Zakon o ratifikaciji Konvencije med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Kraljevine Tajske o izogibanju dvojnega obdavčevanja in preprečevanju davčnih utaj v zvezi z davki od dohodka (BTHIDO)

Ratificira se Konvencija med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Kraljevine Tajske o izogibanju dvojnega obdavčevanja in preprečevanju davčnih utaj v zvezi z davki od dohodka, podpisana v Ljubljani 11. julija 2003.

Besedilo konvencije se v izvirniku v slovenskem in angleškem jeziku glasi:* Vlada Republike Slovenije in Vlada Kraljevine Tajske sta se v želji, da bi sklenili konvencijo o izogibanju dvojnega obdavčevanja in preprečevanju davčnih utaj v zvezi z davki od dohodka, sporazumeli:

Ta konvencija se uporablja za osebe, ki so rezidenti ene ali obeh držav pogodbenic.

1. Ta konvencija se uporablja za davke od dohodka, ki se uvedejo v imenu države pogodbenice ali njenih političnih enot ali lokalnih oblasti, ne glede na način njihove uvedbe. 2. Za davke od dohodka se štejejo vsi davki, uvedeni na celoten dohodek ali na sestavine dohodka, vključno z davki od dobička iz odtujitve premičnin ali nepremičnin, davki od celotnega zneska mezd ali plač, ki jih plačujejo podjetja, ter davki na zvišanje vrednosti kapitala. 3. Obstoječi davki, za katere se uporablja konvencija, so zlasti: a) v Sloveniji: i) davek od dobička pravnih oseb in ii) davek od dohodka posameznikov, vključno z mezdami in plačami, dohodkom iz kmetijskih dejavnosti, dohodkom iz poslovanja, dobičkom iz kapitala in dohodkom iz nepremičnin in premičnin (v nadaljevanju “slovenski davek”); b) na Tajskem: i) davek od dohodka in ii) davek od dohodka od nafte (v nadaljevanju “tajski davek”). 4. Konvencija se uporablja tudi za enake ali vsebinsko podobne davke, ki se uvedejo po datumu podpisa konvencije dodatno k obstoječim davkom ali namesto njih. Pristojna organa držav pogodbenic drug drugega uradno obvestita o vseh bistvenih spremembah njunih davčnih zakonodaj.

1. V tej konvenciji, razen če sobesedilo ne zahteva drugače: a) izraz “Slovenija” pomeni Republiko Slovenijo, in ko se uporablja v zemljepisnem smislu, ozemlje Slovenije, vključno z morskim območjem, morskim dnom in podzemljem ob teritorialnem morju, na katerem lahko Slovenija izvaja svoje suverene pravice in jurisdikcijo v skladu s svojo domačo zakonodajo in mednarodnim pravom; b) izraz “Tajska” pomeni Kraljevino Tajsko in vključuje morsko območje ob teritorialnem morju Kraljevine Tajske, ki je bilo določeno ali se lahko po tajski zakonodaji in v skladu z mednarodnim pravom določi kot območje, na katerem lahko Kraljevina Tajska uresničuje svoje pravice v zvezi z morskim dnom in podzemljem ter njunimi naravnimi viri; c) izraza “država pogodbenica” in “druga država pogodbenica” pomenita, kot zahteva sobesedilo, Slovenijo ali Tajsko; d) izraz “oseba” vključuje posameznika, družbo in katero koli drugo telo, ki združuje več oseb, kakor tudi kateri koli subjekt, ki se po davčni zakonodaji te ali druge države pogodbenice šteje za davčnega zavezanca; e) izraz “družba” pomeni katero koli korporacijo ali kateri koli subjekt, ki se za davčne namene obravnava kot korporacija; f) izraza “podjetje države pogodbenice” in “podjetje druge države pogodbenice” pomenita podjetje, ki ga upravlja rezident države pogodbenice, in podjetje, ki ga upravlja rezident druge države pogodbenice; g) izraz “davek” pomeni, kot zahteva sobesedilo, slovenski ali tajski davek; h) izraz “mednarodni promet” pomeni prevoz z ladjo ali letalom, ki ga opravlja podjetje države pogodbenice, razen če ladja ali letalo ne opravlja prevozov samo med kraji v drugi državi pogodbenici; i) izraz “pristojni organ” pomeni: i) v Sloveniji Ministrstvo za finance Republike Slovenije ali pooblaščenega predstavnika tega ministrstva; ii) na Tajskem ministra za finance ali njegovega pooblaščenega predstavnika; j) izraz “državljan” pomeni: i) posameznika, ki ima državljanstvo države pogodbenice; ii) pravno osebo, osebno družbo, združenje in kateri koli drug subjekt, katerega status izhaja iz veljavne zakonodaje države pogodbenice. 2. Ko država pogodbenica uporablja konvencijo, ima kateri koli izraz, ki v njej ni opredeljen, razen če sobesedilo ne zahteva drugače, pomen, ki ga ima po pravu te države za namene davkov, za katere se uporablja konvencija.

1. V tej konvenciji izraz “rezident države pogodbenice” pomeni osebo, ki je po zakonodaji te države dolžna plačevati davke zaradi svojega stalnega prebivališča, prebivališča, kraja ustanovitve (registracije), sedeža uprave ali katerega koli drugega podobnega merila, in vključuje tudi to državo in katero koli njeno politično enoto ali lokalno oblast. Ta izraz pa ne vključuje osebe, ki je dolžna plačevati davke v tej državi samo v zvezi z dohodki iz virov v tej državi. 2. Kadar je zaradi določb prvega odstavka posameznik rezident obeh držav pogodbenic, se njegov status določi tako: a) šteje se za rezidenta države, v kateri ima na razpolago stalno prebivališče; če ima na razpolago stalno prebivališče v obeh državah, se šteje za rezidenta države, s katero ima tesnejše osebne in ekonomske odnose (središče življenjskih interesov); b) če ni mogoče opredeliti države, v kateri ima središče življenjskih interesov, ali če nima v nobeni od držav na razpolago stalnega prebivališča, se šteje za rezidenta države, v kateri ima običajno bivališče; c) če ima običajno bivališče v obeh državah ali v nobeni od njiju, se šteje za rezidenta države, katere državljan je; d) če je državljan obeh držav ali nobene od njiju, si pristojna organa držav pogodbenic prizadevata vprašanje rešiti s skupnim dogovorom. 3. Kadar je zaradi določb prvega odstavka oseba, ki ni posameznik, rezident obeh držav pogodbenic, pristojna organa držav pogodbenic vprašanje rešita s skupnim dogovorom in določita način uporabe sporazuma za tako osebo.

1. V tej konvenciji izraz “stalna poslovna enota” pomeni stalno mesto poslovanja, prek katerega v celoti ali delno poteka poslovanje podjetja. 2. Izraz “stalna poslovna enota” še posebej vključuje: a) sedež uprave, b) podružnico, c) pisarno, d) tovarno, e) delavnico, f) rudnik, nahajališče nafte ali plina, kamnolom ali kateri koli drug kraj pridobivanja naravnih virov in g) skladišče v povezavi z osebo, ki drugim zagotavlja skladiščne prostore. 3. Izraz “stalna poslovna enota” vključuje tudi: a) gradbišče, projekt gradnje, montaže ali postavitve ali dejavnosti nadzora v zvezi z njimi, kadar tako gradbišče, projekt ali dejavnosti skupno trajajo več kot šest mesecev; b) opravljanje storitev, vključno s svetovalnimi storitvami, ki jih opravlja podjetje ene od držav pogodbenic s svojimi zaposlenimi ali z drugim osebjem, če se tovrstne dejavnosti za isti projekt ali projekt, ki je povezan z njim, v drugi državi pogodbenici izvajajo v obdobju ali obdobjih, ki skupno trajajo več kot šest mesecev v katerem koli obdobju dvanajstih mesecev. 4. Ne glede na prejšnje določbe tega člena se šteje, da izraz “stalna poslovna enota” ne vključuje: a) uporabe prostorov samo za skladiščenje, razstavljanje ali dostavo dobrin ali blaga, ki pripada podjetju; b) vzdrževanja zaloge dobrin ali blaga, ki pripada podjetju, samo za skladiščenje, razstavljanje ali dostavo; c) vzdrževanja zaloge dobrin ali blaga, ki pripada podjetju, samo za predelavo, ki jo opravi drugo podjetje; d) vzdrževanja stalnega mesta poslovanja samo za nakup dobrin ali blaga za podjetje ali zbiranje informacij za podjetje; e) vzdrževanja stalnega mesta poslovanja samo za opravljanje kakršne koli druge pripravljalne ali pomožne dejavnosti za podjetje; f) vzdrževanja stalnega mesta poslovanja samo za kakršno koli kombinacijo dejavnosti, omenjenih v pododstavkih a) do e), če je splošna dejavnost stalnega mesta poslovanja, ki je posledica te kombinacije, pripravljalna ali pomožna. 5. Ne glede na določbe prvega, drugega in tretjega odstavka, kadar oseba – ki ni zastopnik z neodvisnim statusom, za katerega se uporablja šesti odstavek – v državi pogodbenici deluje v imenu podjetja druge države pogodbenice, se za to podjetje šteje, da ima v prvi omenjeni državi stalno poslovno enoto, če taka oseba: a) ima in običajno uporablja v prvi omenjeni državi pooblastilo za sklepanje pogodb v imenu podjetja, razen če njene dejavnosti niso omejene na nakup dobrin in blaga za podjetje; b) nima takega pooblastila, pač pa v prvi omenjeni državi običajno vzdržuje zaloge dobrin ali blaga, ki pripadajo podjetju, iz katerih redno dobavlja v imenu podjetja, ali c) nima takega pooblastila, pač pa v prvi omenjeni državi običajno pridobiva naročila izključno ali skoraj izključno za podjetje ali za podjetje in druga podjetja, ki jih to podjetje nadzoruje ali ima v njih obvladujoči delež. 6. Ne šteje se, da ima podjetje države pogodbenice stalno poslovno enoto v drugi državi pogodbenici samo zato, ker opravlja posle v tej državi prek posrednika, splošnega komisionarja ali katerega koli drugega zastopnika z neodvisnim statusom, če te osebe delujejo v okviru svojega rednega poslovanja. Kadar pa so dejavnosti takega zastopnika namenjene izključno ali skoraj izključno temu podjetju ali temu podjetju in drugim podjetjem, ki jih to podjetje nadzoruje ali ima v njih obvladujoči delež, se ne šteje za zastopnika z neodvisnim statusom v smislu tega odstavka, razen če gre za posle med nepovezanimi osebami. 7. Dejstvo, da družba, ki je rezident države pogodbenice, nadzoruje družbo, ki je rezident druge države pogodbenice ali opravlja posle v tej drugi državi (prek stalne poslovne enote ali drugače) ali je pod nadzorom take družbe, samo po sebi še ne pomeni, da je ena od družb stalna poslovna enota druge.

1. Dohodek rezidenta države pogodbenice, ki izhaja iz nepremičnin (vključno z dohodkom iz kmetijstva ali gozdarstva), ki so v drugi državi pogodbenici, se lahko obdavči v tej drugi državi. 2. Izraz “nepremičnine” ima pomen, ki ga ima po pravu države pogodbenice, v kateri je ta nepremičnina. Izraz vedno vključuje premoženje, ki je sestavni del nepremičnin, živino in opremo, ki se uporablja v kmetijstvu, gozdarstvu in ribištvu, pravice, za katere se uporabljajo določbe splošnega prava v zvezi z zemljiško lastnino, užitek na nepremičninah in pravice do spremenljivih ali stalnih plačil kot odškodnino za izkoriščanje ali pravico do izkoriščanja nahajališč rude, virov ter drugega naravnega bogastva; ladje, čolni in letala se ne štejejo za nepremičnine. 3. Določbe prvega odstavka se uporabljajo za dohodek, dosežen z neposredno uporabo, dajanjem v najem ali katero koli drugo obliko uporabe nepremičnine. 4. Določbe prvega in tretjega odstavka se uporabljajo tudi za dohodek iz nepremičnin podjetja in za dohodek iz nepremičnin, ki se uporabljajo za opravljanje samostojnih osebnih storitev.

1. Dobiček podjetja države pogodbenice se obdavči samo v tej državi, razen če podjetje ne posluje v drugi državi pogodbenici prek stalne poslovne enote v njej. Če podjetje posluje, kot je prej omenjeno, se lahko dobiček podjetja obdavči v drugi državi, vendar samo toliko dobička, kot se pripiše tej stalni poslovni enoti. 2. Ob upoštevanju določb tretjega odstavka, kadar podjetje države pogodbenice posluje v drugi državi pogodbenici prek stalne poslovne enote v njej, se v vsaki državi pogodbenici tej stalni poslovni enoti pripiše dobiček, za katerega bi se lahko pričakovalo, da bi ga imela, če bi bila različno in ločeno podjetje, ki opravlja enake ali podobne dejavnosti pod istimi ali podobnimi pogoji ter povsem neodvisno posluje s podjetjem, katerega stalna poslovna enota je. 3. Pri določanju dobička stalne poslovne enote je dovoljeno odšteti stroške, ki nastanejo za namene poslovanja stalne poslovne enote, vključno s poslovodnimi in splošnimi upravnimi stroški, ki nastanejo v državi, v kateri je stalna poslovna enota, ali drugje. 4. Če se v državi pogodbenici dobiček, ki se pripiše stalni poslovni enoti, običajno določi na podlagi določenega odstotka bruto prejemkov podjetja ali stalne poslovne enote ali na podlagi porazdelitve vsega dobička podjetja na njegove dele, nič v drugem odstavku tej državi pogodbenici ne preprečuje določiti obdavčljivega dobička z običajno porazdelitvijo; sprejeta metoda pa mora biti taka, da je rezultat v skladu z načeli tega člena. 5. Stalni poslovni enoti se ne pripiše dobiček samo zato, ker nakupuje dobrine ali blago za podjetje. 6. Za namene prejšnjih odstavkov se dobiček, ki se pripiše stalni poslovni enoti, vsako leto določi po isti metodi, razen če ni upravičenega in zadostnega razloga za nasprotno. 7. Kadar dobiček vključuje dohodkovne postavke, ki so posebej obravnavane v drugih členih te konvencije, določbe tega člena ne vplivajo na določbe tistih členov. 8. V tem členu se izraz “dobiček” nanaša na dohodek ali dobiček.

1. Dohodek ali dobiček podjetja države pogodbenice iz opravljanja letalskih prevozov v mednarodnem prometu se obdavči samo v tej državi pogodbenici. 2. Dohodek ali dobiček podjetja države pogodbenice iz opravljanja ladijskih prevozov v mednarodnem prometu se lahko obdavči v drugi državi pogodbenici, vendar se davek v tej drugi državi zniža za znesek v višini 50 odstotkov tega davka. 3. Določbe prvega in drugega odstavka se uporabljajo tudi za dohodek ali dobiček iz udeležbe v interesnem združenju, mešanem podjetju ali mednarodni prevozni agenciji.

1. Kadar: a) je podjetje države pogodbenice neposredno ali posredno udeleženo pri upravljanju, nadzoru ali v kapitalu podjetja druge države pogodbenice ali b) so iste osebe neposredno ali posredno udeležene pri upravljanju, nadzoru ali v kapitalu podjetja države pogodbenice in podjetja druge države pogodbenice in v obeh primerih obstajajo ali se uvedejo med podjetjema v njunih komercialnih ali finančnih odnosih pogoji, drugačni od tistih, ki bi obstajali med neodvisnimi podjetji, se kakršen koli dohodek ali dobiček, ki bi prirastel enemu od podjetij, če takih pogojev ne bi bilo, vendar prav zaradi takih pogojev ni prirastel, lahko vključi v dohodek ali dobiček tega podjetja in ustrezno obdavči. 2. Kadar država pogodbenica v dobiček podjetja te države vključuje ( in ustrezno obdavči ( dobiček, za katerega je bilo že obdavčeno podjetje druge države pogodbenice v tej drugi državi, in je tako vključeni dobiček dobiček, ki bi prirastel podjetju prve omenjene države, če bi bili pogoji, ki obstajajo med podjetjema, taki, kot bi obstajali med neodvisnimi podjetji, ta druga država lahko ustrezno prilagodi znesek davka, ki se v tej državi obračuna od tega dobička. Pri določanju take prilagoditve je treba upoštevati druge določbe te konvencije, pristojna organa držav pogodbenic pa se po potrebi med seboj posvetujeta.

1. Dividende, ki jih družba, ki je rezident države pogodbenice, plača rezidentu druge države pogodbenice, se lahko obdavčijo v tej drugi državi. 2. Take dividende pa se lahko obdavčijo tudi v državi pogodbenici, katere rezident je družba, ki dividende plačuje, in v skladu z zakonodajo te države, če pa je upravičeni lastnik dividend rezident druge države pogodbenice, tako obračunani davek ne presega 10 odstotkov bruto zneska dividend. Ta odstavek ne vpliva na obdavčenje družbe v zvezi z dobičkom, iz katerega se plačajo dividende. 3. Izraz “dividende”, kot je uporabljen v tem členu, pomeni dohodek iz delnic, rudniških delnic, ustanoviteljskih delnic ali drugih pravic do udeležbe v dobičku, ki niso terjatve, in tudi dohodek iz drugih korporacijskih pravic, ki se davčno obravnava enako kot dohodek iz delnic po zakonodaji države, katere rezident je družba, ki dividende deli. 4. Določbe prvega in drugega odstavka se ne uporabljajo, če upravičeni lastnik dividend, ki je rezident države pogodbenice, posluje v drugi državi pogodbenici, katere rezident je družba, ki dividende plačuje, prek stalne poslovne enote v njej ali opravlja v tej drugi državi samostojne osebne storitve iz stalne baze v njej ter je delež, v zvezi s katerim se dividende plačajo, dejansko povezan s tako stalno poslovno enoto ali stalno bazo. V takem primeru se uporabljajo določbe 7. ali 14. člena, odvisno od primera. 5. Kadar dobiček ali dohodek družbe, ki je rezident države pogodbenice, izhaja iz druge države pogodbenice, ta druga država ne sme uvesti nobenega davka na dividende, ki jih plača družba, razen če se te dividende plačajo rezidentu te druge države ali če je delež, v zvezi s katerim se take dividende plačajo, dejansko povezan s stalno poslovno enoto ali stalno bazo v tej drugi državi, niti ne sme uvesti davka od nerazdeljenega dobička na nerazdeljeni dobiček družbe, tudi če so plačane dividende ali nerazdeljeni dobiček v celoti ali delno sestavljeni iz dobička ali dohodka, ki nastane v taki drugi državi. Nobena določba te konvencije se ne more razlagati tako, kot da državi pogodbenici preprečuje obdavčiti dobiček, ki ga stalna poslovna enota v njej prenese iz države pogodbenice v skladu z določbami njene domače zakonodaje, vendar tako obračunani davek v nobenem primeru ne sme presegati davka, ki se za dividende obračuna v državi pogodbenici v skladu z določbami drugega odstavka tega člena.

1. Obresti, ki nastanejo v državi pogodbenici in se izplačajo rezidentu druge države pogodbenice, se lahko obdavčijo v tej drugi državi. 2. Take obresti pa se lahko obdavčijo tudi v državi pogodbenici, v kateri nastanejo, in v skladu z zakonodajo te države, če pa je upravičeni lastnik obresti rezident druge države pogodbenice, tako obračunani davek ne presega: a) 10 odstotkov bruto zneska obresti, če jih prejme finančna institucija (vključno z zavarovalnico); b) 15 odstotkov bruto zneska obresti v vseh drugih primerih. 3. Ne glede na določbe drugega odstavka so obresti, ki nastanejo v državi pogodbenici in se rezidentu druge države pogodbenice plačajo za posojilo, ki ga je dala ali je zanj dala poroštvo: a) v Sloveniji: i) Vlada Republike Slovenije, ii) katera koli politična enota ali lokalna oblast, iii) Banka Slovenije, iv) Slovenska izvozna družba, v) katera koli institucija, za katero se vsakokrat dogovorita državi pogodbenici; b) na Tajskem: i) Vlada Tajske, ii) katera koli politična enota ali lokalna oblast, iii) Banka Tajske, iv) Izvozno-uvozna banka Tajske, v) Državna hranilnica, vi) Državna stanovanjska banka, vii) katera koli institucija, za katero se vsakokrat dogovorita državi pogodbenici, oproščene davka v prvi omenjeni državi. 4. Izraz “obresti”, kot je uporabljen v tem členu, pomeni dohodek iz vseh vrst terjatev ne glede na to, ali so zavarovane s hipoteko, in ne glede na to, ali imajo pravico do udeležbe v dolžnikovem dobičku, in še posebej dohodek iz državnih vrednostnih papirjev ter dohodek iz obveznic ali zadolžnic, vključno s premijami in nagradami od takih vrednostnih papirjev, obveznic ali zadolžnic, kakor tudi vsak dohodek, ki se po davčni zakonodaji države pogodbenice, v kateri takšen dohodek nastane, obravnava kot dohodek od denarnih posojil. Kazni zaradi zamude pri plačilu se za namen tega člena ne štejejo za obresti. 5. Določbe prvega in drugega odstavka se ne uporabljajo, če upravičeni lastnik obresti, ki je rezident države pogodbenice, posluje v drugi državi pogodbenici, v kateri obresti nastanejo, prek stalne poslovne enote v njej ali opravlja v tej drugi državi samostojne osebne storitve iz stalne baze v njej ter je terjatev, v zvezi s katero se obresti plačajo, dejansko povezana s tako stalno poslovno enoto ali stalno bazo. V takem primeru se uporabljajo določbe 7. ali 14. člena, odvisno od primera. 6. Šteje se, da obresti nastanejo v državi pogodbenici, kadar je plačnik ta država, politična enota, lokalna oblast ali rezident te države. Kadar pa ima oseba, ki plačuje obresti, ne glede na to, ali je rezident države pogodbenice, v državi pogodbenici stalno poslovno enoto ali stalno bazo, v zvezi s katero je nastala zadolžitev, za katero se plačajo obresti ter take obresti krije taka stalna poslovna enota ali stalna baza, se šteje, da take obresti nastanejo v državi, v kateri je stalna poslovna enota ali stalna baza. 7. Kadar zaradi posebnega odnosa med plačnikom in upravičenim lastnikom ali med njima in drugo osebo znesek obresti glede na terjatev, za katero se plačajo, presega znesek, za katerega bi se sporazumela plačnik in upravičeni lastnik, če takega odnosa ne bi bilo, se določbe tega člena uporabljajo samo za zadnji omenjeni znesek. V takem primeru se presežni del plačil še naprej obdavčuje v skladu z zakonodajo vsake države pogodbenice, pri čemer je treba upoštevati druge določbe te konvencije.

1. Licenčnine in avtorski honorarji, ki nastanejo v državi pogodbenici in se plačajo rezidentu druge države pogodbenice, se lahko obdavčijo v tej drugi državi. 2. Take licenčnine in avtorski honorarji pa se lahko obdavčijo tudi v državi pogodbenici, v kateri nastanejo, in v skladu z zakonodajo te države, če pa je upravičeni lastnik licenčnin in avtorskih honorarjev rezident druge države pogodbenice, tako obračunani davek ne presega: a) 10 odstotkov bruto zneska licenčnin in avtorskih honorarjev za uporabo ali pravico do uporabe kakršnih koli avtorskih pravic za literarno ali umetniško delo, vključno s kinematografskimi filmi, predvajanjem v živo, filmi, trakovi ali drugimi sredstvi za uporabo ali reprodukcijo v zvezi z radijskim in televizijskim predvajanjem, in za uporabo ali pravico do uporabe industrijske, komercialne ali znanstvene opreme; b) 15 odstotkov bruto zneska licenčnin in avtorskih honorarjev v vseh drugih primerih. 3. Izraz “licenčnine in avtorski honorarji”, kot je uporabljen v tem členu, pomeni plačila vsake vrste, prejeta kot povračilo za uporabo ali pravico do uporabe kakršnih koli avtorskih pravic za literarno, umetniško ali znanstveno delo, vključno s kinematografskimi filmi, predvajanjem v živo, filmi, trakovi ali drugimi sredstvi za uporabo ali reprodukcijo v zvezi z radijskim in televizijskim predvajanjem, katerega koli patenta, blagovne znamke, vzorca ali modela, načrta, tajne formule ali postopka ali za uporabo ali pravico do uporabe industrijske, komercialne ali znanstvene opreme ali za informacije o industrijskih, komercialnih ali znanstvenih izkušnjah. 4. Določbe prvega in drugega odstavka se ne uporabljajo, če upravičeni lastnik licenčnin in avtorskih honorarjev, ki je rezident države pogodbenice, posluje v drugi državi pogodbenici, v kateri licenčnine in avtorski honorarji nastanejo, prek stalne poslovne enote v njej ali v tej drugi državi opravlja samostojne osebne storitve iz stalne baze v njej ter je pravica ali premoženje, v zvezi s katerim se licenčnine in avtorski honorarji plačajo, dejansko povezano s tako stalno poslovno enoto ali stalno bazo. V takem primeru se uporabljajo določbe 7. ali 14. člena, odvisno od primera. 5. Šteje se, da so licenčnine in avtorski honorarji nastali v državi pogodbenici, kadar je plačnik ta država, politična enota, lokalna oblast ali rezident te države. Kadar pa ima oseba, ki plačuje licenčnine in avtorske honorarje, ne glede na to, ali je rezident države pogodbenice, v državi pogodbenici stalno poslovno enoto ali stalno bazo, v zvezi s katero je nastala obveznost za plačilo licenčnin in avtorskih honorarjev ter take licenčnine in avtorske honorarje krije taka stalna poslovna enota ali stalna baza, se šteje, da so take licenčnine in avtorski honorarji nastali v državi, v kateri je stalna poslovna enota ali stalna baza. 6. Kadar zaradi posebnega odnosa med plačnikom in upravičenim lastnikom ali med njima in drugo osebo znesek licenčnin in avtorskih honorarjev glede na uporabo, pravico ali informacijo, za katero se plačujejo, presega znesek, za katerega bi se sporazumela plačnik in upravičeni lastnik, če takega odnosa ne bi bilo, se določbe tega člena uporabljajo samo za zadnji omenjeni znesek. V takem primeru se presežni del plačil še naprej obdavčuje v skladu z zakonodajo vsake države pogodbenice, pri čemer je treba upoštevati druge določbe te konvencije.

1. Dobiček, ki ga rezident države pogodbenice ustvari z odtujitvijo nepremičnin, ki so omenjene v 6. členu in so v drugi državi pogodbenici, se lahko obdavči v tej drugi državi. 2. Dobiček iz odtujitve premičnin, ki so del poslovnega premoženja stalne poslovne enote, ki jo ima podjetje države pogodbenice v drugi državi pogodbenici, ali premičnin, ki se nanašajo na stalno bazo, ki jo ima rezident države pogodbenice v drugi državi pogodbenici za opravljanje samostojnih osebnih storitev, vključno z dobičkom iz odtujitve take stalne poslovne enote (same ali s celotnim podjetjem) ali take stalne baze, se lahko obdavči v tej drugi državi. 3. Dobiček, ki ga podjetje države pogodbenice ustvari z odtujitvijo ladij ali letal, s katerimi se opravljajo prevozi v mednarodnem prometu, ali premičnin, ki se nanašajo na opravljanje prevozov s takimi ladjami ali letali, se obdavči samo v tej državi. 4. Dobiček, ki ga rezident države pogodbenice ustvari z odtujitvijo delnic ali primerljivih deležev v družbi, katere premoženje v glavnem ali pretežno sestavljajo nepremičnine v drugi državi pogodbenici, kot so omenjene v 6. členu, se lahko obdavči v tej drugi državi. 5. Dobiček iz odtujitve premoženja, ki ni premoženje, navedeno v prvem, drugem, tretjem in četrtem odstavku tega člena, se obdavči samo v državi pogodbenici, katere rezident je oseba, ki odtuji premoženje.

1. Dohodek, ki ga dobi rezident države pogodbenice iz poklicnih storitev ali drugih samostojnih dejavnosti, se obdavči samo v tej državi, razen v naslednjih primerih, ko se tak dohodek lahko obdavči tudi v drugi državi pogodbenici: a) če ima v drugi državi pogodbenici stalno bazo za opravljanje svojih dejavnosti, ali b) če se zadržuje v drugi državi pogodbenici v obdobju ali obdobjih, ki skupno trajajo 183 dni ali več v katerem koli obdobju dvanajstih mesecev, ki se začne ali konča v določenem davčnem letu; v takem primeru se v tej drugi državi lahko obdavči samo toliko dohodka, kot ga je dosegel s svojimi dejavnostmi v tej drugi državi. 2. Izraz “poklicne storitve” vključuje še posebej samostojne znanstvene, literarne, umetniške, izobraževalne ali pedagoške dejavnosti kot tudi samostojne dejavnosti zdravnikov, odvetnikov, inženirjev, arhitektov, zobozdravnikov in računovodij.

1. Ob upoštevanju določb 16., 18., 19., 20. in 21. člena se plače, mezde in drugi podobni prejemki, ki jih dobi rezident države pogodbenice iz zaposlitve, obdavčijo samo v tej državi, razen če se zaposlitev ne izvaja v drugi državi pogodbenici. Če se zaposlitev izvaja tako, se lahko tako pridobljeni prejemki obdavčijo v tej drugi državi. 2. Ne glede na določbe prvega odstavka se prejemek, ki ga dobi rezident države pogodbenice iz zaposlitve, ki se izvaja v drugi državi pogodbenici, obdavči samo v prvi omenjeni državi, če: a) je prejemnik navzoč v drugi državi v obdobju ali obdobjih, ki ne presegajo skupno 183 dni v katerem koli obdobju dvanajstih mesecev, ki se začne ali konča v določenem davčnem letu, in b) prejemek plača delodajalec, ki ni rezident druge države, ali se plača v njegovem imenu in c) prejemka ne krije stalna poslovna enota ali stalna baza, ki jo ima delodajalec v drugi državi. 3. Ne glede na prejšnje določbe tega člena se lahko prejemek, ki izhaja iz zaposlitve na ladji ali letalu, s katerim podjetje države pogodbenice opravlja prevoze v mednarodnem prometu, obdavči samo v tej državi.

Plačila direktorjem in druga podobna plačila, ki jih dobi rezident države pogodbenice kot član uprave družbe, ki je rezident druge države pogodbenice, se lahko obdavčijo v tej drugi državi.

1. Ne glede na določbe 14. in 15. člena se lahko dohodek, ki ga dobi rezident države pogodbenice kot nastopajoči izvajalec, kot je gledališki, filmski, radijski ali televizijski umetnik ali glasbenik, ali kot športnik iz takšnih osebnih dejavnosti, ki jih izvaja v drugi državi pogodbenici, obdavči v tej drugi državi. 2. Kadar se dohodek iz osebnih dejavnosti, ki jih izvaja nastopajoči izvajalec ali športnik kot tak, ne pripiše samemu nastopajočemu izvajalcu ali športniku, temveč drugi osebi, se ta dohodek kljub določbam 7., 14. in 15. člena lahko obdavči v državi pogodbenici, v kateri potekajo dejavnosti nastopajočega izvajalca ali športnika. 3. Ne glede na določbe prvega in drugega odstavka tega člena pa se dohodek, ki ga rezident države pogodbenice dobi iz osebnih storitev kot nastopajoči izvajalec ali športnik, obdavči samo v tej državi pogodbenici, če storitve v drugi državi pogodbenici izvaja v okviru programa kulturne ali športne izmenjave, ki ga odobrita državi pogodbenici.

Ob upoštevanju določb drugega odstavka 19. člena se pokojnine in drugi podobni prejemki, ki se plačajo rezidentu države pogodbenice za preteklo zaposlitev, obdavčijo samo v tej državi.

1. a) Plače, mezde in drugi podobni prejemki razen pokojnin, ki jih plačuje država pogodbenica ali njena politična enota ali lokalna oblast posamezniku za storitve, ki jih opravi za to državo ali enoto ali oblast, se obdavčijo samo v tej državi. b) Take plače, mezde in drugi podobni prejemki pa se obdavčijo samo v drugi državi pogodbenici, če se storitve opravljajo v tej državi in je posameznik rezident te države, ki: i) je državljan te države ali ii) ni postal rezident te države samo zaradi opravljanja storitev. 2. a) Vsaka pokojnina, ki jo plača država pogodbenica ali njena politična enota ali lokalna oblast ali ki se plača iz njihovih skladov posamezniku za storitve, opravljene za to državo ali enoto ali oblast, se obdavči samo v tej državi. b) Taka pokojnina pa se obdavči samo v drugi državi pogodbenici, če je posameznik rezident in državljan te države. 3. Določbe 15., 16., 17. in 18. člena se uporabljajo za plače, mezde in druge podobne prejemke ter za pokojnine za storitve, opravljene v zvezi s posli države pogodbenice ali njene politične enote ali lokalne oblasti.

1. Posameznik, ki je ali je bil tik pred obiskom države pogodbenice rezident druge države pogodbenice in na povabilo univerze, višje oziroma visoke šole, šole ali druge podobne izobraževalne ustanove, ki jo priznava pristojni organ prve omenjene države pogodbenice, obišče prvo omenjeno državo pogodbenico za obdobje, ki ni daljše od dveh let, samo zaradi poučevanja ali raziskovanja ali obojega v taki izobraževalni ustanovi, se v prvi omenjeni državi pogodbenici ne obdavči za prejemke za tako poučevanje ali raziskovanje. 2. Določbe prvega odstavka se ne uporabljajo za prejemke od raziskovanja, če tako raziskovanje posameznik izvaja predvsem v zasebno korist določene osebe ali oseb.

1. Posameznik, ki je ali je bil tik pred obiskom države pogodbenice rezident druge države pogodbenice in obišče prvo omenjeno državo pogodbenico samo zaradi: a) študija na univerzi ali drugi priznani izobraževalni ustanovi ali b) usposabljanja, da bi izpolnil pogoje za opravljanje poklica oziroma dejavnosti, ali c) študija ali raziskovanja kot prejemnik podpore, dodatka ali nagrade vladne, verske, dobrodelne, znanstvene, literarne ali izobraževalne organizacije, je v prvi omenjeni državi pogodbenici oproščen davka na: i) plačila iz tujine za svoje vzdrževanje, izobraževanje, študij, raziskovanje ali usposabljanje; ii) podporo, dodatek ali nagrado vladne, verske, dobrodelne, znanstvene, literarne ali izobraževalne organizacije. 2. Glede podpor, štipendij in prejemkov iz zaposlitve, ki niso zajeti v prvem odstavku tega člena, je študent ali pripravnik med takim izobraževanjem ali usposabljanjem upravičen do enakih oprostitev, olajšav ali zmanjšanj za davke, kot jih imajo rezidenti države pogodbenice, v kateri je na obisku.

1. Deli dohodka rezidenta države pogodbenice, ki nastanejo kjer koli in niso obravnavani v predhodnih členih te konvencije, se obdavčijo samo v tej državi. 2. Določbe prvega odstavka se ne uporabljajo za dohodek, ki ni dohodek iz nepremičnin, kot so opredeljene v drugem odstavku 6. člena, če prejemnik takega dohodka, ki je rezident države pogodbenice, posluje v drugi državi pogodbenici prek stalne poslovne enote v njej ali v tej drugi državi opravlja samostojne osebne storitve iz stalne baze v njej in je pravica ali premoženje, za katero se plača dohodek, dejansko povezano s tako stalno poslovno enoto ali stalno bazo. V takem primeru se uporabljajo določbe 7. ali 14. člena, odvisno od primera.

1. Dvojno obdavčevanje se odpravi tako: a) kadar rezident države pogodbenice dobi dohodek, ki se v skladu z določbami te konvencije lahko obdavči v drugi državi pogodbenici, prva omenjena država dovoli kot odbitek od davka od dohodka tega rezidenta znesek, ki je enak davku od dohodka, plačanemu v tej drugi državi. Tak odbitek v nobenem primeru ne sme presegati tistega dela davka od dohodka, ki je bil izračunan pred odbitkom, pripisanim dohodku, odvisno od primera, ki se lahko obdavči v tej drugi državi; b) kadar je v skladu s katero koli določbo te konvencije dohodek, ki ga dobi rezident države pogodbenice, oproščen davka v tej državi, lahko ta država pri izračunu davka od preostalega dohodka takega rezidenta vseeno upošteva oproščeni dohodek. 2. Za namene pododstavka a) prvega odstavka se šteje, da izraz “davek, plačan v drugi državi pogodbenici” vključuje kakršen koli znesek, ki bi ga bilo treba plačati v tej državi pogodbenici, a je bil znižan ali oproščen v skladu s posebno zakonodajo o spodbudah za pospeševanje gospodarskega razvoja v taki državi, ki velja na datum podpisa te konvencije. Določbe tega odstavka se uporabljajo samo v obdobju desetih let, ki se začne prvi dan januarja obdavčljivega leta, ki sledi letu, v katerem začne veljati konvencija. To obdobje lahko pristojna organa s skupnim dogovorom podaljšata.

1. Državljani države pogodbenice ne smejo biti v drugi državi pogodbenici zavezani kakršnemu koli obdavčevanju ali kakršni koli zahtevi v zvezi s tem, ki je drugačna ali bolj obremenjujoča, kot so ali so lahko obdavčevanje in s tem povezane zahteve za državljane te druge države v enakih okoliščinah, še zlasti glede rezidentstva. Ta določba se ne glede na določbe 1. člena uporablja tudi za osebe, ki niso rezidenti ene ali obeh držav pogodbenic. 2. Obdavčevanje stalne poslovne enote, ki jo ima podjetje države pogodbenice v drugi državi pogodbenici, ne sme biti manj ugodno v tej drugi državi, kot je obdavčevanje podjetij te druge države, ki opravljajo enake dejavnosti. Ta določba se ne razlaga, kot da zavezuje državo pogodbenico, da prizna rezidentom druge države pogodbenice kakršne koli osebne olajšave, druge olajšave in zmanjšanja za davčne namene zaradi osebnega stanja ali družinskih obveznosti, ki jih priznava svojim rezidentom. 3. Razen kadar se uporabljajo določbe prvega odstavka 9. člena, šestega odstavka 11. člena ali šestega odstavka 12. člena, se obresti, licenčnine in avtorski honorarji ter druga izplačila, ki jih plača podjetje države pogodbenice rezidentu druge države pogodbenice, pri določanju obdavčljivega dobička takega podjetja odbijejo pod istimi pogoji, kot če bi bili plačani rezidentu prve omenjene države. 4. Podjetja države pogodbenice, katerih kapital je v celoti ali delno, neposredno ali posredno v lasti ali pod nadzorom enega ali več rezidentov druge države pogodbenice, ne smejo biti v prvi omenjeni državi zavezana kakršnemu koli obdavčevanju ali kakršni koli zahtevi v zvezi s tem, ki je drugačna ali bolj obremenjujoča, kot so ali so lahko obdavčevanje in s tem povezane zahteve do drugih podobnih podjetij prve omenjene države. 5. Določbe tega člena se uporabljajo samo za davke iz te konvencije.

1. Kadar oseba meni, da imajo ali bodo imela dejanja ene ali obeh držav pogodbenic zanjo za posledico obdavčevanje, ki ni v skladu z določbami te konvencije, lahko ne glede na sredstva, ki ji jih omogoča domače pravo teh držav, predloži zadevo pristojnemu organu države pogodbenice, katere rezident je, ali če se njen primer nanaša na prvi odstavek 24. člena, tiste države pogodbenice, katere državljan je. Zadeva mora biti predložena v treh letih od prvega uradnega obvestila o dejanju, ki je imelo za posledico obdavčevanje, ki ni v skladu z določbami konvencije. 2. Pristojni organ si, če se mu zdi ugovor upravičen in če sam ne more priti do zadovoljive rešitve, prizadeva rešiti primer s skupnim dogovorom s pristojnim organom druge države pogodbenice z namenom izogniti se obdavčevanju, ki ni v skladu s konvencijo. 3. Pristojna organa držav pogodbenic si prizadevata s skupnim dogovorom razrešiti kakršne koli težave ali dvome, ki nastanejo pri razlagi ali uporabi konvencije. Prav tako se lahko med seboj posvetujeta o odpravi dvojnega obdavčevanja v primerih, ki jih konvencija ne predvideva. 4. Pristojna organa držav pogodbenic lahko neposredno komunicirata med seboj, da bi dosegla dogovor v smislu prejšnjih odstavkov.

1. Pristojna organa držav pogodbenic si izmenjavata take informacije, ki so potrebne za izvajanje določb te konvencije ali domače zakonodaje držav pogodbenic glede davkov, za katere se uporablja konvencija, če obdavčevanje na tej podlagi ni v nasprotju s konvencijo. Izmenjava informacij ni omejena s 1. členom. Vsaka informacija, ki jo prejme država pogodbenica, se obravnava kot tajnost na isti način kot informacije, pridobljene po domači zakonodaji te države, in se razkrije samo osebam ali organom (vključno s sodišči in upravnimi organi), udeleženim pri odmeri ali pobiranju, izterjavi ali pregonu ali pri odločanju o pritožbah glede davkov, za katere se uporablja konvencija. Te osebe ali organi uporabljajo informacije samo v te namene. Informacije lahko razkrijejo v sodnih postopkih ali pri sodnih odločitvah. 2. V nobenem primeru se določbe prvega odstavka ne razlagajo, kot da nalagajo državi pogodbenici obveznost: a) da izvaja upravne ukrepe, ki niso v skladu z zakonodajo in upravno prakso te ali druge države pogodbenice, b) da priskrbi informacije, ki jih ni mogoče dobiti po zakonski ali običajni upravni poti te ali druge države pogodbenice, c) da priskrbi informacije, ki bi razkrile kakršno koli trgovinsko, poslovno, industrijsko, komercialno ali poklicno skrivnost ali trgovinske postopke, ali informacije, katerih razkritje bi bilo v nasprotju z javnim redom.

Nobena določba te konvencije ne vpliva na davčne ugodnosti članov diplomatskih predstavništev ali konzulatov po splošnih pravilih mednarodnega prava ali določbah posebnih sporazumov.

1. Vsaka država pogodbenica drugo uradno obvesti, da so končani postopki, ki so po njenem pravu potrebni za začetek veljavnosti te konvencije. Ta konvencija začne veljati na datum zadnjega uradnega obvestila. 2. Določbe te konvencije se uporabljajo: a) v zvezi z davki, odtegnjenimi pri viru, za zneske dohodka, dobljene prvi dan januarja ali po njem v koledarskem letu, ki sledi letu, v katerem začne veljati konvencija, in b) v zvezi z drugimi davki od dohodka za take davke, ki se obračunajo: i) v Sloveniji za katero koli davčno leto in ii) na Tajskem za katero koli davčno leto ali obračunsko obdobje, ki se začne prvi dan januarja ali po njem v koledarskem letu, ki sledi letu, v katerem začne veljati konvencija.

1. Ta konvencija velja za nedoločen čas, vendar lahko katera koli država pogodbenica drugi državi pogodbenici po diplomatski poti pošlje pisno obvestilo o odpovedi 30. junija ali pred tem v katerem koli koledarskem letu po petih letih od datuma začetka veljavnosti konvencije. 2. V takem primeru se konvencija preneha uporabljati: a) v zvezi z davki, odtegnjenimi pri viru, za zneske dohodka, dobljene prvi dan januarja ali po njem v koledarskem letu, ki sledi letu, v katerem je bilo dano obvestilo o odpovedi, in b) v zvezi z drugimi davki od dohodka za take davke, ki se obračunajo: i) v Sloveniji za katero koli davčno leto in ii) na Tajskem za katero koli davčno leto ali obračunsko obdobje, ki se začne prvi dan januarja ali po njem v koledarskem letu, ki sledi letu, v katerem je bilo dano obvestilo o odpovedi. V DOKAZ NAVEDENEGA sta podpisana, ki sta bila za to pravilno pooblaščena, podpisala to konvencijo. Sestavljeno v dveh izvirnikih v Ljubljani dne 11. julija 2003 v slovenskem, tajskem in angleškem jeziku, pri čemer so vsa besedila enako verodostojna. Pri različni razlagi besedil prevlada angleško besedilo. Za Vlado Republike Slovenije: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel l. r. minister za zunanje zadeve Za Vlado Kraljevine Tajske: Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai l. r. minister za zunanje zadeve The Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, desiring to conclude a Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, have agreed as follows: This Convention shall apply to persons who are residents of one or both of the Contracting States. 1. This Convention shall apply to taxes on income imposed on behalf of a Contracting State or of its political subdivisions or local authorities, irrespective of the manner in which they are levied. 2. There shall be regarded as taxes on income all taxes imposed on total income or on elements of income, including taxes on gains from the alienation of movable or immovable property, taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paid by enterprises, as well as taxes on capital appreciation. 3. The existing taxes to which the Convention shall apply are in particular: a) in Slovenia: (i) the tax on profits of legal persons; and (ii) the tax on income of individuals, including wages and salaries, income from agricultural activities, income from business, capital gains and income from immovable and movable property; (hereinafter referred to as "Slovenian tax"); b) in Thailand: (i) the income tax; and (ii) the petroleum income tax; (hereinafter referred to as "Thai tax") 4. 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 significant changes which have been made in their respective taxation laws. 1. For the purposes of this Convention, unless the context otherwise requires: a) the term “Slovenia” means the Republic of Slovenia and, when used in a geographical sense, the territory of Slovenia, including the sea area, sea bed and sub-soil adjacent to the territorial sea, over which Slovenia may exercise its sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with its domestic legislation and international law; b) the term “Thailand” means the Kingdom of Thailand and includes its maritime area adjacent to the territorial sea of the Kingdom of Thailand which by Thai legislation, and in accordance with the international law, has been or may hereafter be designated as an area within which the rights of the Kingdom of Thailand with respect to the sea-bed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised; c) the terms "a Contracting State" and "the other Contracting State" mean Slovenia or Thailand as the context requires; d) the term "person" includes an individual, a company and any other body of persons as well as any entity treated as a taxable unit under the taxation laws in force in either Contracting State; 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 “tax” means Slovenian tax or Thai tax as the context requires; 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 the case of Slovenia: the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia or its authorised representative; (ii) in the case of Thailand: the Minister of Finance or his authorised representative. j) the term "national" means: (i) any individual possessing the nationality of a Contracting State; (ii) any legal person, partnership, association and any other entity deriving its status as such from the laws in force in a Contracting State. 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. 1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "resident of a Contracting State" means any person who, under the laws of that State, is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile, residence, place of incorporation (registration), place of management or any other criterion of a similar nature, and also includes that State and any political subdivision or local authority thereof. This term, however, does not include any person who is liable to tax in that State in respect only of income from sources in that State. 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 endeavour to 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, the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement and determine the mode of application of the agreement to such person. 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; and g) a warehouse, in relation to a person providing storage facilities for others. 3. The term “permanent establishment” shall also include: a) a building site, a construction, installation or assembly project or supervisory activities in connection therewith, where such site, project or activities continue for a period or periods aggregating more than 6 months; b) the furnishing of services including consultancy services by an enterprise of one of the Contracting States through employees or other personnel, where activities of that nature continue for the same or a connected project within the other Contracting State for a period or periods aggregating more than 6 months within any twelve-month period. 4. 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; 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 subparagraphs (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. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, where a person – other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 6 applies – is acting in a Contracting State, on behalf of the enterprise of the other Contracting State, the enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in the first-mentioned State, if such a person: a) has and habitually exercises in the first-mentioned State an authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the enterprise; unless his activities are limited to the purchase of goods or merchandise for the enterprise; b) has no such authority, but habitually maintains in the first-mentioned State a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise from which he regularly delivers on behalf of the enterprise; or c) has no such authority, but habitually secures orders in the first-mentioned State 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. 6. 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 State through a broker, general commission agent or any other agent of an independent status, provided that such persons are acting in the ordinary course of their business. However, when the activities of such an agent are devoted wholly or almost wholly on behalf of that enterprise or on behalf of that enterprise and other enterprises, which are controlled by it or have a controlling interest in it, he will not be considered an agent of independent status within the meaning of this paragraph, unless the transactions are at arm's length. 7. 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. 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, forestry and fishery, 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, 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. 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. 3. In determining the profits of a permanent establishment, there shall be allowed as deductions expenses which are incurred for the purposes of the business of the permanent establishment, including executive and general administrative expenses so incurred, whether in the State in which the permanent establishment is situated or elsewhere. 4. Insofar as it has been customary in a Contracting State to determine profits to be attributed to a permanent establishment on the basis of a certain percentage of the gross receipt of the enterprise or of the permanent establishment or on the basis of an apportionment of the total profits of the enterprise to its various parts, nothing in paragraph 2 shall preclude that Contracting State from determining the profits to be taxed by such a method as may be customary; the method adopted shall, however, be such that 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 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. 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. 8. The term “profits” in this Article refers to income or profits. 1. Income or profits derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in that Contracting State. 2. Income or profits derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of ships in international traffic may be taxed in the other Contracting State, but the tax imposed in that other State shall be reduced by an amount equal to 50 per cent thereof. 3. The provisions of paragraph 1 and 2 shall also apply to income or profits from the participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating agency. 1. 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 income or 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 income or profits of that enterprise and taxed accordingly. 2. 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 the 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 may make an 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. 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 if the beneficial owner of the dividends is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed 10 per cent of the gross amount of the dividends. 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, 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. Nothing in this Convention shall be construed as preventing a Contracting State from imposing tax on the disposal of profits out of a Contracting State made by a permanent establishment situated therein in accordance with the provisions of its domestic law, but the income tax charged shall in no case exceed the tax charged on dividends in a Contracting State in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article. 1. Interest 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 interest may also be taxed in the Contracting State in which it arises, and according to the laws of that State, but if the beneficial owner of the interest is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed: a) 10 per cent of the gross amount of the interest if it is received by any financial institution (including an insurance company); b) 15 per cent of the gross amount of the interest in other cases. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, interest arising in a Contracting State and paid to a resident of the other Contracting State in respect of a loan made or guaranteed by: a) in the case of Slovenia: (i) the Government of the Republic of Slovenia; (ii) any political subdivision or local authority; (iii) Central Bank of Slovenia; (iv) Slovene Export Company; (v) any institutions as may be agreed from time to time between the Contracting States; b) in the case of Thailand: (i) the Government of Thailand; (ii) any political subdivision or local authority; (iii) the Bank of Thailand; (iv) the Export-Import Bank of Thailand; (v) the Government Saving Bank; (vi) the Government Housing Bank; (vii) any institutions as may be agreed from time to time between the Contracting States; shall be exempt from the tax in the first-mentioned State. 4. 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, as well as income assimilated to income from money lent by the taxation laws of the Contracting State in which the income arises. Penalty charges for late payment shall not be regarded as interest for the purpose of this Article. 5. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 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. 6. Interest 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 interest, whether he is a resident of a Contracting State or not, has in a Contracting State a permanent establishment or a fixed base in connection with which the indebtedness on which the interest is paid was incurred, and such interest is borne by such permanent establishment or fixed base, then such interest shall be deemed to arise in the State in which the permanent establishment or fixed base is situated. 7. 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. 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 beneficial owner of the royalties is a resident of the other Contracting State, the tax so charged shall not exceed: a) 10 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary or artistic work including motion pictures, live broadcasting, film, tape or other means of the use or reproduction in connection with radio and television broadcasting, and for the use of, or the right to use industrial, commercial, or scientific equipment; b) 15 per cent of the gross amount of the royalties in all other cases. 3. The term "royalties" as used in this Article means payments of any kind received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright of literary, artistic or scientific work including motion pictures, live broadcasting, film, tape or other means of the use or reproduction in connection with radio and television broadcasting, any patent, trade mark, design or model, plan, secret formula or process, or for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial, or scientific equipment, or for information concerning industrial, commercial or scientific experience. 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 a fixed base in connection with which the liability 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. 1. 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 State. 2. 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 gains from the alienation of such a permanent establishment (alone or with the whole enterprise) or of such fixed base, may be taxed in that other State. 3. 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 State. 4. Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of shares or comparable interests in a company, the assets of which consists wholly or principally of real property in the other Contracting State of a kind referred to in Article 6, may be taxed in that other State. 5. Gains from the alienation of any property other than that referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident. 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 except in the following circumstances, when such income may also be taxed in the other Contracting State: a) if he has a fixed base available to him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities; or b) if his stay in the other Contracting State is for a period or periods amounting to or exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year concerned; in that case only so much of the income as is derived from his activities performed in that other State may be taxed in that other State. 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. 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21, 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 fiscal 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 shall be taxable only in that State. 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. 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 sportsperson, 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 sportsperson in his capacity as such accrues not to the entertainer or sportsperson 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 sportsperson are exercised. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, however, income derived from personal activities by a resident of a Contracting State in his capacity of a performer or sportsman shall be taxable only in that Contracting State if the activities have been performed in the other Contracting State within the scope of cultural or sports exchange programme approved by both Contracting States. 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. 1. a) Salaries, wages and other similar 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 salaries, wages and other similar 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, 17 and 18 shall apply to salaries, wages and other similar remuneration and to pensions in respect of services rendered in connection with a business carried on by a Contracting State or a political subdivision or a local authority thereof. 1. An individual who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State, and who, at the invitation of any university, college, school or other similar educational institution which is recognised by the competent authority in the first-mentioned Contracting State, visits that first-mentioned Contracting State for a period not exceeding two years solely for the purpose of teaching or researching or both at such educational institution shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned Contracting State on any remuneration for such teaching or research. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income from researching if such research is undertaken by the individual primarily for the private benefit of a specific person or persons. 1. An individual who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State and whose visit to the first-mentioned Contracting State is solely for the purpose of: a) studying at a university or other recognised educational institution; or b) securing training to qualify him to practice a profession or trade; or c) studying or carrying out research as a recipient of a grant, allowance or award from a governmental, religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational organisation; shall be exempt from tax in the first-mentioned Contracting State on: (i) remittances from abroad for the purposes of his maintenance, education,study, research or training; (ii) the grant, allowance or award from a governmental, religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational organisation. 2. In respect of grants, scholarships and remuneration from employment not covered by paragraph 1 of this Article, a student or business apprentice shall be entitled during such education or training to the same exemptions, reliefs or reductions in respect of taxes as are available to the residents of the Contracting State he is visiting. 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. 1. Double taxation shall be eliminated as follows: a) Where a resident of a Contracting State derives income which, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, may be taxed in the other Contracting State, the first-mentioned State shall allow as a deduction from the tax on the income of that resident, an amount equal to the income tax paid in the other State. Such deduction in either case shall not, however, exceed that portion of the income tax, as computed before the deduction is given, which is attributable, as the case may be, to the income which may be taxed in that other State. b) Where in accordance with any provision of the Convention income derived or by a resident of a Contracting State is exempt from tax in that State, such State may nevertheless, in calculating the amount of tax on the remaining income of such resident, take into account the exempted income. 2. For the purpose of subparagraph a) of paragraph 1, the term “tax paid in the other Contracting State” shall be deemed to include any amount which would have been payable in that Contracting State but has been reduced or waived in accordance with special incentive laws designed to promote economic development in such State effective at the date of signature of this Convention. The provisions of this paragraph shall only apply for a period of 10 years beginning on the first day of January of the taxable year next following that in which the Convention enters into force. This period may be extended by mutual agreement between the competent authorities. 1. Nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other 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, in particular with respect to residence, 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. This provision shall not be construed as obliging a Contracting State to grant to residents of the other Contracting State any personal allowances, reliefs and reductions for taxation purposes on account of civil status or family responsibilities which it grants to its own residents. 3. Except where the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 9, paragraph 6 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. 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. The provisions of this Article shall apply only to taxes covered by this Convention. 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. 3. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall endeavour to resolve by mutual agreement any difficulties or doubts arising as to the 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. 1. The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall exchange such information as is necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Convention or of the domestic laws of the Contracting States concerning taxes covered by the Convention insofar as the taxation thereunder is not contrary to the Convention. The exchange of information is not restricted by Article 1. Any information received 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) involved in the assessment or collection of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to, the taxes covered by the Convention. 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. 2. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 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). Nothing in this Convention shall affect the fiscal privileges of members of diplomatic missions or consular posts under the general rules of international law or under the provisions of special agreements. 1. Each Contracting State shall notify to the other the completion of the procedures required by its law for the entering into force of this Convention. The Convention shall enter into force on the date of the latter of these notification. 2. The provisions of this Convention shall have effect: a) in respect of taxes withheld at source, to amounts of income, derived on or after the first day of January in the calendar year next following the year in which the Convention enters into force; and b) in respect of other taxes on income, to such taxes chargeable: (i) in the case of Slovenia for any tax year, and (ii) in the case of Thailand for any tax year or accounting period, beginning on or after the first day of January in the calendar year next following the year in which the Convention enters into force. 1. This Convention shall remain in force indefinitely, but either of the Contracting States may, on or before 30th June in any calendar year beginning after the expiration of a period of five years from the date of its entry into force, give to the other Contracting State, through diplomatic channels, written notice of termination. 2. In such event the Convention shall cease to have effect: a) in respect of taxes withheld at source, on amounts of income derived on or after the first day of January in the calendar year next following the year in which the notice is given; and b) in respect of other taxes on income, on such taxes chargeable: (i) in the case of Slovenia for any tax year, and (ii) in the case of Thailand for any tax year or accounting period, beginning on or after the first day of January in the calendar year next following the year in which the notice is given. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention. DONE in duplicate in Ljubljana on the 11th day of July 2003 in the Slovenian, Thai and English languages, all the texts being equally authentic. In case of divergence between any of the texts, the English text shall prevail. For the Government of the Republic of Slovenia: Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, (s) Minister of Foreign Affairs For the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand: Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai, (s) Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Ta zakon začne veljati petnajsti dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Republike Slovenije – Mednarodne pogodbe. Št. 432-01/04-34/1 Ljubljana, dne 25. marca 2004 EPA 1150-III Predsednik Državnega zbora Republike Slovenije Borut Pahor l. r. * Besedilo konvencije v tajskem jeziku je na vpogled v Sektorju za mednarodnopravne zadeve Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve.