UCP600地中英文版下载Word格式文档下载.docx

UCP600地中英文版下载Word格式文档下载.docx

《UCP600地中英文版下载Word格式文档下载.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《UCP600地中英文版下载Word格式文档下载.docx（46页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

UCP600

英文中文

UCP600中文版UCP600

FOREWORD

ThisrevisionoftheUniformCustomsandPracticeforDocumentaryCredits（commonlycalled“UCP”）isthesixthrevisionoftherulessincetheywerefirstpromulgatedin1933.ItisthefruitofmorethanthreeyearsofworkbytheInternationalChamberofCommerce’s（ICC）CommissiononBankingTechniqueandPractice.

ICC,whichwasestablishedin1919,hadasitsprimaryobjectivefacilitatingtheflowofinternationaltradeatatimewhennationalismandprotectionismposedseriousthreatstotheworldtradingsystem.ItwasinthatspiritthattheUCPwerefirstintroduced–toalleviatetheconfusioncausedbyindividualcountries’promotingtheirownnationalrulesonletterofcreditpractice.Theobjective,sinceattained,wastocreateasetofcontractualrulesthatwouldestablishuniformityinthatpractice,sothatpractitionerswouldnothavetocopewithaplethoraofoftenconflictingnationalregulations.TheuniversalacceptanceoftheUCPbypractitionersincountrieswithwidelydivergenteconomicandjudicialsystemsisatestamenttotherules’success.

ItisimportanttorecallthattheUCPrepresenttheworkofaprivateinternationalorganization,notagovernmentalbody.Sinceitsinception,ICChasinsistedonthecentralroleofself-regulationinbusinesspractice.Theserules,formulatedentirelybyexpertsintheprivatesector,havevalidatedthatapproach.TheUCPremainthemostsuccessfulsetofprivaterulesfortradeeverdeveloped.

Arangeofindividualsandgroupscontributedtothecurrentrevision,whichisentitledUCP600.TheseincludetheUCPDraftingGroup,whichsiftedthroughmorethan5000individualcommentsbeforearrivingatthisconsensustext;

theUCPConsultingGroup,consistingofmembersfrommorethan25countries,whichservedastheadvisorybodyreactingtoandproposingchangestothevariousdrafts;

themorethan400membersof

theICCCommissiononBankingTechniqueandPracticewhomadeertinent

suggestionsforchangesinthetext;

andICCnationalcommitteesworldwidewhichtookanactiveroleinconsolidatingcommentsfromtheirmembers.ICCalsoexpressesitsgratitudetopractitionersinthetransportand

Insuranceindustries,whoseperceptivesuggestionshonedthefinaldraft.

GuySebban

SecretaryGeneral

InternationalChamberofCommerce

INTRODUCTION

InMay2003,theInternationalChamberofCommerceauthorizedtheICCCommissiononBankingTechniqueandPractice（BankingCommission）tobeginarevisionoftheUniformCustomsandPracticeforDocumentaryCredits,ICCPublication500.

Aswithotherrevisions,thegeneralobjectivewastoaddressdevelopmentsinthebanking,transportandinsuranceindustries.Additionally,therewasaneedtolookatthelanguageandstyleusedintheUCPtoremovewordingthatcouldleadtoinconsistentapplicationandinterpretation.

Whenworkontherevisionstarted,anumberofglobalsurveysindicatedthat,becauseofdiscrepancies,approximately70%ofdocumentspresentedunderlettersofcreditwerebeingrejectedonfirstpresentation.Thisobviouslyhad,andcontinuestohave,anegativeeffectontheletterofcreditbeingseenasameansofpaymentand,ifunchecked,couldhaveseriousimplicationsformaintainingorincreasingitsmarketshareasarecognizedmeansofsettlementininternationaltrade.Theintroductionbybanksofadiscrepancyfeehashighlightedtheimportanceofthisissue,especiallywhentheunderlyingdiscrepancieshavebeenfoundtobedubiousorunsound.WhilstthenumberofcasesinvolvinglitigationhasnotgrownduringthelifetimeofUCP500,theintroductionoftheICC’sDocumentaryCreditDisputeResolutionExpertiseRules（DOCDEX）inOctober1997（subsequentlyrevisedinMarch2002）hasresultedinmorethan60casesbeingdecided.

Toaddresstheseandotherconcerns,theBankingCommissionestablishedaDraftingGrouptoreviseUCP500.Itwasalsodecidedtocreateasecondgroup,knownastheConsultingGroup,toreviewandadviseonearlydraftssubmittedbytheDraftingGroup.TheConsultingGroup,madeupofover40individualsfrom26countries,consistedofbankingandtransportindustryexperts.Ablyco-chairedbyJohnTurnbull,DeputyGeneralManager,SumitomoMitsuiBankingCorporationEuropeLtd,LondonandCarlo

DiNinni,Adviser,ItalianBankersAssociation,Rome,theConsultingGroupprovidedvaluableinputtotheDraftingGrouppriortoreleaseofdrafttextstoICCnationalcommittees.TheDraftingGroupbeganthereviewprocessbyanalyzingthecontentoftheofficialOpinionsissuedbytheBankingCommissionunderUCP500.Some500Opinionswerereviewedtoassesswhethertheissuesinvolvedwarrantedachangein,anadditiontooradeletionofanyUCParticle.Inaddition,considerationwasgiventotheconte