Urc 522

Uniform Rules for Collections No. 522

1995 Revision in force as of January 1, 1996


Leaflet Version, ICC No.522LF


The ICC Uniform rules for collections were first published by the ICC in 1956. by the Council of the ICC in June 1995. It is issued with the title “ICC Uniform Rules for Collections” as ICC Publication No 522. This English language gives the official text of the 1995Revision.
A   GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

ARTICLE 1


Application of URC 522

a  The Uniform Rules for Collections, 1995 Revision, ICC Publication No 522, shall apply to all collections as defined in ARTICLE 2 where such rules are incorporated into the text of the ‘collection instruction' referred to in ARTICLE 4 and are binding on all parties thereto unless otherwise expressly agreedor contrary to the provisions of a national, state or local law and/or regulation which cannot be departed from.
b  Banks shall have no obligation to handle either a collection or any collection instruction or subsequent related instructions.
c  If a bank elects, for any reason, not to handle a collection or any related instructions received by it, it must advise the party from whom it receivedthe collection or the instructions by telecommunication or, if that is not possible, by other expeditious means, without delay.  

ARTICLE 2


Definition of Collection

For the purposes of these ARTICLEs :
a  ‘Collection' means the handling by banks of documents as defined in Sub-ARTICLE 2 b in accordance with instructions received , in order to :
1. obtain payment and/or acceptance
or2. deliver documents against payment and/or against acceptance.
or
3. deliver documents on other terms and conditions.
b  ‘Documents' means financial documents and/or commercial documents:
1. ‘Financial documents‘ means bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques, or other similar instruments used for obtaining the payment of money.
2. ‘Commercial documents’ means invoices, transportdocuments, documents of title or other similar documents, or any other documents whatsoever, not being financial documents.  
c  ‘Clean Collection‘ means collection of financial documents not accompanied by commercial documents
d   'Documentary collection‘ means collection of :
1. Financial documents accompanied by commercial documents.
2. Commercial documents not accompanied by financial documents.   

ARTICLE 3


Parties to a Collection

a  For the purposes of these ARTICLEs the ‘parties thereto‘ are :
1.the ‘principal’ who is the party entrusting the handling of a collection to a bank;
2.the ‘remitting bank’ which is the bank to which the principal has entrusted the handling of a collection;
3.the ‘collecting bank’ which is any bank, other than the remitting bank, involved inprocessing the collection;
4.the ‘presenting bank’ which is the collecting bank making presentation to the drawee.
b  The ‘drawee’ is the one to whom presentation is to be made in accordance with the collection instruction.  
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 B   FORM AND STRUCTURE OF COLLECTIONS

ARTICLE 4


Collection Instruction

a  1. All documents sent for collection must be accompanied by a collectioninstruction indicating that the collection is subject to URC 522 and giving complete and precise instructions. Banks are only permitted to act upon the instructions given in such collection instruction, and in accordance with these Rules.
   2. Banks will not examine documents in order to obtain instructions.
   3. Unless otherwise authorised in the collection instruction, banks will disregard anyinstructions from any party/bank other than the party/bank from whom they received the collection.
b  A collection instruction should contain the following items of information as appropriate.
1. Details of the bank from which the collection was received including full name, postal and SWIFT addresses, telex, facsimile numbers and reference.
2. Details of the principal including full name, postal...