11965F/PRO/PRI/14

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ARTICLE 14

IN THE APPLICATION OF INCOME TAX , WEALTH TAX AND DEATH DUTIES AND IN THE APPLICATION OF CONVENTIONS ON THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION CONCLUDED BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITIES , OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THE COMMUNITIES WHO , SOLELY BY REASON OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITIES , ESTABLISH THEIR RESIDENCE IN THE TERRITORY OF A MEMBER STATE OTHER THAN THEIR COUNTRY OF DOMICILE FOR TAX PURPOSES AT THE TIME OF ENTERING THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITIES , SHALL BE CONSIDERED , BOTH IN THE COUNTRY OF THEIR ACTUAL RESIDENCE AND IN THE COUNTRY OF DOMICILE FOR TAX PURPOSES , AS HAVING MAINTAINED THEIR DOMICILE IN THE LATTER COUNTRY PROVIDED THAT IT IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITIES . THIS PROVISION SHALL ALSO APPLY TO A SPOUSE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LATTER IS NOT SEPARATELY ENGAGED IN A GAINFUL OCCUPATION , AND TO CHILDREN DEPENDENT ON AND IN THE CARE OF THE PERSONS REFERRED TO IN THIS ARTICLE .

MOVABLE PROPERTY BELONGING TO PERSONS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND SITUATED IN THE TERRITORY OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY ARE STAYING SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM DEATH DUTIES IN THAT COUNTRY ; SUCH PROPERTY SHALL , FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SUCH DUTY , BE CONSIDERED AS BEING IN THE COUNTRY OF DOMICILE FOR TAX PURPOSES , SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF THIRD COUNTRIES AND TO THE POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON DOUBLE TAXATION .

ANY DOMICILE ACQUIRED SOLELY BY REASON OF THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES IN THE SERVICE OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS SHALL NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE .