Article 12 (Interest) of the Convention shall be amended by adding the following…

"8. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, interest arising in one of the States and beneficially owned by an enterprise of the other State and attributable to a permanent establishment of that enterprise in a third jurisdiction, may also be taxed in the first-mentioned State if the profits of that permanent establishment are subject to an aggregate rate of tax, in the other State and the third jurisdiction in which the permanent establishment is situated, that is, in the case of interest arising in the first-mentioned State and beneficially owned by an enterprise of the other State before January 1, 1998, less than 50 percent of the general rate of company tax applicable in the other State, and in the case of interest arising in the first-mentioned State and beneficially owned by an enterprise of the other State on or after January 1, 1998, less than 60 percent of the general rate of company tax applicable in the other State, but the tax so charged shall not exceed 15 percent of the gross amount of such interest.

However, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to interest derived in connection with or incidental to the active conduct of a trade or business carried on by the permanent establishment in the third jurisdiction (other than the business of making or managing investments, unless these activities are banking or insurance activities carried on by a bank or insurance company)."