DT7304 - DT: France: double taxation agreement, Article 5: Income from immovable property

(1) Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable property (including income from agriculture and forestry) situated in the other Contracting State, including income derived from rights attached to such property, may be taxed in that other State.

(2)

(a) The term `immovable property` shall, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) below, have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated.

(b) Shares or rights in a company or legal person, the assets of which consist mainly of immovable property situated in one of the Contracting States, shall be treated as immovable property situated in that State. For the purposes of this provision, immovable property pertaining to the industrial, commercial or agricultural operation of such a company or legal person or the performance of independent professional activities shall not be taken into account.

(c) The term `immovable property` shall in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, 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.

(d) Ships 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 the preceding paragraphs shall also apply to the income from immovable property of an enterprise and to income from immovable property used for the performance of independent professional activities.