Department of the Treasury Technical Explanation of the Protocol Signed at Helsinki on May 31, 2006

This is a technical explanation of the Protocol signed at Washington on May 31, 2006 (the "Protocol"), amending the Convention between the United States of America and the Government of Finland for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, signed at Helsinki on September 21, 1989 (the "Convention"). Negotiations took into account the U.S. Department of the Treasury's current tax treaty policy and Treasury's Model Income Tax Convention, published on September 20, 1996 (the "U.S. Model"). Negotiations also took into account the Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the "OECD Model"), and recent tax treaties concluded by both countries.