Certified UCP 600 Specialist (CUCP)

Trade finance officers
Trade finance officers and document checkers who have built operational experience handling LCs but lack official recognition and validation of their competency.

Trade finance leaders
Team leaders in trade operations teams looking for a reliable and authoritative way to validate team knowledge and standardise UCP understanding across teams with a global benchmark.

Trade compliance professionals
Trade compliance consultants and international trade lawyers who advise clients using UCP 600 but lack official recognition and want ICC validation to boost their authority.

Learning and development partners
Banking and finance HR and L&D teams under pressure to ensure that trade finance compliance is supported with credible, globally-recognised certifications.

This certifying exam is the only ICC produced and governed assessment that validates your understanding and expertise in applying UCP 600— the cornerstone rules for documentary credits. It sets a new global benchmark for competence, credibility, and compliance assurance from the organisation that created the rules. The exam and certificate provides individuals with formal recognition of their knowledge and equips banks with a consistent, authoritative standard to assess and certify their teams.

The two hour online exam is live proctored over the internet. It will test your understanding of all articles under ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600) and ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits for Electronic Presentation (eUCP Version 2.1). You will need to answer 90 multiple choice questions and the passing mark is 80%.

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Chief examiner: Head of Documentary Business Team, Česká spořitelna
Radek Dobáš has led the documentary business team at Czech bank, Česká spořitelna, since 2003. Since 2002 her a regular participant in the work of the ICC Banking Commission, reviewing rules and official opinions as well as being a member of working groups that translated UCP rules into Czech. He was also a member of the ISBP Consulting Group and actively took part in the revision resulting in ISBP Publication 745. In 2021 he became one of the founding members of the Technical Advisory Briefings Group. Since 2004 Radek has been a member of DOCDEX Group of Experts within ICC Dispute Resolution Services.