【案例主題】

寄單證明照抄信用證文字,是否構成不確定陳述而不符

【案例概要】

開狀銀行拒付並列出多項不符,經受益人抗辯後仍堅持四點:發票未依理論重量、裝箱單缺總理論重量、受益人寄單證明僅寫 “insurance policy or certificate”、以及材質試驗證明缺拉力值。實際上,發票與裝箱單均已呈現以理論重量計算的資訊,測試證明亦以縮寫欄位呈現拉力強度並附註解。真正有爭議的是寄單證明:信用證用語提供保險單據二選一,但受益人寄單證明卻原句照抄,導致「到底寄的是保險單還是保險證明」不明確。此案用來提醒:受益人證明類文件必須給出確定事實陳述,而不是把信用證條款直接複製貼上。

【案情介紹】

開狀銀行拒付後,最終仍堅持以下四個不符點並退單:

“Commercial invoices are not based on theoretical weight basis”;

“Packing lists:theoretical weight in total missing”;

“Document No.7 beneficiary's certificate: mentioning insurance policy or certificate 1/O one of them only”;

“Mill's test certificate: values of tensile missing.”

信用證關鍵條款包括:

發票要求:

“BENEFICIARY'S SIGNED COMMERCIAL INVOICE IN 1 ORIGINAL AND 2 COPIES BASED ON THEORETICAL WEIGHT AND SHOWING NUMBER OF PLATES PER EACH SIZE AND IN TOTAL.”

裝箱單要求:

“DETAILED PACKING LIST IN 1 ORIGINAL AND 2 COPIES ISSUED PER EACH LOT, SHOWING STEEL GRADE, SIZE, NUMBER OF PLATES, THEORETICAL WEIGHT PER EACH SIZE AND IN TOTAL.”

寄單證明要求(節錄重點):

“BENEFICIARY'S CERTIFICATE, CERTIFYING THAT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT BY FAX … WITHIN FIVE(5) WORKING DAYS AFTER BILL OF LADING DATE: … AND INSURANCE POLICY OR CERTIFICATE.”

問題(完整重複):

開狀銀行堅持的上述 4 個不符點成立嗎?

【案情分析】