1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services or other activities of an independent character shall be taxable only in that State except in the following circumstances, when such income may also be taxed in the other Contracting State:
1 - Os rendimentos obtidos por um residente de um Estado Contratante pelo exercício de uma profissão liberal ou de outras actividades de carácter independente só podem ser tributados nesse Estado, excepto nas circunstâncias a seguir indicadas, caso em que tais rendimentos também podem ser tributados no outro Estado Contratante:
a) if he has a fixed base regularly available to him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities; in that case, only so much of the income as is attributable to that fixed base may be taxed in that other State; or
a) Se esse residente dispuser de forma habitual, nesse outro Estado, de uma instalação fixa para o exercício das suas actividades; nesse caso, só pode ser tributada nesse outro Estado a fracção dos rendimentos imputável a essa instalação fixa; ou
b) if his stay in the other Contracting State is for a period or periods exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve-month period commencing or ending in the fiscal year concerned; in that case, only so much of the income as is derived from his activities performed in the other State may be taxed in that other State.
b) Se o residente permanecer nesse outro Estado durante um período ou períodos cuja duração total exceda 183 dias em qualquer período de 12 meses com início ou termo no ano fiscal em causa; nesse caso, só pode ser tributada nesse outro Estado a fracção dos rendimentos auferidos das suas actividades exercidas no outro Estado.
2. The term “professional services" includes especially independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as the independent activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and accountants.
2 - A expressão «profissão liberal» abrange, em especial, as actividades independentes de carácter científico, literário, artístico, educativo ou pedagógico, bem como as actividades independentes de médicos, advogados, engenheiros, arquitectos, dentistas e contabilistas.
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The English column is an authentic text of the Convention, reproduced from the Dutch Treaty Series (Tractatenblad 1999, 180). The Convention was done in Portuguese, Dutch and English, each text being authentic; the English text prevails if the Portuguese and Dutch texts are interpreted differently. The Portuguese text is reproduced from the official publication. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the Convention.