A

Adaptation clauses 6.2.1

Agency

  • Agency contracts 12.6
  • Agency vs distributorship 12.5.1
  • Drafting agency and distributorship contracts 12.5.2
  • Duties of agent and principal 12.7
  • European Agency Directive of 18 December 1986 12.8
  • Law of agency contracts 12.6

Air transport ...... see Transport, air

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) 7.8

Arbitration (see also ICC International Court of Arbitration)

ATA Carnet System (see also Customs) 16.6

B

BASCAP (see e-Commerce) 8.4

Bil of exchange 8.4.b,13.8

Bill of lading

Bolero 14.5.c

Bonds ...... see Guarantees

Bonded warehouses 16.5.c

Brussels Convention ...... see International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading

C

Carriage of goods laws 4.1.b

Carriers

  • Liability 2.4

Certificate of inspection 2.2.c

Certificate of origin 2.2.c, 13.1.c

Commercial sales 1.2

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Commercial invoice 2.2.c, 8.4.c

Chambers of commerce 1.7.1

Consular invoice 2.2.c

Containers ...... see Transport, containers Contracts

  • Acceptance 4.7.b
  • Agency and distribution contracts 5.3
  • Breach and remedies 4.6
  • Dispute resolution 1.3.h
  • Expert,seeking 6.2.2.c
  • FIDIC and Orgalime contracts 4.8.a
  • For the custom manufacture of goods 5.3
  • General terms and conditions 5.2.c
  • Intellectual property contracts 5.3
  • Letters of intent (LOI) 4.7.c
  • Long-term supply contracts 5.3
  • Model or standard contracts 4.8, 5.2.d, 5.2.e
  • Negotiations 4.7
  • Offers/tenders 4.7.a
  • Pre-contractual liability 4.7
  • Pro forma invoice 5.2.b
  • Purchase order 5.2.a
  • Re-negotiation 6.2.2.b
  • Sale contracts 4.1.a, 5.3
  • Service contracts 5.3
  • Waiver 6.2.2.a
  • Country of origin 16.5.b
  • Currency and exchange rate risks 8.3
  • Acceptance 4.7.b
  • Agency and distribution contracts 8.3

Cultural and language differences 1.5

Customs 1.6

  • ATA Carnets (temporary imports) 16.6
  • Bonded warehouses 16.5.c
  • Country of origin 16.5.b
  • Customs Cooperation Council ...... see World Customs Organization
  • Customs brokers and agents 16.3
  • Customs clearance and import duties 16.1
  • Customsvaluation and classification 16.5.a
  • Export clearance: licences and quotas 16.4
  • Free trade zones 16.5.d
  • Import customs clearance: duties and taxes 16.5
  • World Customs Organization and the Harmonized Tariff System 16.2

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D

Demand guarantees 11.3

  • Demand vs. surety instruments 11.3
  • Direct and indirect 11.6
  • ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees(URDG 758) 11.4

Discrepancies 2.3

Dispute resolution 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2, 6.2.1

  • ICC Dispute Board Rules 7.9

DOCDEX 7.7

Documentary collection

Compared with clean collection 8.2.d

Documentary credits 8.2.e, 9

  • Alternatives to 9.1.d
  • Banks and their roles 9.3.b
  • Basic concepts and terminology 9.3
  • Back-to-back 9.3.c
  • CHECKLIST: recommendations for letter of credit practice 9.6
  • Commercial creditsvs.guarantees/bonds/standbys 9.1.a
  • Confirmation 9.4.d
  • Confirmed 9.3.c
  • Credit application 9.4.b
  • Independence of 9.5.a
  • Irrevocable, revocable 9.3.c
  • Issuance 9.4.c
  • Problems and risks 9.1.c
  • Procedure for an irrevocable confirmed credit 9.4
  • Receipt and review of credit by seller 9.4.c
  • Red clause 9.3.c
  • Release of documents to buyer 9.4.h
  • Revolving 9.3.c
  • Rules: UCP 600 9.2
  • Shipment of goods and presentation of documents 9.4.b, 9.4.f
  • Sight/Usance 9.3.c
  • Standby 9.3.c

Strict compliance 9.5.b

Transferable 9.3.c

Types of 9.3.c

Documentary sale 1.4

Documents in an export/import transaction 2.1

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E

Economic risk 8.3.c

Electronic commerce 14.1

  • Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS 14.7.1.a
  • Chargebacks 14.3.b
  • Customs classification 14.2, 14.4
  • Data protection 14.6
  • Digital signature 14.5.d
  • Domain names 15.7.1
  • eUCP 14.5.b
  • Fraud online 14.3.a
  • ICC e-Terms 14.5.b
  • Incoterms for 14.2
  • Information compliance issues 14.5.e
  • Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 14.7.1.c
  • Legal rules and self-regulation 14.5
  • Payment options 14.3
  • Privacy 14.6.a
  • Spam 14.6.d
  • TradeCard 14.5.c
  • UNCITRAL Convention 14.5.a
  • World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 14.7.1.b
  • Electronic supplement to UCP 600 (eUCP) 9.7
  • .History 9.7.a
  • Major elements of 9.7.f
  • “Part or all-electronic presentation” 9.7.c
  • “Presentation”, not “issuance” 9.7.b
  • Specific incorporation 9.7.d

E-mail ...... see Electronic commerce

Export credit insurance 8.1.b

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F

Factoring 10,8.1.d

Advantages and disadvantages 10.4

Definition 10.2.1

Fee structuring 10.3.b

In practice 10.3

Major issues 10.2.1

Market scope 10.2.2

Multi-factor schemes and credit insurers 10.3.d

Single factor or two factor schemes 10.3.c

Forfaiting 10

Advantages of 10.7

Definition 10.5.1

Fee structure 10.6.c

Formatting compared to factoring 10.5.1

In practice 10.6

Key characteristics 10.5.1

Required documents 10.6.b

Risk of money laundering 10.9

Rules and guidelines 10.8

Freight forwarders ...... see Transport, freight forwarders

G

General terms and conditions 5.2.c

Guarantees 11

Demand 11.3

ICC International Standby Practices (ISP98) 11.5

ICC Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG 758) 11.4

Main uses of 11.3

Terminology 11.1

H

Hamburg Rules (see Transport)

I

Incoterms® 2010 3

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  • CPT 13.10.1, 3.3.h
  • Contract of sale 3.1.e
  • Current edition, consequences of not using 3.1.h
  • “D”-terms (DAF, DDP, DDU, DES, DEQ) 3.3, 3.5
  • Delivery 3.1.d
  • Division of costs, risks and responsibilities 3.4
  • “E”-terms (EXW) 3.3
  • “F”-terms (FAS, FCA, FOB) 3.3, 3.5.b, 13.10.1
  • Insurance, a need to obtain? 3.1.j, 13.14.f
  • Not covered by Incoterms® 2010 3.1.k
  • Required by law? 3.1.f
  • Rules for any mode of transport 3.1.c, 3.3
  • Rules for sea and inland waterway transport 3.3
  • Rules when point of delivery and place goods are carried are both ports 3.1.d
  • Ship arrives before bill of lading 3.5.c
  • Shipment vs. arrival contracts 3.5.a
  • Summary of Incoterms® 2010 3.3
  • Title, whether Incoterms determine transfer of 3.1.i
  • Variants and additions 3.5.d

Insurance .

  • Collection 8.2.d
  • Contract 4.1.d
  • Documents 8.4.d
    (see also Transport, insurance)

Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) 1.7.3.a

Intellectual property 15.1

  • BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy 15.9.1
  • Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 15.4.1
  • Copyright protection 15.4
  • Counterfeiting 15.8, 15.8.1
  • Design protection 15.6
  • Domain names and dispute resolution 15.7, 15.7.1
  • ICC Intellectual Property Roadmap 15.9.2
  • Madrid System for the international registration of trademarks 15.2.3
  • Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 15.2.4
  • Patent protection 15.3, 15.3.1, 15.3.2
  • Trademark protection 15.2, 15.2.1, 15.2.2
  • Trade secrets 15.5

International organizations 1.7

International Chamber of Commerce 1.7.1

International commercial arbitration

International Standby Practices (ISP98) 11.5

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International trade law 4

ICC ADR (Alternate Dispute Resolution) 7.8

ICC arbitration ...... see ICC International Court of Arbitration

ICC Commercial Crime Services 1.7.2

ICC Dispute Board rules 7.9

ICC Incoterms ...... see Incoterms

ICC International Centre for Expertise 7.10

ICC International Court of Arbitration 7.1, 7.3

  • Arbitration clause 7.2
  • Arbitration procedures 7.5
  • Arbitrators 7.4
  • Court and Secretariat 7.3
  • Introduction 7.1.a
  • Key changes in 2012 revision of rules 7.6
  • Revision of rules (2012) 7.6
  • Supervision 7.1.c
  • Stature 7.1.d
  • Universality 7.1.b

ICC Model Commercial Agency Contract 12.9

ICC Model Contracts 12.2

ICC Model Contracts in development 12.4..14

ICC Model Commercial Agency Contract 12.4.2

ICC Model Confidentiality Agreement 12.4.13

ICC Model Contract for Turnkey Supply of an Industrial Plant 12.4.7

ICC Model Contracts on Agency and Distributorship 12.4.3

ICC Model Distributorship Contract 12.4.3, 12.10

ICC Model General Conditions of Sale 12.4.1

  • Characteristics of exclusive distributorship contracts 12.10.1
  • Key clauses 12.10.2

ICC Model Guarantee Forms ...... see Guarantees

ICC Model International Contract of Sale 5.1, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 12.4.1

Key clauses 5.6

ICC Model International Franchising Contract 12.4.6, 12.11, 12.11.3

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  • Types of franchising 12.11.2
  • Know-how, trade names, trade marks, products and territory, fees, renewal 12.11.3

ICC Model Mergers and Acquisitions Contract 1 - Share Purchase Agreement 12.4.11

ICC Model Occasional Intermediary Contract 12.4.9, 12.12

ICC Model Selective Distributorship Contract 12.4.5

ICC Model Short-Form Contracts 12.4.4

ICC Model Trademark License Contract 12.4.12

ICC Model Transfer of Technology Contract 12.4.10

ICC Model Turnkey Contract for Major Projects 12.4.8

ICC Services Publications Department 1.7.2

ICC Supplement to UCP 600 for Electronic Presentation (eUCP) 9.7

ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600) 9.2

  • Basic concepts and terminology 9.3
  • Checklist 9.6
  • Confirmation 9.4.d
  • Examination of documents by confirming bank 9.4.g
  • Independence and strict compliance 9.5
  • Issuance of 9.4.c
  • Parties to 9.3.a
  • Shipment of goods and presentation of documents 9.4.f
  • Types of 9.3.c

ICC World Chambers Federation 1.7.2

International dispute resolution 6

International Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Association.(FIATA) 1.7.3.b

  • FIATA Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading 9.3

International litigation, arbitration and ADR 6

International Maritime Committee (“CMI”) 1.7.3.b

International organizations in international trade 1.7.3

International payments 8

  • Payment backed by standby credit or bank guarantee 8.1.a
  • Payment by documentary collection 8.1.a
  • Payment by documentary credit 8.1.a
  • Payment on open account 8.1.a
  • Payment in advance 8.2.b, 8.2.c

International Road Transport Union 1.7.3.b

Internet ...... see Electronic commerce

L

Legal systems: civil law, common law and Shari’a 4.3

Letter of credit ...... see Documentary credits

Liner terms ...... see Transport, liner

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terms Litigation 6.3.1

  • Choice of law and applicable law 6.3.3
  • Choice of forum and forum shopping 6.3.2.b
  • Enforcement of judgements 6.3.4

M

Mediation ...... see Alternative dispute resolution

Model contracts 4.8

Memorandum of understanding ...... see Preliminary

agreement Multimodal transport ...... see Transport, multimodal

N

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) 1.7.3.b

  • International Air Transport Association (IATA) 1.7.3.b
  • International Federation of Freight Forwarders (FIATA) 1.7.3.b
  • International Maritime Committee (CMI) 1.7.3.b
  • International Road Transport Union (IRU) 1.7.3.b

O

Official certificates and licences 8.4.e

Open account 8.2.a

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 14.7.1.e

P

Packing list 2.2.c, 13.7.e

Payment methods 8.2

documentary collection 8.2.d

In advance 8.2.b

Open account 8.2.a

Open account backed by standby credit or demand guarantee 8.2.c

Pro forma invoice 5.2.b

Purchase order 5.2.a

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R

Rail transport ...... see Transport, rail

Risk management 1.6, 8.1.e

Road transport ...... see Transport, road

S

Sales order 2.1.4.a

Sea transport ...... see Transport, sea

Shipping ...... see Transport, shipping Short-term

financing ...... see Factoring, Forfaiting Standby

credits 11
see also ICC International Standby Practices (ISP98)

Standard documents and systems 1.4

Surety bonds 11.3

T

Translation risk 3.b

Transport 13

Air 13.3.b, 13.11, 13.11.2

Freight forwarders 2.2, 13.6, 13.6.2

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Hamburg Rules 13.3.a

Insurance 13.14.c,d

Insurance certificate 13.7.d

International treaties and conventions 13.3

Licences and quotas 16.4

Management 13.2

Montreal Convention for the Uniformity of Certain Rules of International Carriage by Air 13.3.b

Multimodal 13.3.e

  • UN Convention on the Multimodal Transport of Goods (1980) 13.3.e
  • UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents (1980) 13.3.f
  • Packaging 13.2.e

Rail 13.3.c, 13.12, 13.13

  • CMR (Convention Internationale pour le transport des Merchandise par la Route 13.3.d

Road 13.3.d

Sea 13.9

Shipping documents 13.7

Speed of delivery 13.2.c

Stevedoring 13.9.g

Stock and inventory management 13.2.d

UNCITRAL Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (“Rotterdam Rules” 13.3.a

U

UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) 1.7.3.a

UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) 1.2, 4.5

Key provisions 4.5.b

Performance, beach and remedies 4.6

UN Institute for the Unification of Private Trade Law (UNIDROIT) 1.7.3.a

UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents 3.3.f

Warsaw System 13.3.b

Waybills 9.7.2.c, 9.10.2.b

Unfair call 8.1.6.b

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Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (“UCP 600”) ...... See ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits

W

World Customs Organization 1.7.3.a, 16.2

WCO Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System 9.13.a

World Trade Organization (WTO) 1.8