（一）统一信用证的格式和条款
国际社会采用统一的标准格式的信用证，可以有效避免产生各种防不胜防的软条款。国际社会从上世纪初就开始作统一信用证格式的努力。美国早在1922年就曾经制定了一套标准格式，称为“商业信用证大会格式”（CommercialCreditConferenceForm），但是由于各家银行对其形式及其用语意见分歧太大，最终未被全面采用。国际商会自成立以来，一直致力于信用证格式的标准化，1951年以159号出版物公布了信用证标准格式。此后，又于1970年重新制订，以268号出版物公布，并定名为《跟单信用证开证格式》（StandardFormsfortheIssuingofDocumentaryCredit）。1979年，国际商会再次以323号出版物公布了新型的标准格式，1984年又有所修订。虽然目前国际信用证实践中尚未接受国际商会推荐的标准格式，但是基于目前银行国际备用信用证（StandbyL／C）业务中所采用的格式已经高度统一的事实，相信随着国际社会的不断努力，在不远的将来在国际信用证业务中采取统一的信用证格式和条款，应该是可以翘首企盼的。届时，将大大减少和消除软条款现象。

(A) unified the format and terms of the letter of credit
The international community adopt a unified standard format for letters of credit, can effectively avoid all kinds of Fangbushengfang soft terms. The international community from the beginning of the century began for the reunification of the efforts of letters of credit format. The United States as early as 1922 to have developed a set of standard format, known as "commercial letters of credit format of the General Assembly" (Commercial Credit Conference Form), but because of individual banks and the terms of their form of differences of opinion too much, not yet a comprehensive final Used. Since the establishment of the International Chamber of Commerce, has been committed to the standardization of letters of credit format, in 1951 to 159 publications published the standard format for letters of credit. Since then, and re-enacted in 1970 to 268 publications, published and be known as the "single letter of credit cards with the format" (Standard Forms for the Issuing of Documentary Credit). 1979, the International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 323 again to announce a new standard format, in 1984 have been amended. Although the practice of international letters of credit have not yet accepted the recommendation of the International Chamber of Commerce of the standard format, but based on the current international bank standby letters of credit (Standby letter of credit) business in the format used by the high degree of unity has been the fact that, I believe that with the continuous efforts of the international community , In the near future in the international letter of credit business in a uniform format and the letter of credit terms, should be able to eagerly look forward to the. By then, will significantly reduce and eliminate the phenomenon of soft terms.