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CONVENTION

ON THE ACCESSION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA, THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC TO THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAXATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADJUSTMENT OF PROFITS OF ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES

(2005/C 160/01)

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic hereby accede to the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises, signed in Brussels on 23 July 1990, with all the adjustments and amendments made to it by the Convention on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises, signed in Brussels on 21 December 1995, and by the Protocol amending the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises, signed in Brussels on 25 May 1999.

Article 2

The Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises is hereby amended as follows:

Article 3

The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union shall transmit to the Governments of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic a certified copy of:

in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages.

The text of the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises, of the Convention on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises, and of the Protocol amending the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises in the Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Polish, Slovenian and Slovakian languages is set out in Annexes I to IX to this Convention. The texts drawn up in the Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Polish, Slovenian and Slovakian languages shall be authentic under the same conditions as the other texts of the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises.

Article 4

This Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States. The instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union.

Article 5

This Convention shall enter into force, as between the Contracting States which have ratified, accepted or approved it, on the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval by these States.

Article 6

The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union shall notify all signatory States of:

Article 7

This Convention, drawn up in a single original in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Slovakian, Spanish and Swedish languages, all twenty-one texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. The Secretary-General shall transmit a certified copy to the Governments of each signatory State.

Hecho en Bruselas, el ocho de diciembre de dos mil cuatro.

V Bruselu dne osmého prosince dva tisíce čtyři.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den ottende december to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am achten Dezember zweitausendundvier.

Kahe tuhande neljanda aasta detsembrikuu kaheksandal päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις οκτώ Δεκεμβρίου δύο χιλιάδες τέσσερα.

Done at Brussels on the eighth day of December in the year two thousand and four.

Fait à Bruxelles, le huit décembre deux mille quatre.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì otto dicembre duemilaquattro.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši ceturtā gada astotajā decembrī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai ketvirtų metų gruodžio aštuntą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer-negyedik év december hό nyolcadik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell fit-tmien jum ta' Diċembru tas-sena elfejn u erbgħa.

Gedaan te Brussel, de achtste december tweeduizendvier.

Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia ósmego grudnia roku dwutysięcznego czwartego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em oito de Dezembro de dois mil e quatro.

V Bruseli ôsmeho decembra dvetisícštyri.

V Bruslju, dne osmega decembra leta dva tisoč štiri.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdeksantena päivänä joulukuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljä.

Som skedde i Bryssel den åttonde december tjugohundrafyra.

POUR SA MAJESTE LE ROI DES BELGES

VOOR ZIJNE MAJESTEIT DE KONING DER BELGEN

FÜR SEINE MAJESTÄT DER KÖNIG DER BELGIER

ZA PREZIDENTA ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY

FOR HENDES MAJESTÆT DANMARKS DRONNING

FÜR DEN PRÄSIDENTEN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND

EESTI VABARIIGI PRESIDENDI NIMEL

ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΕΔPO THΣ EΛΛHNIKHΣ ΔHMOKPATIAΣ

POR SU MAJESTAD EL REY DE ESPAÑA

POUR LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

THAR CEANN UACHTARÁN NA hÉIREANN

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND

PER IL PRESIDENTE DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA

ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΕΔPO THΣ KYΠPIAKHΣ ΔHMOKPATIAΣ

LATVIJAS REPUBLIKAS MINISTRU KABINETA VĀRDĀ

LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS PREZIDENTO VARDU

POUR SON ALTESSE ROYALE LE GRAND-DUC DE LUXEMBOURG

A MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG ELNÖKE RÉSZÉRŐL

GĦALL-PRESIDENT TA’ MALTA

VOOR HARE MAJESTEIT DE KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN

FÜR DEN BUNDESPRÄSIDENTEN DER REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH

ZA PREZYDENTA RZECZYPOSLITEJ POLSKIEJ

PELO PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA

ZA PREDSEDNIKA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE

ZA PREZIDENTA SLOVENSKEJ  REPUBLIKY

SUOMEN TASAVALLAN PRESIDENTIN PUOLESTA

FÖR REPUBLIKEN FINLANDS PRESIDENT

FÖR KONUNGARIKET SVERIGES REGERING

FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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