Articles
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF INCOTERMS
INCORPORATION OF INCOTERMS INTO THE CONTRACT OF SALE
THE SELLER'S DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS
PASSING OF RISKS AND COSTS RELATING TO THE GOODS
THE EXPRESSION «NO OBLIGATION»
CUSTOMS OF THE PORT OR OF A PARTICULAR TRADE
THE BUYER'S OPTIONS AS TO THE PLACE OF SHIPMENT
INSPECTION OF GOODS
MODE OF TRANSPORT AND THE APPROPRIATE INCOTERM 2000
THE BILL OF LADING AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
NON-NEGOTIABLE TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS INSTEAD OF BILLS OF LADING
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INSPECTION OF GOODS
In many cases, the buyer may be well advised to arrange for inspection of the goods before or at the time they are handed over by the seller for carriage (so-called pre-shipment inspection or PSI). Unless the contract stipulates otherwise, the buyer would himself have to pay the cost for such inspection that is arranged in his own interest. However, if the inspection has been made in order to enable the seller to comply with any mandatory rules applicable to the export of the goods in his own country, the seller would have to pay for that inspection, unless the EXW term is used, in which case the costs of such inspection are for the account of the buyer.