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《跟单信用证统一惯例》UCP500（中英文版） Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision) A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS总则与定义 Article 1. Application of UCP统一惯例的适用范围 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. 《跟单信用证统一惯例，１９９３年修订本》即，国际商会第５００号出版物， 适用于所有在信用证文本中标明按本惯例办理的跟单信用证（包括本惯例适用范围内的备用信用证），除非信用证中另有明确规定，本惯例对一切有关当事人均具 有约束力。 Article 2. Meaning of Credit信用证的意义 For the purposes of these Articles, the expressions Documentary Credit (s) and Standby Letter(s) of Credit (hereinafter referred to as Credit (s) ), mean 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, 就本惯例而言，“跟单信用证”和“备用信用证”（以下统称“信用证”）意指一项约定，不论如何命名或描述，系指一家银行（“开证行”）应客户（“申请人”）的要求和指示或以其自身的名义，在与信用证条款相符的条件下，凭规定的单据： 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和第三者（“受益人”）或其指定人付款，或承兑并支付受益人出具的汇票，或 ii) authorises another bank to effect such payment, or to accept and pay such bills of exchange(Draft(s)), or 授权另一家银行付款，或承兑并支付该汇票，或 iii) authorises another bank to negotiate, against stipulated document(s), provided that the terms and conditions of the Credit are complied with. For the purposes of these Articles, branches of a bank in different countries are considered another bank. 授权另一家银行议付。 　　就本惯例而言，一家银行在不同国家设立的分支机构均同为另一家银行。 Article 3. Credits v. Contracts信用证与合同 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