Tài liệu học tập môn Thanh toán quốc tế. Tài liệu bằng tiếng Anh. . | The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 2007 Revision ICC Publication no. 600 FOREWORD This revision of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits commonly called UCP is the sixth revision of the rules since they were first promulgated in 1933. It is the fruit of more than three years of work by the International Chamber of Commerce s ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice. ICC which was established in 1919 had as its primary objective facilitating the flow of international trade at a time when nationalism and protectionism posed serious threats to the world trading system. It was in that spirit that the UCP were first introduced - to alleviate the confusion caused by individual countries promoting their own national rules on letter of credit practice. The objective since attained was to create a set of contractual rules that would establish uniformity in that practice so that practitioners would not have to cope with a plethora of often conflicting national regulations. The universal acceptance of the UCP by practitioners in countries with widely divergent economic and judicial systems is a testament to the rules success. It is important to recall that the UCP represent the work of a private international organization not a governmental body. Since its inception ICC has insisted on the central role of self-regulation in business practice. These rules formulated entirely by experts in the private sector have validated that approach. The UCP remain the most successful set of private rules for trade ever developed. A range of individuals and groups contributed to the current revision which is entitled UCP 600. These include the UCP Drafting Group which sifted through more than 5000 individual comments before arriving at this consensus text the UCP Consulting Group consisting of members from more than 25 countries which served as the advisory body reacting to and proposing changes to the various drafts the more than 400 members
