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ARTICLE 18

Pensions, Annuities and Similar Payments

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19, pensions and similar payments or annuities paid to a resident of a Contracting State from the other Contracting State shall only be taxable in the first-mentioned State.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, payments received by an individual being a resident of a Contracting State from the statutory social insurance of the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in that other State.

(3) The term "annuities" means certain amounts payable periodically at stated times, for life or for a specified or ascertainable period of time, under an obligation to make the payments in return for adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth.