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Treaty between Belgium and France: regular participation in commodity exchange held to be permanent establishment

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Belgium-France

Recently, a decision of the Court of Appeal Ghent of 15 May 2008 No. G1 08/0446 was published concerning the interpretation of the permanent establishment provision of Art. 4(3) and (4) of the France-Belgium  treaty ("treaty"). Details of the decision are summarized below.

(a) Facts. A French company participated in Belgian exchange commodities several times per year.…

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