ARTICLE 11

Branch Tax

1. A corporation which is a resident of one of the States and which has a permanent establishment in the other State or which is subject to tax on a net basis in that other State under Article 6 (Income from Real Property) or under paragraph 1 of Article 14 (Capital Gains), may be subject in that other State to a tax in addition to the tax allowable under the other provisions of this Convention. Such tax, however, may be imposed only on that portion of the business profits of the corporation attributable to the permanent establishment under this Convention or the income subject to tax on a net basis under Article 6 (Income from Real Property) or under paragraph 1 of Article 14 (Capital Gains) and reduced for all taxes chargeable in that State on such profits and income, other than the additional tax referred to herein, and further reduced (but not below zero) for any increase in the net equity attributable to such permanent establishment at the end of the taxation year, as measured from the end of the preceding taxation year, and increased (but not in excess of the accumulated profits) for any decrease in the net equity attributable to such permanent establishment at the end of the taxation year, as measured from the end of the preceding taxation year.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 4, for purposes of this Article, the term "accumulated profits" means the excess of the aggregate profits referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article for all the preceding taxation years during which this Convention was in effect, over the aggregate profits taxed under this Article during such preceding taxation years.

3. The tax referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be imposed at a rate exceeding the rate specified in paragraph 2 (a) of Article 10 (Dividends).

4. In the case of the United States, the additional tax described in paragraph 1 may be imposed upon the "dividend equivalent amount" (as that term is defined in the law of the United States as on the date of signature of this Convention and as that law may be amended from time to time, but only to the extent that this definition, as amended, is in conformity with the principles of this Article).

5. Notwithstanding paragraph 4, no additional tax may be imposed under paragraph 1 with respect to income subject to tax under paragraph 1 of Article 14 (Capital Gains) which is derived from the disposition of shares or other comparable corporate rights in a company