DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
Art. 3Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)
General Definitions
1. For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the term “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” means the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
which also includes the area outside the territorial waters, where the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia exercises its sovereign and jurisdictional rights in their waters, sea bed, sub-soil
and natural resources by virtue of its law and international law;
(b) the term “Kosovo” means the Republic of Kosovo, including all the land territory, including air
space above it, over which it has jurisdiction or sovereign rights for the purpose of exploration,
exploitation, and conservation of natural resources pursuant to international law;
(c) the terms “a Contracting State” and “the other Contracting State” mean the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia or the Republic of Kosovo as the context requires;
(d) the term “person” includes an individual, a company and any other body of persons,
including the State, its administrative subdivision or local authorities;
(e) the term “company” means any body corporate or any entity which is treated as a body
corporate for tax purposes;
(f) the terms “enterprise of a Contracting State” and “enterprise of the other Contracting
State” mean respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a Contracting State and
an enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting State;
(g) the term “international traffic” means any transport by a ship or aircraft operated by an
enterprise of a Contracting State which has its place of effective management in a
Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is operated solely between places in
the other Contracting State;
(h) the term “national” means:
i) any individual possessing the nationality of a Contracting State;
ii) any legal person, partnership or association deriving its status as such from the laws
in force in a Contracting State;
(i) the term “competent authority” means:
i) in the case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Finance represented by the
Minister of Finance or his authorized representative;
ii) in the case of the Republic of Kosovo, the Ministry of Finance represented by the
Minister of Finance or his authorized representative.
2. As regards the application of this Agreement at any time by a Contracting State, 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 State for the purposes of the taxes to which this Agreement
applies, any meaning under the applicable tax laws of that State prevailing over a meaning
given to the term under other laws of that State.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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