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 unless he has a fixed base regularly available to him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities. If he has such a fixed base, the income may be taxed in the other Contracting State but only so much of it as is attributable to that fixed base.
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, a não ser que esse residente disponha, de forma habitual, no outro Estado Contratante, de uma instalação fixa para o exercício das suas actividades. Neste último caso, os rendimentos podem ser tributados no outro Estado Contratante, mas unicamente na medida em que sejam imputáveis a essa instalação fixa.
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 Diário da República publication (Resolution of the Assembly of the Republic No. 47/2012). The Convention was done in Portuguese, Arabic and English, each text being authentic; the English text prevails in case of divergence. The Portuguese text is reproduced from the official publication. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the Convention.