Article
1
Definitions
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For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
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a)
the term “Denmark” means the Kingdom of Denmark including any area outside the territorial sea of Denmark which in accordance with international law has been or may hereafter be designated under Danish laws as an area within which Denmark may exercise sovereign rights with respect to the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of the sea-bed or its subsoil and the superjacent waters and with respect to other activities for the exploration and economic exploitation of the area; the term does not comprise the Faroe Islands and Greenland;
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b)
the term “the Netherlands Antilles” means that part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that is situated in the Caribbean Sea and consisting of the Island Territories of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten (Dutch part) including the territorial waters thereof and the part of the seabed and its subsoil under the Caribbean Sea over which the Kingdom of the Netherlands has sovereign rights in accordance with international law but excluding the part thereof relating to Aruba;
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c)
the term “competent authority” means:
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(i)
in the case of Denmark, the Minister for Taxation or his authorized representative;
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(ii)
in the case of the Netherlands Antilles, the Minister of Finance or his authorized representative;
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(i)
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d)
the term “company” means any body corporate or any entity that is treated as a body corporate for tax purposes.
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As regards the application of this Agreement at any time by a Party, any term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning that it has at that time under the law of that Party, any meaning under the applicable tax laws of that Party prevailing over a meaning given to the term under other laws of that Party.