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UCP500英文版

UCP500跟单信用证L/C[英文版]

UNIFORMCUSTOMSANDPRACTICEFOR

DOCUMENTARYCREDITS*

*Copyright~1993byInternationalChamberofCommerce.Allrights

reserved.ReprintedherewiththepermissionoftheICCPublishingInc.

NewYork.ICCPublicationNo.500EffectiveJanuary1,1994

GENERALPROVISIONSANDDEFINITIONS

ARTICLE1

ApplicationofUCP

TheUniformCustomsandPracticeforDocumentaryCredits,1993Revision,

ICCPublicationNo.50O,shallapplytoallDocumentaryCredits（including

totheextenttowhichtheymaybeapplicable,StandbyLetter（s）of

Credit）wheretheyareincorporatedintothetextoftheCredit.Theyare

bindingonallpartiesthereto,unlessotherwiseexpresslystipulatedin

theCredit.

ARTICLE2

MeaningofCredit

ForthepurposesoftheseArticles,theexpressions"Documentary

Credit（s）"and"StandbyLetter（s）ofCredit"（hereinafterreferredtoas

"Credit（s）"）,meananyarrangement,howevernamedordescribed,wherebya

bank（the"IssuingBank"）actingattherequestandontheinstructionsof

acustomer（the"Applicant"）oronitsownbehalf,

i.istomakeapaymenttoortotheorderofathirdparty（the

"Beneficiary"）,oristoacceptandpaybillsofexchange（Draft（s））drawn

bytheBeneficiary,

or

ii.authorizesanotherbanktoeffectsuchpayment,ortoacceptandpay

suchbillsofexchange（Draft（s））,

or

iii.authorizesanotherbanktonegotiate,againststipulateddocument（s）,

providedthatthetermsandconditionsoftheCreditarecompliedwith.

ForthepurposesoftheseArticles,branchesofabankindifferent

countriesareconsideredanotherbank.

ARTICLE3

Creditsv.Contracts

A.Credits,bytheirnature,areseparatetransactionsfromthesalesor

othercontract（s）onwhichtheymaybebasedandbanksareinnoway

concernedwithorboundbysuchcontract（s）,evenifanyreference

whatsoevertosuchcontract（s）isincludedintheCredit.Consequently,

theundertakingofabanktopay,acceptandpayDraft（s）ornegotiate

and/ortofulfillanyotherobligationundertheCredit,isnotsubjectto

claimsordefensesbytheApplicantresultingfromhisrelationshipswith

theIssuingBankortheBeneficiary.

B.ABeneficiarycaninnocaseavailhimselfofthecontractual

relationshipsexistingbetweenthebanksorbetweentheApplicantandthe

IssuingBank.

ARTICLE4

Documentsv.Goods/Services/Performances

InCreditoperationsallpartiesconcerneddealwithdocuments,andnot

withgoods,servicesand/orotherperformancestowhichthedocumentsmay

relate.

ARTICLE5

InstructionstoIssue/AmendCredits

A.InstructionsfortheissuanceofaCredit,theCredititself,

instructionsforanamendmentthereto,andtheamendmentitself,mustbe

completeandprecise.

Inordertoguardagainstconfusionandmisunderstanding,banksshould

discourageanyattempt:

i.toincludeexcessivedetailintheCreditorinanyamendmentthereto;

ii.togiveinstructionstoissue,adviseorconfirmaCreditbyreference

toaCreditpreviouslyissued（similarCredit）wheresuchpreviousCredit

hasbeensubjecttoacceptedamendment（s）,and/orunacceptedamendment（s）.

B.AllinstructionsfortheissuanceofaCreditandtheCredititself

and,whereapplicable,allinstructionsforanamendmenttheretoandthe

amendmentitself,muststatepreciselythedocument（s）againstwhich

payment,acceptanceornegotiationistobemade.

FORMANDNOTIFICATIONOFCREDITS

ARTICLE6

Revocablev.IrrevocableCredits

A.ACreditmaybeeither

i.revocable,

or

ii.irrevocable.

B.TheCredit,therefore,shouldclearlyindicatewhetheritisrevocable

orirrevocable.

C.IntheabsenceofsuchindicationtheCreditshallbedeemedtobe

irrevocable.

ARTICLE7

AdvisingBank'sLiability

A.ACreditmaybeadvisedtoaBeneficiarythroughanotherbank（the

"AdvisingBank"）withoutengagementonthepartoftheAdvisingBank,but

thatbank,ifitelectstoadvisetheCredit,shalltakereasonablecare

tochecktheapparentauthenticityoftheCreditwhichitadvises.Ifthe

bankelectsnottoadvisetheCredit,itmustsoinformtheIssuingBank

withoutdelay.

B.IftheAdvisingBankcannotestablishsuchapparentauthenticityit

mustinform,withoutdelay,thebankfromwhichtheinstructionsappearto

havebeenreceivedthatithasbeenunabletoestablishtheauthenticity

oftheCreditandifitelectsnonethelesstoadvisetheCredititmust

informtheBeneficiarythatithasnotbeenabletoestablishthe

authenticityoftheCredit.

ARTICLE8

RevocationofaCredit

A.ArevocableCreditmaybeamendedorcanceledbytheIssuingBankat

anymomentandwithoutpriornoticetotheBeneficiary.

B.However,theIssuingBankmust:

i.reimburseanotherbankwithwhicharevocableCredithasbeenmade

availableforsightpayment,acceptanceornegotiationforanypayment,

acceptanceornegotiationmadebysuchbankpriortoreceiptbyitof

noticeofamendmentorcancellation,againstdocumentswhichappearon

theirfacetobeincompliancewiththetermsandconditionsofthe

Credit;

ii.reimburseanotherbankwithwhicharevocableCredithasbeenmade

availablefordeferredpayment,ifsuchabankhas,priortoreceiptbyit

ofnoticeofamendmentorcancellation,takenupdocumentswhichappearon

theirfacetobeincompliancewiththetermsandconditionsofthe

Credit.

ARTICLE9

LiabilityofIssuingandConfirmingBanks

A.AnirrevocableCreditconstitutesadefiniteundertakingoftheIssuing

Bank,providedthatthestipulateddocumentsarepresentedtothe

NominatedBankortotheIssuingBankandthatthetermsandconditionsof

theCreditarecompliedwith:

i.iftheCreditprovidesforsightpaymenttopayatsight;

ii.iftheCreditprovidesfordeferredpaymenttopayonthematurity

date（s）determinableinaccordancewiththestipulationsoftheCredit;

iii.iftheCreditprovidesforacceptance;

a.bytheIssuingBanktoacceptDraft（s）drawnbytheBeneficiaryonthe

IssuingBankandpaythematmaturity,

or

b.byanotherdraweebanktoacceptandpayatmaturityDraft（s）drawnby

theBeneficiaryontheIssuingBankintheeventthedraweebank

stipulatedintheCreditdoesnotacceptDraft（s）drawnonit,ortopay

Drafts（s）acceptedbutnotpaidbysuchdraweebankatmaturity;

iv.iftheCreditprovidesfornegotiationtopaywithoutrecourseto

drawersand/orbonafideholders,Draft（s）drawnbytheBeneficiaryand/or

document（s）presentedundertheCredit.ACreditshouldnotbeissued

availablebyDraft（s）ontheApplicant.IftheCreditneverthelesscalls

forDraft（s）ontheApplicant,bankswillconsidersuchDraft（s）asan

additionaldocument（s）.

B.AconfirmationofanirrevocableCreditbyanotherbank（the

"ConfirmingBank"）upontheauthorizationorrequestoftheIssuingBank,

constitutesadefiniteundertakingoftheConfirmingBank,inadditionto

thatoftheissuingBank,providedthatthestipulateddocumentsare

presentedtotheConfirmingBankortoanyotherNominatedBankandthat

thetermsandconditionsoftheCreditarecompliedwith:

i.IftheCreditprovidesforsightpaymenttopayatsight;

ii.iftheCreditprovidesfordeferredpaymenttopayonthematurity

date（s）determinableinaccordancewiththestipulationsoftheCredit;

iii.iftheCreditprovidesforacceptance:

a.bytheConfirmingBanktoacceptDraft（s）drawnbytheBeneficiaryon

theConfirmingBankandpaythematmaturity,

or

b.byanotherdraweebanktoacceptandpayatmaturityDraft（s）drawnby

theBeneficiaryontheConfirmingBank,intheeventthedraweebank

stipulatedintheCreditdoesnotacceptDraft（s）drawnonit,ortopay

Draft（s）acceptedbutnotpaidbysuchdraweebankatmaturity;

iv.iftheCreditprovidesfornegotiationtonegotiatewithoutrecourse

todrawersand/orbonafideholders,Draft（s）drawnbytheBeneficiary

and/ordocument（s）presentedundertheCredit.ACreditshouldnotbe

issuedavailablebyDraft（s）ontheApplicant.IftheCreditnevertheless

callsforDraft（s）ontheApplicant,bankswillconsidersuchDraft（s）as

anadditionaldocument（s）.

C.i.IfanotherbankisauthorizedorrequestedbytheIssuingBankto

additsconfirmationtoaCreditbutisnotpreparedtodoso,itmustso

informtheIssuingBankwithoutdelay.

ii.UnlesstheIssuingBankspecifiesotherwiseinitsauthorizationor

requesttoaddconfirmation,theAdvisingBankmayadvisetheCreditto

theBeneficiarywithoutaddingitsconfirmation.

D.i.ExceptasotherwiseprovidedbyArticle48,anirrevocableCredit

canneitherbeamendednorcanceledwithouttheagreementoftheIssuing

Bank,theConfirmingBank,ifany,andtheBeneficiary.

ii.TheIssuingBankshallbeirrevocablyboundbyanamendment（s）issued

byitfromthetimeoftheissuanceofsuchamendment（s）.AConfirming

Bankmayextenditsconfirmationtoanamendmentandshallbeirrevocably

boundasofthetimeofitsadviceoftheamendment.AConfirmingBank

may,however,choosetoadviseanamendmenttotheBeneficiarywithout

extendingitsconfirmationandifso,mustinformtheIssuingBankandthe

Beneficiarywithoutdelay.

iii.ThetermsoftheoriginalCredit（oraCreditincorporating

previouslyacceptedamendment（s））willremaininforcefortheBeneficiary

untiltheBeneficiarycommunicateshisacceptanceoftheamendmenttothe

bankthatadvisedsuchamendment.TheBeneficiaryshouldgivenotificatio