Incoterms legal nature

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The legal nature of Incoterms refers to how Incoterms are treated in law: they are not laws themselves but standardized contractual terms published by a private organization (ICC) that allocate obligations, risks, and costs in international trade, becoming legally binding only when incorporated into a contract.

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