UCP 600상 운송서류 심사기준의 개정방향에 관한 연구

Abstract

A Study on the Revision Direction for UCP 600 of Transport Document Examination Standards Park, Ji-eun Department of International Commerce and Logistics Graduate School, Pukyong National University Abstract This study analyzed and summarized the most important transport documents stipulated in Letter of Credit Transaction: Complex Transport Documents in Article 19 of UCP 600, B/L (Bill of Lading) in Article 20, Non-Negotiable Seaway Bill in Article 21, B/L (Bill of Landing) of Charter Party in Article 22 of the Conditions and Terms of Signing Standards to Review and Formality Condition and Terms. And, this study presented the direction to amend clause of transport documents of UCP 600, reflecting the corporate practice and real cases where ICC Banking Commission‘s Official Opinion is being proposed. This is as follows. First, the clause in relation to signing the date of loading and shipment is incompatible with Article 34 of UCP 600. Thus, Article 34 of the clause of transport documents shall be excluded. Also, the clause, Only the date of ship loading can be considered the date of shipment, according to the corporate practice, shall be added and included. Second, the clauses on Non-negotiable Seaway Bill and B/L (Bill of Landing) shall be integrated and applied. Third, the clause on the Authorized Signer of B/L (Bill of Lading) of Charter Party shall include the details of transporters or their agents. Fourth, regarding the clause stipulated in the original document, it is desirable to eliminate Article 7, Section (c) (ⅲ) of UCP. Lastly, regarding the conditions and terms of transshipment, the details of transshipment shall be added and included in B/L (Bill of Loading) of Charter Party in Article 22. It is considered that the revised UCP 600 need to accept corporate demands from the business circle actively and reflect corporate practice much enough. If opinions of experts in every sector such as transport industry, insurance industry and trade industry are collected and reflected at an equivalent level, they would be included in Letter of Credit to provide the valid ground.