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  1. Proclamation Giving Notice that the Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of Canada and the Swiss Federal Council for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, Came into Force on December 16, 2011 - SI/2012-17

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    • 2 The following new paragraph 3 shall be added to Article 10 of the Convention:

      • “3 Notwithstanding paragraph 2, dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in that State if the dividends are paid to:

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        • (b) a resident of the other Contracting State

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          • (iv) the dividends are not derived from carrying on a trade or a business or from a related person; and

    The amended Article 10 shall therefore read as follows:

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    • 3 Notwithstanding paragraph 2, dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State shall be exempt from tax in that State if the dividends are paid to:

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      • (b) a resident of the other Contracting State:

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        • (iv) the dividends are not derived from carrying on a trade or a business or from a related person; and

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    • 7 Notwithstanding any provision in this Convention, Canada may impose on the earnings of a company attributable to permanent establishments in Canada, tax in addition to the tax which would be chargeable on the earnings of a company incorporated in Canada, provided that the rate of such additional tax so imposed shall not exceed 5 per cent. For the purpose of this provision, the term earnings means the profits attributable to such permanent establishments in Canada (including gains from the alienation of property forming part of the business property, referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 13, of such permanent establishments) in accordance with Article 7 in a year and previous years after deducting therefrom:

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      The provisions of this paragraph shall also apply with respect to earnings from the alienation of immovable property in Canada by a company carrying on a trade in immovable property without a permanent establishment in Canada but only insofar as these earnings may be taxed in Canada in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 or paragraph 1 of Article 13.

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    Article 25 (Exchange of Information) of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following provisions:

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    • 3 In no case shall the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 be construed so as to impose on a Contracting State the obligation:

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      • (c) to supply information which would disclose any trade, business, industrial, commercial or professional secret or trade process, or information, the disclosure of which would be contrary to public policy (ordre public).

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