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信用狀統一慣例第五次修訂內容之研究 / The Study of the Fifth Revision of the UCP卓佳慶, Jwo,Jia Chinq Unknown Date (has links)
信用狀為目前我國及國際清償貨款最通行之付款方式,故作為規範信
用狀交易之信用狀統一慣例(ICC Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits,簡稱UCP),實為從事國際貿易者不可或
缺之知識。尤其,目前採行UCP之國家及地區已達165個,足見UC
P在信用狀交易中之重要性。UCP第五次修訂始自1989年,經過多
次研討,於1993年正式通過,並已於1994年1月正式施行,而以
第五百號刊物發行(以下簡稱UCP500)。第五次修訂後,其對當事人
之權利義務有何影響?有關單據之規定亦作大幅度增修,當事人應注意哪
些事項?均為不可忽視之重點。 本論文旨在探討第五次修訂內容對信
用狀交易當事人之影響,以及修訂之理由,其中,有關運送單據部分,由
於第五次修訂之幅度相當大,故以個別單據之全部規定為探討之對象。本
論文共計六章,第一章為緒論;第二章介紹信用狀之法律性質、法源、本
次有關信用狀之修訂事項及UCP之沿革,俾使對信用狀交易及統一慣例
有一初步了解;第三章探討第五次修訂內容對信用狀交易當事人之影響及
修訂理由;第四章探討單據一般規定事項之修訂理由及影響,以及全部運
送單據之性質與UCP之規定事項,最後則探討其他單據之修訂緣由及其
影響;第五章則著重探討UCP有關信用狀轉讓及信用狀金額讓與之修訂
理由及其影響;第六章為結論:第五次修訂後,若干條文較以往明確,故
有助於信用狀交易之進行;但若干條文較易引起爭議,當事人不妨以較明
確之信用狀取代。
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Regulation of lipid metabolism in adipocytes and hepatocytes by hexarelin through scavenger receptor CD36Rodrigue-Way, Amélie 04 1900 (has links)
Les sécrétines de l’hormone de croissance (GHRPs) sont de petits peptides synthétiques capables de stimuler la sécrétion de l’hormone de croissance à partir de l’hypophyse via leur liaison au récepteur de la ghréline GHS-R1a. Le GHRP hexaréline a été utilisé afin d’étudier la distribution tissulaire de GHS-R1a et son effet GH-indépendant. Ainsi, par cette approche, il a été déterminé que l’hexaréline était capable de se lier à un deuxième récepteur identifié comme étant le récepteur scavenger CD36. Ce récepteur possède une multitude de ligands dont les particules oxLDL et les acides gras à longue chaîne. CD36 est généralement reconnu pour son rôle dans l’athérogénèse et sa contribution à la formation de cellules spumeuses suite à l’internalisation des oxLDL dans les macrophages/monocytes. Auparavant, nous avions démontré que le traitement des macrophages avec l’hexaréline menait à l’activation de PPARƔ via sa liaison à GHS-R1a, mais aussi à CD36. De plus, une cascade d’activation impliquant LXRα et les transporteurs ABC provoquait également une augmentation de l’efflux du cholestérol. Une stimulation de la voie du transport inverse du cholestérol vers les particules HDL entraînait donc une diminution de l’engorgement des macrophages de lipides et la formation de cellules spumeuses. Puisque CD36 est exprimé dans de multiples tissus et qu’il est également responsable du captage des acides gras à longue chaîne, nous avons voulu étudier l’impact de l’hexaréline uniquement à travers sa liaison à CD36. Dans le but d’approfondir nos connaissances sur la régulation du métabolisme des lipides par CD36, nous avons choisi des types cellulaires jouant un rôle important dans l’homéostasie lipidique n’exprimant pas GHS-R1a, soient les adipocytes et les hépatocytes.
L’ensemble de mes travaux démontre qu’en réponse à son interaction avec l’hexaréline, CD36 a le potentiel de réduire le contenu lipidique des adipocytes et des hépatocytes. Dans les cellules adipeuses, l'hexaréline augmente l’expression de plusieurs gènes impliqués dans la mobilisation et l’oxydation des acides gras, et induit également l’expression des marqueurs thermogéniques PGC-1α et UCP-1. De même, hexaréline augmente l’expression des gènes impliqués dans la biogenèse mitochondriale, un effet accompagné de changements morphologiques des mitochondries; des caractéristiques observées dans les types cellulaires ayant une grande capacité oxydative. Ces résultats démontrent que les adipocytes blancs traités avec hexaréline ont la capacité de se transformer en un phénotype similaire aux adipocytes bruns ayant l’habileté de brûler les acides gras plutôt que de les emmagasiner. Cet effet est également observé dans les tissus adipeux de souris et est dépendant de la présence de CD36. Dans les hépatocytes, nous avons démontré le potentiel de CD36 à moduler le métabolisme du cholestérol. En réponse au traitement des cellules avec hexaréline, une phosphorylation rapide de LKB1 et de l’AMPK est suivie d’une phosphorylation inhibitrice de l’HMG-CoA réductase (HMGR), l’enzyme clé dans la synthèse du cholestérol. De plus, la liaison d'hexaréline à CD36 provoque le recrutement d’insig-2 à HMGR, l’étape d’engagement dans sa dégradation. La dégradation de HMGR par hexaréline semble être dépendante de l’activité de PPARƔ et de l’AMPK. Dans le but d’élucider le mécanisme d’activation par hexaréline, nous avons démontré d’une part que sa liaison à CD36 provoque une déphosphorylation de Erk soulevant ainsi l’inhibition que celui-ci exerce sur PPARƔ et d’autre part, un recrutement de l’AMPK à PGC-1α expliquant ainsi une partie du mécanisme d’activation de PPARƔ par hexaréline.
Les résultats générés dans cette thèse ont permis d’élucider de nouveaux mécanismes d’action de CD36 et d'approfondir nos connaissances de son influence dans la régulation du métabolisme des lipides. / Growth hormone releasing peptides (GHRPs) are small synthetic peptides aimed at stimulating GH release from the pituitary through their binding to ghrelin receptor known as growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a (GHS-R1a). Using the GHRP, hexarelin to study tissue distribution of GHS-R1a and its GH-independent effect, it was observed that hexarelin was capable of binding to a second receptor identified as scavenger receptor CD36. While having multiple ligands, CD36 is mainly known for binding and internalizing oxLDL and long chain fatty acids. CD36 is thought to play a detrimental role in macrophage derived foam cell formation and development of atherosclerosis. Previously, we have shown that in macrophages, expressing both GHS-R1a and CD36, hexarelin promoted an activation of PPARƔ via GHS-R1a but also through its binding to CD36. This activation led to the induction of the LXRα-ABC transporters pathway and an increase in cholesterol efflux, reducing lipid-laden macrophage content. This positive effect on macrophages was reproduced in apolipoprotein E-null mice on a high fat diet treated with hexarelin. A significant reduction in the size of atherosclerotic lesions was observed while similar increases in the expression of PPARƔ, LXRα and ABC transporters occurred in isolated peritoneal macrophages. CD36 also plays a role in fatty acid uptake, and to further investigate the impact of the interaction of hexarelin with CD36, we aimed at evaluating the role of CD36 in regulating lipid metabolism in cells devoid of GHS-R1a such as adipocytes and hepatocytes.
In the present thesis, we demonstrated through its interaction with hexarelin, the ability of CD36 to decrease intracellular lipid content in both adipocytes and hepatocytes. In adipocytes, hexarelin was able to increase the expression of several genes involved in fatty acid mobilization, fatty acid oxidation but also to induce the expression of the thermogenic markers, PGC-1α and UCP-1. In addition, hexarelin increased the expression of genes involved in mitochondrial biogenesis which was accompanied by mitochondrial morphological changes in agreement with what is usually seen in highly oxidative cells. In support of these findings, we also observed an increase in the activity of cytochrome c oxidase (a component of the respiratory chain) which could reflect an increase in oxidative phosphorylation. The results generated with cultured white adipocytes suggest the ability of hexarelin to promote changes toward a brown fat-like phenotype which also occurred in vivo and was dependent on the presence of CD36. In hepatocytes, CD36 was capable of regulating cholesterol metabolism by rapidly phosphorylating LKB1 and AMPK which subsequently resulted in the inactivating phosphorylation of HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. Hexarelin via CD36 also induced the recruitment of insig-2 to HMGR, the committed step in HMGR degradation while lifting the exerted inhibitory effect of Erk on nuclear receptor PPARƔ activity, and promoting the recruitment of AMPK to PPARƔ coactivator PGC-1α, suggesting an enhanced transcriptional potential of PPARƔ.
The results generated during my graduate studies represent unique and novel mechanisms by which CD36 is capable of regulating lipid metabolism.
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Letters of credit - the fraud exception: a time for conformityFieties, Leon January 2013 (has links)
Magister Legum - LLM
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Functional nanoparticles for biomedical applications / Les nanoparticules fonctionnelles pour des applications biomédicalesBeyazit, Selim 12 December 2014 (has links)
Cette thèse décrit le développement de nouvelles méthodes pour obtenir des nanoparticules fonctionnelles polyvalentes qui peuvent potentiellement être utilisées pour des applications biomédicales telles que la vectorisation de médicaments, des essais biologiques et la bio-imagerie. Les nanomatériaux sont des outils polyvalents qui ont trouvé des applications comme vecteurs de médicaments, la bio-imagerie ou les biocapteurs. En particulier, les nanoparticules de type core-shell ont attiré beaucoup d'attention en raison de leur petite taille, une relation surface/volume élevée, et une biocompatibilité. Dans ce contexte, nous proposons dans la première partie de la thèse (Chapitre 2), une nouvelle méthode pour obtenir des nanoparticules core-shell via la polymérisation radicalaire en émulsion et vivante combinées. Des particules cœurs de polystyrène de 30 à 40 nm, avec une distribution de taille étroite et portant à la surface des groupements iniferter ont été utilisés pour amorcer la polymérisation supplémentaire d'une couche de polymère. Des nanoparticules core-shell ont été préparées de cette façon. Différents types d’enveloppes : anionique, zwitterioniques, à empreintes moléculaires, thermosensibles, ont ainsi été greffées. Notre méthode est une plate-forme polyvalente permettant d'ajouter des fonctionnalités multiples soit dans le noyau et/ou l'enveloppe pour les études d'interaction cellulaire et de toxicité, ainsi que des matériaux récepteurs pour l'imagerie cellulaire. Dans la deuxième partie de la thèse (Chapitre 3), nous décrivons un procédé nouveau et polyvalent pour la modification de surface des nanoparticules de conversion ascendante (UCP). Ce sont des nanocristaux fluorescents dopés de lanthanides qui ont récemment attiré beaucoup d'attention. Leur fluorescence est excitée dans le proche infrarouge, ce qui les rend idéales comme marqueurs dans des applications biomédicales telles que les tests biologiques et la bio-imagerie, l'auto-fluorescence étant réduite par rapport à des colorants organiques et les quantum dots. Cependant, les UCP sont hydrophobes et non-compatible avec les milieux aqueux, donc une modification de leur surface est essentielle. La stratégie que nous proposons utilise l'émission UV ou visible après excitation en proche infrarouge des UCP, comme source de lumière secondaire pour la photopolymérisation localisée de couches minces hydrophiles autour les UCP. Notre méthode offre de grands avantages comme la facilité d'application et la fonctionnalisation de surface rapide pour fixer divers ligands, et fournit une plateforme pour préparer des UCP encapsulée de polymères pour des différentes applications. Des hydrogels stimuli-sensibles sont des matériaux qui changent leurs propriétés physicochimiques en réponse à des stimuli externes tels que la température, le pH ou la lumière. Ces matériaux intelligents jouent un rôle critique dans des applications biomédicales telles que la vectorisation de médicaments ou l'ingénierie tissulaire. La troisième partie de cette thèse (Chapitre 4) propose un nouveau procédé de préparation d'hydrogels photo et pH sensible. Deux composantes, l'un photosensible à base dl'acide 4-[(4-méthacryloyloxy) phénylazo] benzoïque et l'autre cationic contenant des unités 2-(diéthylamino)éthyl méthacrylate, ont été synthétisés. Leur association donne des particules monodispersées de 100 nm photo et pH sensibles. Ces nanoparticules peuvent être potentiellement utilisées pour la vectorisation de médicaments, en particulier de biomolécules telles que protéines ou siARN. En conclusion, nous avons conçu plusieurs nouvelles méthodes efficaces, polyvalentes, génériques et facilement applicables pour obtenir des nanoparticules et nanocomposites de polymères fonctionnels qui peuvent être appliqués dans de différents domaines biomédicaux comme la vectorisation de médicaments, les biocapteurs, les tests biologiques et la bio-imagerie. / This thesis describes the development of novel methods to obtain versatile, functional nanoparticles that can potentially be used for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, bioassays and bioimaging. Nanomaterials are versatile tools that have found applications as drug carriers, bioimaging or biosensing. In particular, core-shell type nanoparticles have attracted much attention due to their small size, high surface to volume ratio and biocompatibility. In this regard, we propose in the first part of the thesis (Chapter 2), a novel method to obtain core-shell nanoparticles via combined radical emulsion and living polymerizations. Polystyrene core seeds of 30-40 nm, with a narrow size distribution and surface-bound iniferter moieties were used to further initiate polymerization of a polymer shell. Core-shell nanoparticles were prepared in this way. Different types of shells : anionic, zwitterionic, thermoresponsive or molecularly imprinted shells, were thus grafted. Our method is a versatile platform with the ability to add multi-functionalities in either the core for optical sensing or/and the shell for cell interaction and toxicity studies, as well as receptor materials for cell imaging. In the second part of the thesis (Chapter 3), we describe a novel and versatile method for surface modification of upconverting nanoparticles (UCPs). UCPs are lanthanide-doped fluorescent nanocrystals that have recently attracted much attention. Their fluorescence is excitated in the near infrared, which makes them ideal as labels in biomedical applications such as bioimaging and bioassays, since the autofluorescence background is minimized compared to organic dyes and quantum dots. However, UCPs are hydrophobic and non-compatible with aqueous media, therefore prior surface modification is essential. The strategy that we propose makes use oft he UV or Vis emission light of near-infrared photoexcited upconverting nanoparticles, as secondary light source for the localized photopolymerization of thin hydrophilic shells around the UCPs. Our method offers great advantages like ease of application and rapid surface functionalization for attaching various ligands and therefore can provide a platform to prepare polymeric-encapsulated UCPs for applications in bioassays, optical imaging and drug delivery. Stimuli responsive hydrogels are materials that can change their physico-chemical properties in response to external stimuli such as temperature, pH or light. These smart materials play critical roles in biomedical applications such as drug delivery or tissue engineering. The third part of the thesis (Chapter 4) proposes a novel method for obtaining photo and pH-responsive supramolecularly crosslinked hydrogels. Two building blocks, one containing photoresponsive 4-[(4-methacryloyloxy)phenylazo] benzoic acid and the other, consisting of cationic 2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate units, were first synthesized. Combining the two building blocks yielded photo and pH responsive monodisperse 100-nm particles. These nanoparticles can be eventually utilized for drug delivery, especially delivery of biomolecules such as siRNAs or proteins. In conclusion, we have designed several new efficient, versatile, generic and easily applicable methods to obtain functionalized polymer nanoparticles and nanocomposites that can be applied in various biomedical domains like drug delivery, biosensing, bioassays and bioimaging.
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Distributed Optimization Algorithms for Inter-regional Coordination of Electricity MarketsVeronica R Bosquezfoti (10653461) 07 May 2021 (has links)
<p>In the US, seven regional transmission organizations (RTOs)
operate wholesale electricity markets within three largely independent
transmission systems, the largest of which includes five RTO regions and many
vertically integrated utilities.</p>
<p>RTOs operate a day-ahead and a real-time market. In the
day-ahead market, generation and demand-side resources are optimally scheduled
based on bids and offers for the next day.
Those schedules are adjusted according to actual operating conditions in
the real-time market. Both markets
involve a unit commitment calculation, a mixed integer program that determines
which generators will be online, and an economic dispatch calculation, an
optimization determines the output of each online generator for every interval
and calculates locational marginal prices (LMPs).</p>
<p>The use of LMPs for the management of congestion in RTO transmission
systems has brought efficiency and transparency to the operation of electric
power systems and provides price signals that highlight the need for investment
in transmission and generation. Through
this work, we aim to extend these efficiency and transparency gains to the
coordination across RTOs. Existing market-based
inter-regional coordination schemes are limited to incremental changes in
real-time markets. </p>
<p>We propose a multi-regional unit-commitment that enables
coordination in the day-ahead timeframe by applying a distributed approach to approximate
a system-wide optimal commitment and dispatch while allowing each region to
largely maintain their own rules, model only internal transmission up to the
boundary, and keep sensitive financial information confidential. A heuristic algorithm based on an extension
of the alternating directions method of multipliers (ADMM) for the mixed
integer program is applied to the unit commitment. </p>
The proposed coordinated solution was simulated and
compared to the ideal single-market scenario and to a representation of the
current uncoordinated solution, achieving at least 58% of the maximum potential
savings, which, in terms of the annual cost of electric generation in the US, could
add up to nearly $7 billion per year. In
addition to the coordinated day-ahead solution, we develop a distributed
solution for financial transmission rights (FTR) auctions with minimal
information sharing across RTOs that constitutes the
first known work to provide a viable option for market participants to seamlessly hedge price
variability exposure on cross-border transactions.
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Selective legal aspects of bank demand guaranteesKelly-Louw, Michelle 31 October 2008 (has links)
Bank demand guarantees have become an established part of international trade. Demand
guarantees, standby letters of credit and commercial letters of credit are all treated as
autonomous contracts whose operation will not be interfered with by courts on grounds
immaterial to the guarantee or credit itself. The idea in the documentary credit
transaction/demand guarantee transaction is that if the documents (where applicable) presented
are in line with the terms of the credit/guarantee the bank has to pay, and if the documents do
not correspond to the requirements, the bank must not pay.
However, over the years a limited number of exceptions to the autonomy principle of demand
guarantees and letters of credit have come to be acknowledged and accepted in practice. In
certain circumstances, the autonomy of demand guarantees and letters of credit may be ignored
by the bank and regard may be had to the terms and conditions of the underlying contract. The
main exceptions concern fraud and illegality in the underlying contract. In this thesis a great
deal of consideration has been given to fraud and illegality as possible grounds on which
payment under demand guarantees and letters of credit have been attacked (and sometimes
even prevented) in the English, American and South African courts. It will be shown that the
prospect of success depends on the law applicable to the demand guarantee and letter of credit,
and the approach a court in a specific jurisdiction takes.
At present, South Africa has limited literature on demand guarantees, and the case law
regarding the grounds upon which payment under a demand guarantee might be prevented is
scarce and often non-existent. In South Africa one finds guidance by looking at similar South
African case law dealing with commercial and standby letters of credit and applying these
similar principles to demand guarantees. The courts, furthermore, find guidance by looking at
how other jurisdictions, in particular the English courts, deal with these issues. Therefore, how
the South African courts currently deal/should be dealing/probably will be dealing with the
unfair and fraudulent calling of demand guarantees/letters of credit is discussed in this thesis. / Jurisprudence / LL.D
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Selective legal aspects of bank demand guaranteesKelly-Louw, Michelle 31 October 2008 (has links)
Bank demand guarantees have become an established part of international trade. Demand
guarantees, standby letters of credit and commercial letters of credit are all treated as
autonomous contracts whose operation will not be interfered with by courts on grounds
immaterial to the guarantee or credit itself. The idea in the documentary credit
transaction/demand guarantee transaction is that if the documents (where applicable) presented
are in line with the terms of the credit/guarantee the bank has to pay, and if the documents do
not correspond to the requirements, the bank must not pay.
However, over the years a limited number of exceptions to the autonomy principle of demand
guarantees and letters of credit have come to be acknowledged and accepted in practice. In
certain circumstances, the autonomy of demand guarantees and letters of credit may be ignored
by the bank and regard may be had to the terms and conditions of the underlying contract. The
main exceptions concern fraud and illegality in the underlying contract. In this thesis a great
deal of consideration has been given to fraud and illegality as possible grounds on which
payment under demand guarantees and letters of credit have been attacked (and sometimes
even prevented) in the English, American and South African courts. It will be shown that the
prospect of success depends on the law applicable to the demand guarantee and letter of credit,
and the approach a court in a specific jurisdiction takes.
At present, South Africa has limited literature on demand guarantees, and the case law
regarding the grounds upon which payment under a demand guarantee might be prevented is
scarce and often non-existent. In South Africa one finds guidance by looking at similar South
African case law dealing with commercial and standby letters of credit and applying these
similar principles to demand guarantees. The courts, furthermore, find guidance by looking at
how other jurisdictions, in particular the English courts, deal with these issues. Therefore, how
the South African courts currently deal/should be dealing/probably will be dealing with the
unfair and fraudulent calling of demand guarantees/letters of credit is discussed in this thesis. / Jurisprudence / LL.D
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La lettre de crédit commerciale : facilité de crédit désuète ou incomprise ?Béland, Marie-France 03 1900 (has links)
Plus de soixante-quinze ans après la création des Règles et usances uniformes relatives aux crédits documentaires par la Chambre de commerce internationale, pouvons-nous parler d'un véritable succès international de la lettre de crédit commerciale à titre d'instrument de paiement fiable et sécuritaire ? Nonobstant sa triple finalité et l'application formaliste de ses principes d'incessibilité, de stricte conformité et de double autonomie qui ont su, au cours des années, répondre aux besoins résultant de l'évolution du commerce international, il nous semble utopique de parler d'un tel succès. Mais pourquoi ? Confrontées aux réglementations nationales ainsi qu'aux pratiques nationalistes et protectionnistes des états qui ont pourtant adhéré aux Règles et usances relatives aux crédits documentaires, la malléabilité de ces règles semble avoir dénaturé la lettre de crédit commerciale de ses principaux attributs. À cet égard, nous pouvons nous demander si la lettre de crédit commerciale est une facilité de crédit désuète ou incomprise ? La présente thèse est le fruit de maintes réflexions sur les problèmes liés à l'application et l'interprétation de la lettre de crédit commerciale à titre d'instrument international et plus particulièrement sur les lacunes des Règles et usances uniformes relatives aux crédits documentaires. / More than seventy-five years after the creation of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits by the International Chamber of Commerce, can we talk about a true international success of the commercial letter of credit as a reliable and secured instrument of payment? Notwithstanding its triple functions and the formalistic application of its principles of non-assignability, of strict compliance and of dual autonomy, which have answered the needs resulting from the evolution of international commerce, it seems unrealistic to talk about such success. But why? Confronted with the national regulations as well as nationalist and protectionist practices of the states which have nevertheless ratified the Uniform Customs and
Practice for Documentary Credits, the malleability of those rules seems to have been misrepresented of the principal attributes of the commercial letter of credit. ln that respect, we can ask ourselves if the commercial letter of credit is an outdated or misunderstood credit facility? The present thesis is the fruit of many reflections on the problems linked with the application and the interpretation of the commercial letter of credit as an international instrument of payment and more particularly, on the gaps of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits.
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La lettre de crédit commerciale : facilité de crédit désuète ou incomprise ?Béland, Marie-France 03 1900 (has links)
Plus de soixante-quinze ans après la création des Règles et usances uniformes relatives aux crédits documentaires par la Chambre de commerce internationale, pouvons-nous parler d'un véritable succès international de la lettre de crédit commerciale à titre d'instrument de paiement fiable et sécuritaire ? Nonobstant sa triple finalité et l'application formaliste de ses principes d'incessibilité, de stricte conformité et de double autonomie qui ont su, au cours des années, répondre aux besoins résultant de l'évolution du commerce international, il nous semble utopique de parler d'un tel succès. Mais pourquoi ? Confrontées aux réglementations nationales ainsi qu'aux pratiques nationalistes et protectionnistes des états qui ont pourtant adhéré aux Règles et usances relatives aux crédits documentaires, la malléabilité de ces règles semble avoir dénaturé la lettre de crédit commerciale de ses principaux attributs. À cet égard, nous pouvons nous demander si la lettre de crédit commerciale est une facilité de crédit désuète ou incomprise ? La présente thèse est le fruit de maintes réflexions sur les problèmes liés à l'application et l'interprétation de la lettre de crédit commerciale à titre d'instrument international et plus particulièrement sur les lacunes des Règles et usances uniformes relatives aux crédits documentaires. / More than seventy-five years after the creation of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits by the International Chamber of Commerce, can we talk about a true international success of the commercial letter of credit as a reliable and secured instrument of payment? Notwithstanding its triple functions and the formalistic application of its principles of non-assignability, of strict compliance and of dual autonomy, which have answered the needs resulting from the evolution of international commerce, it seems unrealistic to talk about such success. But why? Confronted with the national regulations as well as nationalist and protectionist practices of the states which have nevertheless ratified the Uniform Customs and
Practice for Documentary Credits, the malleability of those rules seems to have been misrepresented of the principal attributes of the commercial letter of credit. ln that respect, we can ask ourselves if the commercial letter of credit is an outdated or misunderstood credit facility? The present thesis is the fruit of many reflections on the problems linked with the application and the interpretation of the commercial letter of credit as an international instrument of payment and more particularly, on the gaps of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits.
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信用狀統一慣例UCP 600相關問題之研究-以定義解釋及單據條款為中心 / Studies on issues related to UCP 600 - Focusing on the articles regarding the definitions, interpretations, and documents馬翠吟 Unknown Date (has links)
國際貿易實務上,「信用狀」係往來銀行提供信用狀擔保付款之模式,確保跨國貿易之順利完成、加速貿易進行,為當今世界重要付款方式。「信用狀統一慣例(UCP)」係國際商會(ICC)制定之信用狀交易實務慣例,自1933年首次頒布以來,目前已成為全世界公認遵行之信用狀標準處理方針。2007年,國際商會公佈最新修訂版本之第600號出版物“UCP 600”,明定因應銀行及航運實務發展、檢討UCP 500之規範文字及語體、抑制銀行拒絕付款率等為主要修訂目標。
鑑於UCP 600對於未來國際貿易發展之影響力,實有全面且深入研究UCP 600條款內容及規範目的之必要。本文以UCP 600新增定義解釋條款、審查單據條款、及運送單據條款為研究主題,透過闡釋條文涵義、比較與UCP 500之差異、探究新條款影響、檢討修訂目標之成效等,俾使信用狀當事人及相關銀行正確理解及適用UCP 600條款內容。
本文首先介紹信用狀之特性、經濟功能及信用狀統一慣例之定位適用等基本概念;其次從文義解釋、法律性質及當事人間法律關係等觀點切入,闡釋UCP 600本次新增之定義及解釋條款;並研究銀行實務最常發生爭議之審查單據程序,詳盡分析UCP 600規定之審單標準、符合提示、拒付瑕疵單據等重要條款。此外,本文探討UCP 600所規定國際航運常見之提單、多式運送單據、不可轉讓海運單及傭船提單等運送單據條款。最後,本文針對UCP 600條款之重要修訂內容予以彙整,嘗試提出該等條款之修正趨勢及未來發展。 / In international trade practice, “letter of credit”which is the most important type of payment in the world is the means of settlement that an issuing bank independently undertake to honour a complying presentation , and that ensures international trade to successfully completed, and speeded up the transactions.“ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit(UCP)”is the rules of international letter of credit practice promulgated by the Commission on Banking Technique and Practice of the International Chamber of Commerce(ICC).The 2007 Revision, UCP 600, is the latest of a series of revisions of these ICC rules that date from 1933 and have in their evolution become the universal norm for commercial letter of credit. The introduction of UCP 600 expressly indicated the main revised objective was to address developments in banking and transport industries, to look at the language and style used in UCP 500, and to reduce the rejections of the documents presented under letter of credit.
In consideration of the influence of UCP 600 for the development of international trade in the future, it was necessary to generally and deeply research the clauses and provisions of UCP 600 and the revised objective. This paper’s research subjects include the formal definitions and interpretations of UCP 600, the provision regarding examination of documents, and the provisions regarding transport documents. In order to make the parties of letter of credit and the relevant banks correctly understand and apply the UCP 600 clauses, this paper interprets the meaning of UCP 600 clauses, compares the differences between UCP 600 and UCP 500, analyses the influence of new provisions, and look at the achievements of this revision.
This paper first introduces the fundamental concepts
included the characteristic of letter of credit, the economic functions of letter of credit, and the position and application of UCP 600.The second part is to discuss the formal definitions and interpretations that UCP 600 new formulated from the perspectives of language interpretation, quality of law, and the law relationship of the parties. Then this paper discusses the rules for the examination of documents that most controversial in banking industries, and analyses the important provisions regarding standard for examination of documents, complying presentation, and rejection of discrepant documents. Moreover, this paper is referring to the general transport documents clauses stipulated in UCP 600, including bill of lading, multimodal transport document, non-negotiable sea waybill, and charter party bill of lading. Finally, this paper synthesizes the significant revised provisions, and recommends several suggestions about modifying the relevant provisions in UCP 600 and development in the future.
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