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HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
PART I
DEFINITIONS
Article 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Protocol:
(a)
"Commercial presence" means any type of business or
professional establishment, including through:
i.
the constitution, acquisition or maintenance of a juridical
person, or
ii.
the creation or maintenance of a branch or a representative
office, within the territory of a State Party for the purpose of
supplying a service;
(b)
"Direct taxes" comprise all taxes on total income, on total capital
or on elements of income or of capital, including taxes on gains
from the alienation of property, taxes on estates, inheritances and
gifts, and taxes on the total amounts of wages or salaries paid by
enterprises, as well as taxes on capital appreciation;
(c)
"Juridical person" means any legal entity duly constituted or
otherwise organised under applicable law of State Parties,
whether for profit or otherwise, and whether privately-owned or
governmentally-owned,
including
any
corporation,
trust,
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship or association;
(d)
A juridical person is:
(e)
i.
"Affiliated" with another person when it controls, or is
controlled by, that other person; or when it and the other
person are both controlled by the same person;
ii.
"Controlled" by persons of a State Party if such persons
have the power to name a majority of its directors or
otherwise to legally direct its actions; and
iii.
"Owned" by persons of a State Party if more than 50 per
cent of the equity interest in it is beneficially owned by
persons of that State Party;
"Juridical person of another State Party" means a juridical
person which is either: