(1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 15 to 18, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be taxable only in that State unless the employment is exercised in the other Contracting State. If the employment is so exercised, such remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment exercised in the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State if:

• (a) the recipient is present in the other State for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any 12 month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year concerned, and
• (b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer who is not a resident of the other State, and
• (c) the remuneration is not borne by a permanent establishment which the employer has in the other State.

(3) The provisions of paragraph (2) shall not apply to remuneration for employment within the framework of professional hiring out of labour.

(4) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration derived in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship, boat or aircraft which is operated in international traffic by an enterprise of a Contracting State may be taxed in that State.