文档介绍：跟单信用证统一惯例》UCP500(英文版)

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Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision)
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1. Application of UCP
The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 1993 Revision, ICC Publication No. 500, shall apply to all documentary Credits (including to the extent to which they may be applicable, Standby Letter(s) of Credit) where they are incorporated into the text of the Credit. They are binding on all parties thereto, unless otherwise expressly stipulated in the Credit.
Article 2. Meaning of Credit
For the purposes of these Articles, the expressions "Documentary Credit (s)" and "Standby Letter(s) of Credit" (hereinafter referred to as "Credit (s) "), rmean any arrangement, however named or described, whereby a bank(the "Issuing Bank") acting at the request and on the instructions of a customer (the "Applicant") or on its own behalf,
i) is to make a payment to or to the order of a third party(the "Beneficiary"), or is to accept and pay bills of exchange(Draft(s)) drawn by the Beneficiary, or
ii) authorises another bank to effect such payment, or to accept and pay such bills of exchange(Draft(s)), or
iii) authorises another bank to negotiate, against stipulated document(s), provided that the terms and conditions of the Credit plied with. For the purposes of these Articles, branches of a bank in different countreis are considered another bank.
Article 3. Credits v. Contracts
a. Credits, by their nature, are separate transactions from the sales or other contract(s) on which they may be based and banks are in no way concerned with or bound by such contract(s), even if any reference whatsoever to such contract(s) is included in the Credit. Consequently, the undertaking of a bank to pay, accept and pay Draft(s) or negotiate and/or to fulfil any other obligation under the Cred