Documentary Credit

The Documentary Credit is an essential way for the execution of import & export trade operations, thus it has been requisite  for the  trade relations which has been defined by Article 341 of the Egyptian Commercial Law No.17 of the year 1999 which stipulates that: 'Documentary credit is an Agreement by virtue of which the bank undertakes to open a credit upon the request of one of his clients (called 'the remitter') in favor of another person (called 'the beneficiary' guaranteed by documents representing the shipped  goods or goods prepared for shipment'. Such documentary credit contract is separate from the contract because of which the credit was opened. And the bank shall remain alien to that contract. In case there is no special provision prescribed herein, the ICC Uniform Customs and Practices for Document Credits issued from the International Chamber Of Commerce shall apply.