案情 中国某公司于去年5月同某法国公司签订一机械进口合同。中方公司依约开具远期信用证,信用证规定付款日为去年10月底,后中方公司于去年8月承兑赎单。包括清洁提单及法国商检报告。但中方收到该批机械后,发现该批机械均为使用过的旧机械。法国的商检报告仅对用途、规格等检验,对机械新旧避而不谈。另外,中方收到该批 Case A Chinese company signed a machinery import contract with a French company in May last year. The Chinese company issued a forward letter of credit in accordance with the contract. The letter of credit stipulated that the payment date should be the end of October last year, after which the Chinese company accepted the redemption order in August last year. Including cleaning bills of lading and the French inspection report. However, the Chinese side received the batch of machinery and found that the batch of used machinery were old machinery. The French commodity inspection report only tests for purposes, specifications, etc., and avoids talking about new and old machinery. In addition, China received the batch