DT7230 - DT: Finland: double taxation agreement, Article 30A: Miscellaneous rules applicable to certain offshore activities

(1) The provisions of this Article shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of this Convention where activities are carried on offshore (in this Article called `offshore activities`) in connection with the exploration or exploitation of the sea bed and sub-soil and their natural resources situated in a Contracting State.

(2) An enterprise of a Contracting State which carries on offshore activities in the other Contracting State shall, subject to paragraphs (3) and (5) of this Article, be deemed to be carrying on business in that other State through a permanent establishment situated therein.

(3) The provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article shall not apply where the offshore activities are carried on in the other Contracting State for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 30 days in any twelvemonth period. For the purpose of this paragraph:

(a) where an enterprise of a Contracting State carrying on offshore activities in the other Contracting State is associated with another enterprise carrying on substantially similar offshore activities there, the former enterprise shall be deemed to be carrying on all such activities of the latter enterprise, except to the extent that those activities are carried on at the same time as its own activities;
(b) an enterprise shall be regarded as associated with another enterprise if one participates directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital of the other or if the same persons participate directly or indirectly in the management, control or capital of both enterprises.

(4) A resident of a Contracting State who carries on offshore activities in the other Contracting State, which consist of professional services or other independent activities of a similar character, shall be deemed to be performing those activities from a fixed base in that other State. However, income derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of such activities performed in the other Contracting State shall not be taxed in that other State if the activities are performed in the other State for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 30 days in any twelve-month period.

(5) Profits derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the transportation of supplies or personnel by a ship or aircraft to a location where offshore activities are being carried on, or from the operation of tugboats or anchor handling vessels in connection with such activities, shall be taxable only in the Contracting State of which he is a resident.

(6)

(a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment connected with offshore activities in the other Contracting State may, to the extent that the duties are performed offshore in that other State, be taxed in that other State.
(b) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft engaged in the transportation of supplies or personnel to a location where offshore activities are being carried on in a Contracting State, or in respect of an employment exercised aboard a tugboat or anchor handling vessel in connection with such activities, may be taxed in the Contracting State of which the person deriving the profits from the operation of the ship or aircraft is a resident.