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Heinz (if I may use your first name),

I believe this is your first contribution to the discussion forum; a post-retirement phenomenon (your DCI interview refers)? Whatever, welcome and I look forward to hearing from you further.

I do not have a copy of this opinion, which -as you say- seems to be ‘unpublished’ in the true sense of the word (e.g. I cannot trace it on DC-PRO), but I’m pleased to see that it seems to support my views. I also note that the latest draft of International Standard Banking Practice for examining documents does also (lines 385 – 387). I just hope it stays that way!

Thanks for this information,

Jeremy

Heinz,

Welcome for joining the discussions from T.O. still caught up in Paris transit lounge.

I understand that you have been reading our comments for quite a long time. Your comments given in the ICC Banking Commission meetings are, like the music of your home land Vienna, pleasing, warm, not going to extreme and well structured. They are also practical and with sound common sense. Hope that you would play the role of a good mediator in those heated arguments amongst us in the future.

T.O.
www.tolee.com

Heinz,

glad to see you joining in the Forum. The earlier remarks I made was based on a shipping industry perspective, but I was unaware of the Opinion you mentioned, which happily concurs with my opinion.

T.O.
We almost bumped into one another! I just got back from lecturing in France yesterday, hence the reason for my lack of contributions last week. I presume you also went through CDG.

Laurence

Thank you for bringing this Unpublished Opinion (doc470/GE64 dd June 27. 1996) to our attention, Heinz.

It has been added to the Unpublished Opinions section of DC-PRO Focus.

Search under "b/l date" in the site search - it is the first result.

The conclusion to the Opinion is as follows:

For the purpose of fixing the maturity date of a draft to be drawn
under a credit which stipulates such draft to be drawn "X days after B/L date " the date of the on board notation, if any, should be considered the " B/L date " irrespective of whether the date of the on board notation is later or earlier than
the date of issuance of the bill of lading.
[edited 3/5/02 12:26:22 PM]

Dear friends
Thank you for the warm welcome.
I am glad if I will be able to contribute to this duscussion forum once in a while but please forgive me when I cannot do it frenquently because you know after all I have retired from my bank, which means that I will not sit every day on the computer. But I will do it from time to time and whenever I think I have something to say I will do it.
So again it is a pleasure for me to be in the group.
Best regards to everybody
Heinz