management is situated.

ARTICLE 5

Permanent Establishment

1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "permanent establishment"

means a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is

wholly or partly carried on.

2. The term "permanent establishment" includes especially

(a)

a place of management;

(b)

a branch;

(c)

an office;

(d)

a factory;

(e)

a workshop;

(f)

a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of extraction of

natural resources including an offshore drilling site; and

(g) a building site or construction, assembly or installation project or any

supervisory activities in connection therewith, when such site, project

or activity continues for more than six months.

3. 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;

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(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 place of business solely for the purpose of

purchasing goods or merchandise or of collecting information, for the

enterprise;

(e) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of

carrying on, for the enterprise, any other activity of a preparatory or

auxiliary character;

(f) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for any combination

of activities, mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), provided that the

overall activity of the fixed place of business resulting from this

combination is of a preparatory or auxiliary character.

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A person engaged in a Contracting State in exploration of the seabed and its

subsoil or in exploitation of natural resources situated there, as well as in activities

which are complementary or auxiliary to such activities, is deemed to exercise such

activities through a permanent establishment in that State.

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An enterprise of a Contracting State shall be deemed to have a permanent

establishment in the other Contracting State if

(a) there is being used by the enterprise sufficient equipment as is

necessary to carry out its activities in that other State;

(b) it carries on supervisory activities in that other State in connection with

the use of equipment referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

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Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4, where a person -

other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 7 applies - is acting

on behalf of an enterprise and has, and habitually exercises, in a Contracting State an

authority to conclude contracts in the name of the enterprise, that enterprise shall be

deemed to have a permanent establishment in that State in respect of any activities

which that person undertakes for the enterprise, unless the activities of such person

are limited to those mentioned in paragraph 3 which, if exercised through a fixed

place of business, would not make this fixed place of business a permanent

establishment under the provisions of that paragraph.

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An enterprise of a Contracting State shall not be deemed to have a

permanent establishment in the other Contracting State merely because it carries on

business in that other State through a broker, general commission agent or any other

agent of an independent status, where such persons are acting in the ordinary course

of their business. However, if the activities of such an agent are carried out wholly or

almost wholly for the enterprise (or for the enterprise and other enterprises which are

controlled by it or have a controlling interest in it or are subject to the same common

control) and the conditions made or imposed between them in their commercial or

financial relations differ from those which would have been made or imposed if this

had not been the case, that agent shall not be considered to be an agent of an

independent status for the purposes of this paragraph.

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The fact that a company which 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 State (whether through a permanent

establishment or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute either company a

permanent establishment of the other.

ARTICLE 6

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Income from Immovable Property

1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable

property (including income from agriculture or forestry) situated in the other

Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

2. The term "immovable property" shall have the meaning which it has under

the law of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated. The

term shall in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock

and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, rights to which the provisions of

general law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of immovable property and

rights to variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right

to work or to explore for, mineral deposits, sources and other natural resources;

ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property.

3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to income derived from the direct

use, letting, or use in any other form of immovable property.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to the income from

immovable property of an enterprise and to income from immovable property used

for the performance of independent personal services.

ARTICLE 7

Business Profits

1. The profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State shall be taxable only in

that State unless the enterprise carries on business in the other Contracting State

through a permanent establishment situated therein. If the enterprise carries on

business as aforesaid, the profits of the enterprise may be taxed in the other State but

only so much of them as is attributable to that permanent establishment.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, where an enterprise of a

Contracting State carries on business in the other Contracting State through a

permanent establishment situated therein, there shall in each Contracting State be

attributed to that permanent establishment the profits which it might be expected to

make if it were a distinct and separate enterprise engaged in the same or similar

activities under the same or similar conditions and dealing wholly independently

with the enterprise of which it is a permanent establishment or with other associated

enterprises with which it deals.

3. In the determination of the profits of a permanent establishment, there shall

be allowed as deductions expenses of the enterprise, being expenses which are

incurred for the purposes of the permanent establishment (including executive and

general administrative expenses so incurred) and which would be deductible if the

permanent establishment were an independent entity which paid those expenses,

whether incurred in the Contracting State in which the permanent establishment is

situated or elsewhere.

4. Nothing in this Article shall affect the application of any law of a

Contracting State relating to the determination of the tax liability of a person,

including the determination of such liability by the exercise of discretion or the

making of an estimate by the competent authority of that State in cases in which,

from the information available to the competent authority of that State, it is not

possible or not practicable to ascertain the profits to be attributed to a permanent

establishment, provided that that law shall be applied, and the result shall be in

accordance with the principles contained in this Article.

5. No profits shall be attributed to a permanent establishment by reason of the

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mere purchase by that permanent establishment of goods or merchandise for the

enterprise.

6. For the purposes of the preceding paragraphs, the profits to be attributed to

the permanent establishment shall be determined by the same method year by year

unless there is good and sufficient reason to the contrary.

7. The provisions of this Article shall not affect the provisions of the law of a

Contracting State regarding the taxation of profits from the business of insurance.

8. Where profits include items of income which are dealt with separately in

other Articles of this Convention, then the provisions of those Articles shall not be

affected by the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE 8

International Traffic

1. Profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of ships or

aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in that State.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to profits derived from the

participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating agency.

ARTICLE 9

Associated Enterprises

Where -

(a) an enterprise of a Contracting State participates directly or indirectly in

the management, control or capital of an enterprise of the other

Contracting State, or

(b) the same persons participate directly or indirectly in the management,

control or capital of an enterprise of a Contracting State and an

enterprise of the other Contracting State,

and in either case conditions are made or imposed between the two enterprises in

their commercial or financial relations which differ from those which would be made

between independent enterprises, then any profits which would, but for those

conditions, have accrued to one of the enterprises, but, by reason of those conditions,

have not so accrued, may be included in the profits of that enterprise and taxed

accordingly.

2. Nothing in this Article shall affect the application of any law of a

Contracting State relating to the determination of the tax liability of an enterprise

including the determination of such liability by the exercise of a discretion or the

making of an estimate by the competent authority of that State in cases which, from

the information available to the competent authority of that State, it is not possible

or not practicable to determine the income to be attributed to an enterprise, provided

that that law shall be applied, and the result shall be in accordance with the

principles contained in this Article.

3. Where a Contracting State includes in the profits of an enterprise of that

State, and taxes accordingly, profits on which an enterprise of the other Contracting

State has been charged to tax in that other State and the profits so included are

profits which would have accrued to that enterprise of the first-mentioned State if

the conditions made between the two enterprises had been those which would have

been made between independent enterprises, then that other State shall make an

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appropriate adjustment to the amount of the tax charged therein on those profits. In

determining such adjustment, due regard shall be had to the other provisions of this

Convention and the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall if necessary

consult each other.

ARTICLE 10

Dividends

1. Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State to a

resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

2. However, such dividends may also be taxed in the Contracting State of

which the company paying the dividends is a resident and according to the laws of

that State, but

(a) where the dividends are paid by a company which is a resident of

Luxembourg to a resident of Malta who is the beneficial owner thereof,

the Luxembourg tax so charged shall not exceed

(i) 5 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends if the beneficial

owner is a company (other than a partnership) which holds

directly at least 25 per cent of the capital of the company paying

the dividends;

(ii) 15 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends in all other cases;

(b) where the dividends are paid by a company which is a resident of Malta

to a resident of Luxembourg who is the beneficial owner thereof Malta

tax on the gross amount of the dividends shall not exceed that

chargeable on the profits out of which the dividends are paid.

This paragraph shall not affect the taxation of the company in respect of the

profits out of which the dividends are paid.

3. The term "dividends" as used in this Article means income from shares,

"jouissance" shares or "jouissance" rights, mining shares, founders' shares or other

rights, not being debt-claims, participating in profits, as well as income from other

corporate rights which is subjected to the same taxation treatment as income from

shares by the laws of the State of which the company making the distribution is a

resident.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner

of the dividends, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the

other Contracting State of which the company paying the dividends is a resident,

through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State

independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and the holding in

respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with such permanent

establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as

the case may be, shall apply.

5. Where a company which is a resident of a Contracting State derives profits

or income from the other Contracting State, that other State may not impose any tax

on the dividends paid by the company, except insofar as such dividends are paid to a

resident of that other State or insofar as the holding in respect of which the dividends

are paid is effectively connected with a permanent establishment or a fixed base

situated in that other State, nor subject the company’s undistributed profits to a tax

on the company’s undistributed profits, even if the dividends paid or the

undistributed profits consist wholly or partly of profits or income arising in such

other State.

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ARTICLE 11

Interest

1. Interest arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other

Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other State, if such resident is the

beneficial owner of the interest.

2. The term "interest" as used in this Article means income from debt-claims of

every kind, whether or not secured by mortgage and whether or not carrying a right

to participate in the debtor’s profits, and in particular, income from government

securities and income from bonds or debentures, including premiums and prizes

attaching to such securities, bonds or debentures. Penalty charges for late payment

shall not be regarded as interest for the purpose of this Article.

3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the

interest, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other

Contracting State in which the interest arises, through a permanent establishment

situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal services from a

fixed base situated therein, and the debt-claim in respect of which the interest is paid

is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such

case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

4. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the

beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the

interest, having regard to the debt-claim for which it is paid, exceeds the amount

which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the beneficial owner in the

absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article shall apply only to the

last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the payments shall remain

taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due regard being had to the

other provisions of this Convention.

ARTICLE 12

Royalties

1. Royalties arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other

Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

2. However, such royalties may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which

they arise and according to the laws of that State, but if the recipient is the beneficial

owner of the royalties the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross

amount of the royalties.

3. The term "royalties" as used in this Article means payments or credits,

whether periodical or not, and however described or computed, to the extent to

which they are made as consideration for

(a) the use of, or the right to use, any copyright, patent, design or model,

plan, secret formula or process, trademark or other like property or

right;

(b) the supply of scientific, technical, industrial or commercial knowledge

or information;

(c) the supply of any assistance that is ancillary and subsidiary to, and is

furnished as a means of enabling the application or enjoyment of, any

such property or right as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), or any such

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knowledge or information as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b);

(d) the use of, or the right to use

(i) motion picture films; or

(ii) films or video tapes for use in connection with television; or

(iii) tapes for use in connection with radio broadcasting;

(e) total or partial forbearance in respect of the use or supply of any

property or right referred to in this paragraph.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the beneficial owner

of the royalties, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the

other Contracting State in which the royalties arise, through a permanent

establishment situated therein, or performs in that other State independent personal

services from a fixed base situated therein, and the right or property in respect of

which the royalties are paid is effectively connected with such permanent

establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of Article 7 or Article 14, as

the case may be, shall apply.

5. Royalties shall be deemed to arise in a Contracting State when the payer is

that State itself, a political subdivision, a local authority, or a resident of that State.

Where, however, the person paying the royalties, whether he is a resident of a

Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or

fixed base in connection with which the obligation to pay the royalties was incurred,

and such royalties are borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then

such royalties shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent

establishment or fixed base is situated.

6. Where, by reason of a special relationship between the payer and the

beneficial owner or between both of them and some other person, the amount of the

royalties, having regard to the use, right or information for which they are paid,

exceeds the amount which would have been agreed upon by the payer and the

beneficial owner in the absence of such relationship, the provisions of this Article

shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount. In such case, the excess part of the

payments shall remain taxable according to the laws of each Contracting State, due

regard being had to the other provisions of this Convention.

ARTICLE 13

Alienation of Property

1. Income or 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 as well as gains derived from the alienation of shares or

participations in a company whose assets consist mainly of immovable property

situated in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State.

2. Income or gains from the alienation of movable property forming part of the

business property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting

State has in the other Contracting State or of movable property pertaining to a fixed

base available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for

the purpose of performing independent personal services, including such income or

gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or together with

the whole enterprise) or of such fixed base, may be taxed in the other State.

3. Income or gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the

alienation of ships or aircraft operated in international traffic or movable property

pertaining to the operation of such ships or aircraft, shall be taxable only in that

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State.

4. Income or gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred

to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which

the alienator is a resident.

ARTICLE 14

Independent Personal Services

1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of

professional services or other activities of an independent character shall be taxable

only in that State. However, such income may be taxed in the other Contracting State

in the following circumstances

(a) if he has a fixed base regularly available to him in the other Contracting

State for the purpose of performing his activities (in which case only so

much of the income as is attributable to that fixed base may be taxed in

that other Contracting State); or

(b) if his stay in the other Contracting State is for a period or periods

amounting to or exceeding in the aggregate 90 days in any twelve month

period commencing or ending in the calendar year concerned.

2. The term "professional services" includes especially independent scientific,

literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as the independent

activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and accountants.

ARTICLE 15

Dependent Personal Services

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 16, 18, 19 and 20, salaries, wages and

other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of

an employment shall be taxable only in that State unless the employment is exercised

in the other Contracting State. If the employment is so exercised, such remuneration

as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derived by a

resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment exercised in the other

Contracting State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State if

(a) the recipient is present in the other State for a period or periods not

exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve month period

commencing or ending in the calendar year concerned, and

(b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer who is not a

resident of the other State, and

(c) the remuneration is not borne by a permanent establishment or a fixed

base which the employer has in the other State.

3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration

derived in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft operated in

international traffic by an enterprise of a Contracting State may be taxed in that

State.

ARTICLE 16

Directors’ Fees

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Directors’ fees and other similar payments derived by a resident of a Contracting

State in his capacity as a member of the board of directors of a company which is a

resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

ARTICLE 17

Artistes and Sportsmen

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14 and 15, income derived by a

resident of a Contracting State as an entertainer, such as a theatre, motion picture,

radio or television artiste, or a musician, or as a sportsman, from his personal

activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other

State.

2. Where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer or

a sportsman in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsman

himself but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of

Articles 7, 14 and 15, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the

entertainer or sportsman are exercised.

ARTICLE 18

Pensions

1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19, pensions and other

similar remuneration paid to a resident of a Contracting State in consideration of

past employment shall be taxable only in that State.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, pensions and other payments

made under the social security legislation of a Contracting State shall be taxable

only in that State.

ARTICLE 19

Government Service

1. (a) Remuneration, other than a pension, paid by a Contracting State or a

political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of

services rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in

that State.

(b) However, such remuneration shall be taxable only in the other Contracting

State if the services are rendered in that State and the individual is a resident of that

State who

(i) is a national of that State; or

(ii) did not become a resident of that State solely for the purpose of

rendering the services.

2. (a) Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contracting State or

a political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of

services rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in

that State.

(b) However, such pension shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if

the individual is a resident of, and a national of, that State.

3. The provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 18 shall apply to remuneration and

pensions in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by

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a Contracting State or a political subdivision or local authority thereof.

ARTICLE 20

Students and Apprentices

An individual who is a resident of a Contracting State immediately before making

a visit to the other Contracting State and is temporarily present in the other Sate

solely

(a) as a student at a recognized university, college, school or other similar

recognized educational institution in that other State; or

(b) as a business or technical apprentice; or

(c) as a recipient of a grant, allowance or award for the primary purpose of

study, research or training from the Government of either State or from

a scientific, educational, religious, or charitable organization or under a

technical assistance programme entered into by the Government of

either State,

shall be exempt from tax in that other State on

(a) all remittances from abroad for the purposes of his maintenance,

education, study, research or training;

(b) the amount of such grant, allowance or award; and

(c) any remuneration for personal services rendered in that other State,

provided that the remuneration constitutes earnings necessary for his

maintenance.

ARTICLE 21

Other Income

1. Items of income of a resident of a Contracting State, wherever arising, not

dealt with in the foregoing Articles of this Convention shall be taxable only in that

State.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income, other than income

from immovable property as defined in paragraph 2 of Article 6, if the recipient of

such income, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other

Contracting State through a permanent establishment situated therein, or performs in

that other State independent personal services from a fixed base situated therein, and

the right or property in respect of which the income is paid is effectively connected

with such permanent establishment or fixed base. In such case the provisions of

Article 7 or Article 14, as the case may be, shall apply.

ARTICLE 22

Capital

1. Capital represented by immovable property referred to in Article 6, owned

by a resident of a Contracting State and situated in the other Contracting State, may

be taxed in that other State.

2. Capital represented by movable property forming part of the business

property of a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has

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in the other Contracting State or by movable property pertaining to a fixed base

available to a resident of a Contracting State in the other Contracting State for the

purpose of performing independent personal services, may be taxed in that other

3. Capital represented by ships and aircraft operated in international traffic by

an enterprise of a Contracting State and by movable property pertaining to the

operation of such ships and aircraft, shall be taxable only in that State.

4. All other elements of capital of a resident of a Contracting State shall be

taxable only in that State.

ARTICLE 23

Elimination of Double Taxation

1. In Luxembourg double taxation shall be eliminated as follows

(a) Where a resident of Luxembourg derives income or owns capital which,

in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, may be taxed in

Malta, Luxembourg shall, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraphs

(b) to (f), exempt such income or capital from tax, but may, in order to

calculate the amount of tax on the remaining income or capital of the

resident, apply the same rates of tax as if the income or capital had not

been exempted.

(b) Where a resident of Luxembourg derives royalties which, in accordance

with the provisions of Article 12 may be taxed in Malta, Luxembourg

shall allow as a deduction from the tax on the income of that resident an

amount equal to the tax paid in Malta. Such deduction shall not,

however, exceed that part of the tax, as computed before the deduction

is given, which is attributable to such royalties derived from Malta.

(c) Where an enterprise of Luxembourg derives income which, in

accordance with the provisions of Article 7, may be taxed in Malta,

Luxembourg shall allow as a deduction from the tax on the income of

that resident an amount equal to the tax paid in Malta, but only if the

enterprise enjoys in Malta a special fiscal treatment by virtue of the

laws or the administrative practice of Malta. Such deduction shall not,

however, exceed that part of the tax, as computed before the deduction

is given, which is attributable to such income derived from Malta. The

Governments of the Contracting States shall agree periodically which

special fiscal treatment is meant under the provisions of this sub-

paragraph.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (b), where a resident

of Luxembourg derives interest or royalties arising in Malta,

Luxembourg shall allow as a deduction from the tax on the income of

that resident an amount equal to the tax which would have been payable

but for the exemption or reduction of Malta tax in accordance with

special incentive measures for the promotion of development of

industry, infrastructure and tourism in Malta, provided that in the case

of interest or royalties such tax shall be deemed to have been paid at

(i) 10 per cent of the gross amount of the interest referred to in

Article 11; and

(ii) 10 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties referred to in

Article 12.

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The provisions of this sub-paragraph shall apply for a period of seven

years beginning on the 1 January in the calendar year in which the

Convention enters into force. This period may be extended by mutual

agreement between the competent authorities.

(e) Where a company which is a resident of Luxembourg derives dividends

from Malta sources, Luxembourg shall exempt such dividends from tax,

provided that the company which is a resident of Luxembourg holds

directly at least 25 per cent of the capital of the company paying the

dividends since the beginning of the accounting year and if this

company is subject in Malta to an income tax corresponding to the

Luxembourg corporation tax. The above-mentioned shares in the Malta

company are, under the same conditions, exempt from the Luxembourg

capital tax. The exemption under this sub-paragraph shall also apply

notwithstanding that the Malta company is exempted from tax or taxed

at a reduced rate in Malta in accordance with Malta laws providing

incentives for the promotion of development of industry, infrastructure

and tourism in Malta.

(f) Where a resident of Luxembourg derives dividends from Malta sources

not dealt with in sub-paragraph (e), such dividends shall be subject to

Luxembourg tax on the amount after the deduction of Malta tax charged

on such dividends, but, there shall be allowed as a credit against

Luxembourg tax an amount of 15 per cent on such dividends after the

deduction of the Malta tax (if any) charged thereon. Such credit shall

not, however, exceed that part of the tax, as computed before the credit

is given, which is attributable to such dividends derived from Malta.

2. In Malta double taxation shall be eliminated as follows

(a) Subject to the provisions of the law of Malta regarding the allowance of

a credit against Malta tax in respect of foreign tax, where, in accordance

with the provisions of this Convention, there is included in a Malta

assessment income from sources within Luxembourg, the Luxembourg

tax on such income shall be allowed as a credit against the relative

Malta tax payable thereon.

(b) Where a company which is a resident of Luxembourg pays a dividend to

a company resident in Malta which controls directly or indirectly at

least 10 per cent of the voting power in the first-mentioned company,

the credit shall take into account (in addition to any Luxembourg tax for

which credit may be allowed under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph)

the Luxembourg tax payable by that first-mentioned company in respect

of the profits out of which such dividend is paid.

3. Where the Convention provides that income arising in a Contracting State

shall be relieved from tax in that State, either in full or in part, and, under the law in

force in the other Contracting State, such income is subject to tax by reference to the

amount thereof which is remitted to or received in that other State and not by

reference to the full amount thereof, then the relief to be allowed in the first-

mentioned State shall apply only to so much of the income as is remitted to or

received in the other State.

ARTICLE 24

Non-Discrimination

1. Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other

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Contracting State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith, which is

other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which

nationals of that other State in the same circumstances are or may be subjected. This

provision shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, also apply to persons

who are not residents of one or both of the Contracting States.

2. The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a

Contracting State has in the other Contracting State shall not be less favourably

levied in that other State than the taxation levied on enterprises of that other State

carrying on the same activities.

3. Except where the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 9, paragraph 4 of

Article 11, or paragraph 6 of Article 12, apply, interest, royalties and other

disbursements paid by an enterprise of a Contracting State to a resident of the other

Contracting State shall, for the purpose of determining the taxable profits of such

enterprise, be deductible under the same conditions as if they had been paid to a

resident of the first-mentioned State.

Similarly, any debts of an enterprise of a Contracting State to a resident of the

other Contracting State shall, for the purpose of determining the taxable capital of

such enterprise, be deductible under the same conditions as if they had been

contracted to a resident of the first-mentioned State.

4. Enterprises of a Contracting State, the capital of which is wholly or partly

owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by one or more residents of the other

Contracting State, shall not be subjected in the first-mentioned State to any taxation

or any requirement connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the

taxation and connected requirements to which other similar enterprises of the first-

mentioned State are or may be subjected.

5. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as obliging a Contracting State to

grant to individuals who are resident of the other Contracting State any personal

allowances, reliefs and reductions for tax purposes on account of civil status, family

responsibilities or any other personal circumstances which it grants to its own

residents.

6. The provisions of this Article shall, notwithstanding the provisions of

Article 2, apply to taxes of every kind and description.

ARTICLE 25

Mutual Agreement Procedure

1. Where a person considers that the actions of one or both of the Contracting

States result or will result for him in taxation not in accordance with the provisions

of this Convention, he may, irrespective of the remedies provided by the domestic

law of those States, present his case to the competent authority of the Contracting

State of which he is a resident or, if his case comes under paragraph 1 of Article 24,

to that of the Contracting State of which he is a national. The case must be presented

within three years from the first notification of the action resulting in taxation not in

accordance with the provisions of the Convention.

2. The competent authority shall endeavour, if the objection appears to it to be

justified and if it is not itself able to arrive at a satisfactory solution, to resolve the

case by mutual agreement with the competent authority of the other Contracting

State, with a view to the avoidance of taxation which is not in accordance with the

Convention. Any agreement reached shall be implemented notwithstanding any time

limits in the domestic law of the Contracting States.

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3. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall endeavour to

r e s o l v e b y m u t u a l a g r e e m e n t a n y d i ff i c u l t i e s o r d o u b t s a r i s i n g a s t o t h e

interpretation or application of the Convention. They may also consult together for

the elimination of double taxation in cases not provided for in the Convention.

4. The competent authorities of the Contracting States may communicate with

each other directly for the purpose of reaching an agreement in the sense of the

preceding paragraphs. When it seems advisable in order to reach agreement to have

an oral exchange of opinions, such exchange may take place through a Commission

consisting of representatives of the competent authorities of the Contracting States.

Article 26 *

Exchange of Information

1. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall exchange such

information as is foreseeably relevant for carrying out the provisions of this

Convention or to the administration or enforcement of the domestic laws concerning

taxes of every kind and description imposed on behalf of the Contracting States, or

of their political subdivisions or local authorities, insofar as the taxation thereunder

is not contrary to the Convention. The exchange of information is not restricted by

Articles 1 and 2.

2. Any information received under paragraph 1 by a Contracting State shall be

treated as secret in the same manner as information obtained under the domestic laws

of that State and shall be disclosed only to persons or authorities (including courts

and administrative bodies) concerned with the assessment or collection of, the

enforcement or prosecution in respect of, the determination of appeals in relation to

the taxes referred to in paragraph 1, or the oversight of the above. Such persons or

authorities shall use the information only for such purposes. They may disclose the

information in public court proceedings or in judicial decisions.

3. In no case shall the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 be construed so as to

impose on a Contracting State the obligation

a)

to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws and

administrative practice of that or of the other Contracting State;

b)

to supply information which is not obtainable under the laws or in the

normal course of the administration of that or of the other Contracting

State;

c)

to supply information which would disclose any trade, business,

industrial, commercial or professional secret or trade process, or

information the disclosure of which would be contrary to public policy

(ordre public).

4. If information is requested by a Contracting State in accordance with this

Article, the other Contracting State shall use its information gathering measures to

obtain the requested information, even though that other State may not need such

information for its own tax purposes. The obligation contained in the preceding

sentence is subject to the limitations of paragraph 3 but in no case shall such

limitations be construed to permit a Contracting State to decline to supply

information solely because it has no domestic interest in such information.

5. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 3 be construed to permit a

Contracting State to decline to supply information upon request solely because the

information is held by a bank, other financial institution, nominee or person acting in

*as substituted by the Protocol reproduced in Legal Notice 238 of 2013.

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an agency or a fiduciary capacity or because it relates to ownership interests in a

person.

ARTICLE 27

Diplomatic Agents and Consular Officers

Nothing in this Convention shall affect the fiscal privileges of diplomatic agents

or consular officers under the general rules of international law or under the

provisions of special agreements.

ARTICLE 28

Exclusion of Certain Companies

1. The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to companies enjoying a

special fiscal treatment by virtue of the laws or the administrative practice of either

one of the Contracting States. Neither shall they apply to income derived from such

companies by a resident of the other Contracting State, nor to shares or other rights

in such companies owned by such person.

2. The Governments of the Contracting States shall agree periodically which

special fiscal treatment is meant under the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article.

ARTICLE 29

Entry into Force

1. The Governments of the Contracting States shall notify each other that the

constitutional requirements for the entry into force of this Convention have been

complied with.

2. The Convention shall enter into force thirty days after the date of the later of

the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 and its provisions shall have effect

(a) in Luxembourg

(i) in respect of taxes withheld at source, to income derived on or

after 1 January in the calendar year in which the Convention

enters into force;

(ii) in respect of other taxes on income and taxes on capital, to taxes

chargeable for any taxable year beginning on or after 1 January in

the calendar year in which the Convention enters into force;

(b) in Malta

in respect of taxes which are levied for any year of assessment

beginning on or after 1 January in the calendar year immediately

following the year in which the Convention enters into force.

ARTICLE 30

Termination

This Convention shall remain in force until terminated by a Contracting State.

Either Contracting State may terminate the Convention, through diplomatic

channels, by giving notice of termination at least six months before the end of any

calendar year following after the period of five years from the date on which the

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Convention enters into force. In such event, the Convention shall cease to have

effect

1. in Luxembourg

(a) in respect of taxes withheld at source, to income derived on or after l

January in the calendar year immediately following the year in which

the notice is given;

(b) in respect of other taxes on income and taxes on capital, to taxes

chargeable for any taxable year beginning on or after 1 January in the

calendar year immediately following the year in which the notice is

given;

2. in Malta

in respect of taxes which are levied for the year of assessment beginning on

or after 1 January of the second calendar year next following the year in

which the notice is given.

In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorized thereto, have signed this

Convention.

Done in duplicate at Luxembourg this 29th day of April, 1994, in the French and

English languages, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG

GUIDO DE MARCO

JACQUES F. POOS

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER,

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

FOREIGN TRADE AND

COOPERATION

AGREED MINUTES

The representatives of the Government of Malta and the Government of the Grand

Duchy of Luxembourg hereby record the following understanding which has been

reached between the two Governments during the course of the negotiations for the

conclusion of the Convention between Malta and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with

respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Luxembourg today (hereinafter

referred to as "the Convention")

1. With reference to sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 23 of the

Convention the term "if the enterprise enjoys in Malta a special fiscal treatment by

virtue of the laws or the administrative practice of Malta" means a Luxembourg

enterprise with a branch in Malta under the provisions of sub-article (3) of article 22

of the Malta Financial Services Centre Act.

2. With reference to Article 28 of the Convention, the term "companies

enjoying a special fiscal treatment by virtue of the laws or the administrative

practice of either one of the Contracting States" means

(a) in the case of Luxembourg holding companies within the meaning of the

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Act (lot) of 31 July, 1929 and the Decree (arrete grand-ducal) of 17

December, 1938;

(b) in the case of Malta companies which are subject to a special tax regime

under the Malta Financial Services Centre Act, except for companies

which opt in terms of article 41 of the said Act to be subject to the

normal provisions of the Income Tax Act.

Luxembourg, 29th April, 1994

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG

GUIDO DE MARCO

JACQUES F. POOS

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER,

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

FOREIGN TRADE AND

COOPERATION

PROTOCOL

TO AMEND THE CONVENTION BETWEEN

MALTA

AND

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG

FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND

THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT

TO TAXES ON INCOME AND ON CAPITAL,

SIGNED AT LUXEMBOURG ON 29 APRIL 1994

The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of

Malta

Desiring to conclude a Protocol to amend the Convention between the Grand

Duchy of Luxembourg and Malta for the avoidance of double taxation and the

prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital, signed at

Luxembourg on 29 April 1994, (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),

Have agreed as follows

ARTICLE 1

Article 26 (EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION) of the Convention shall be deleted

and replaced by the following

"Article 26