第1页共61页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第1页共61页InternationalStandardBankingPracticeForewordThepublicationInternationalStandardBankingPracticefortheExaminationofDocumentsunderDocumentaryLettersofCreditistheproductof2.5yearsofworkbyataskforceoftheICCBankingCommission.ItwasapprovedbythefullCommissionatitsmeetinginRomeinOctober2002,atwhichtime,theCommissionvotedtomakeitanofficialdocumentoftheICC.TheISBP,asitismorecommonlycalled,isapracticalcomplementtoUCP500,ICC'suniversallyusedrulesondocumentarycredits.AlthoughitdoesnotamendtheUCP,itexplains,inexplicitdetail,howtherulesaretobeappliedonaday-to-daybasis.Assuch,itfillsaneededgapbetweenthegeneralprinciplesannouncedintherulesandthedailyworkofthedocumentarycreditpractitioner.ThetaskforcethatdevelopedtheISBPwasmeticulousinseekingtodocumentinternationalpracticeinthefield.ItstartedbyaskingICCnationalcommitteesandmemberstosendchecklistsonhowdocumentswereexaminedintheirbanks.Some39nationalcommitteesandasubstantialnumberofindividualbanksresponded.Cullingthesecommentsrequired14taskforcemeetingsandfourdifferentdraftsbeforetheISBPwasfinallyinashapetobeapproved.Thetaskforcedeservesconsiderablecreditforhavingproceededsocarefully.TheobjectoftheexercisewastodocumentinternationalstandardbankingpracticefortheexaminationofdocumentsundertheUCP;itwasnottoreportonindividualcountrypracticesthatmaydifferinsomewayfromthenorm.TheUCPwascreatedtobringuniformitytoafieldinwhichindividualpracticesoftendiffered,tothedetrimentofdocumentarypractitionersinallcountries.ByusingtheISBP,documentcheckerscanbringtheirpracticesinlinewiththosefollowedbytheircolleaguesworldwide.Theresultshouldbeasignificantreductioninthenumberofdocumentsrefusedfordiscrepanciesonfirstpresentation.MariaLivanosCattauiSecretaryGeneral第2页共61页第1页共61页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第2页共61页InternationalChamberofCommerceParis,FranceDecember2002IntroductionAtitsMay2000meetingtheCommissiononBankingTechniqueandPracticeoftheInternationalChamberofCommerce(ICCBankingCommission)establishedataskforcetodocumentinternationalstandardbankingpracticefortheexaminationofdocumentspresentedunderdocumentarycreditsissuedsubjecttotheUniformCustomsandPracticeforDocumentaryCredits,theInternationalChamberofCommerce'sPublicationNo.500(UCP).TheinternationalstandardbankingpracticesdocumentedinthispublicationareconsistentwiththeUCPandtheOpinionsandDecisionsoftheICCBankingCommission.ThisdocumentdoesnotamendUCP.ItexplainshowthepracticesarticulatedintheUCParetobeappliedbydocumentarypractitioners.Itis,ofcourse,recognizedthatthelawinsomecountriesmaycompeladifferentpracticethanthatstatedhere.NosinglepublicationcananticipateallthetermsorthedocumentsthatmaybeusedinconnectionwithdocumentarycreditsortheirinterpretationundertheUCPandthestandardpracticeitreflects.However,thetaskforcepreparingthispublicationhasendeavouredtocovertermscommonlyseenonaday-to-daybasisandthedocumentsmostoftenpresentedunderdocumentarycredits.ItshouldbenotedthatanyterminadocumentarycreditwhichmodifiesoraffectstheapplicabilityofaprovisionoftheUCPmayalsohaveanimpactoninternationalstandardbankingpractice.Therefore,inconsideringthepracticesdescribedinthispublication,partiesmusttakeintoaccountanyterminadocumentarycreditthatexpresslyexcludesormodifiesaprovisioninanarticleoftheUCP.Thisprinci...
