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Sections 1 and 2 of this treatise begin with a brief description of the OECD Model and its commentaries. In section 3 the application of art. 31 and art. 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties to the commentaries is analysed. Section 4 examines the extent to which the commentaries constitute binding rules of international law and section 5 discusses the effect of observations entered by OECD member countries on the commentaries. Section 6 discusses the effect on tax treaties of additions and changes to the commentaries published after the time such treaties have been concluded. Lastly, section 7 summarizes the conclusions reached in the previous sections
Faculty
Faculté de droit
Department
Département de droit international et droit commercial
This book is published in cooperation with the Canadian Branch of the International Fiscal Association. - Includes appendices: The Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; The OECD Rules of Procedure ; The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ; Commentary on the draft articles of the Vienna Convention