DT8011 - DT: Germany, Federal Republic: double taxation agreement, Article 12: Income from immovable property

Article 12(3) was substituted by SI 1971/874. The current Article 12 is as follows:

(1) Income from immovable property may be taxed in the territory in which such property is situated.

(2) The term `immovable property` shall be defined in accordance with the laws of the territory in which the property in question is situated. The term shall in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment of agricultural and forestry enterprises, 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 mineral deposits, sources and other natural resources; ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property.

(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article shall apply to income derived from the direct use or from the letting of immovable property or the use in any other form of such property, including income from agricultural or forestry enterprises.

(4) The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (3) of this Article shall also apply to the income from immovable property of any enterprises other than agricultural or forestry enterprises and to income from immovable property used for the performance of professional services.