Australian Tax Treaties

French Convention  

CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION  

ARTICLE 30   Entry into Force  

1.    
The Contracting States shall notify each other in writing through the diplomatic channel of the completion of their domestic requirements for the entry into force of this Convention. This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of receipt of the last notification, and thereupon the Convention shall have effect:

(a) in the case of Australia:

(i) in respect of withholding tax on income that is derived by a non resident, in relation to income derived on or after 1 January in the calendar year next following the date on which the Convention enters into force;

(ii) in respect of other Australian tax, in relation to income, profits or gains of any year of income beginning on or after 1 July in the calendar year next following the date on which the Convention enters into force;

(b) in the case of France:

(i) in respect of taxes on income withheld at source, for amounts taxable after the calendar year in which the Convention enters into force;

(ii) in respect of taxes on income which are not withheld at source, for income relating, as the case may be, to any calendar year or accounting period beginning after the calendar year in which the Convention enters into force;

(iii) in respect of the other taxes, for taxation the taxable event of which will occur after the calendar year in which the Convention enters into force.

(c) for purposes of Article 25 , from the date of entry into force of this Convention;

(d) notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b), Article 26 shall have effect from the date agreed in an exchange of notes through the diplomatic channel.

2.    
The Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the French Republic for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income signed in Canberra on 13 April 1976 (as amended by the Protocol signed in Paris on 19 June 1989) and the Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the French Republic for the avoidance of double taxation of income derived from international air transport signed in Canberra on 27 March 1969 shall be terminated and shall cease to have effect from the dates on which this Convention becomes effective in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.

3.    
Notwithstanding the entry into force of this Convention, an individual who is entitled to the benefits of Article 19 of the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the French Republic for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income signed in Canberra on 13 April 1976 (as amended by the Protocol signed in Paris on 19 June 1989) at the time of the entry into force of this Convention shall continue to be entitled to such benefits until such time as the individual would have ceased to be entitled to such benefits if the Agreement had remained in force.