ICC Digital Library Forum

Dear All,

L/C calls for :

'a photocopy of the original clean on board B/L consigned to the order of the buyer etc...'

without specifying that short form or blank back B/L not acceptable.

The issuing bank refused the photocopy for the following reason:
'photocopy of the reverse side of the B/L not presented'.

Knowing that nothing on the photocopy presented shows that it is issued in more than one page,
would you reject such document and on what grounds?

I welcome your comments.
My Regards/Antoine

Dear Antoine,

This is a bit tricky; and surely one of the places where banks have not made it any easier for themselves.

Anyway – when looking at the ICC opinions on this issue, then it is clear that this is not a “transport document” (as described in UCP). This means that article 23 does not apply – and the document should be examined according to e.g. article 21!

In that perspective, it does not seem reasonable to require a copy of the reverse side of the document – especially when it is not clear from the other side (front) that such exists.

I would not reject the document on the reason mentioned here.

Best regards
Kim

I agree with Kim.