DT6522 - DT: Egypt: double taxation agreement, Article 23: Non-discrimination


  1. The 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 areor may be subjected.

  2. The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State shall not be less favourably levied in that other State than the taxation levied on enterprises of that other State carrying on the same activities.

  3. 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 that first-mentioned State are or may be subjected.

  4. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as:

  1. obliging either Contracting State to grant to individuals not resident in that State any of the personal allowances, reliefs and reductions for tax purposes which are granted to individuals so resident;

  2. affecting the application in Egypt of Articles 5 and 6 of Law No 14 of 1939 (as they may be amended from time to time in minor respects without affecting the general principle thereof) provided that if the exemptions given by either of these Articles are made available to nationals of any State or territory other than a Contracting State such exemption shall likewise be made available to nationals of the United Kingdom;

  3. affecting the application in Egypt of Article 11 (paragraphs (1) and (2)) and Article 11 bis of Law No 14 of 1939 (as they may be amended from time to time in minor respects without affecting the general principle thereof) provided that if any relief from the application of those provisions is given to nationals of any State or territory other than a Contracting State such relief shall likewise be given to nationals of the United Kingdom.