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International Standard Demand Guarantee Practice

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ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees—URDG 758

ICC Pub. No. 758E, €20

Also available bilingual French English: €20

The ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG) reflect international standard practice in the use of demand guarantees and balance the legitimate interests of all parties. The current edition, URDG 758, was officially endorsed by the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in July 2011.


Guide to ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees

By Dr. Georges Affaki & Sir Roy Goode

ICC Pub. No. 702E, €95

This Guide is a vital tool to help you efficiently use ICC’s Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees—indispensable for issuers and users of guarantees and their advisors. The authors have put the essence of their experience in research and teaching the law and practice of demand guarantees over a period of twenty years.


ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits—UCP 600

ICC Pub. No. 600E, €20

Also available bilingual French English: €20

Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP) is a set of rules on the issuance and use of letters of credit. For more than 85 years, the UCP have governed letter of credit transactions worldwide. The rules now also include version 2.0 of the eUCP—the 14 articles of ICC’s supplement to the UCP that govern presentation of documents in electronic form.


International Standard Banking Practice

ICC Pub. No. 745E, €20

Also available in French: €20

To reflect current best practice and recent developments in the world of trade finance, the ICC Banking Commission has now updated the successful International Standard Banking Practice (ISBP). This publication will greatly help harmonize practice worldwide and thus facilitate the flow of world trade. If you use documentary credits and other trade finance products in your daily job, you should definitely have a copy on your desk.