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e-CFR Data is current as of August 21, 2009

TITLE 27--Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms

CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

SUBCHAPTER A--LIQUORS

PART 19--DISTILLED SPIRITS PLANTS

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Subpart A--SCOPE

§19.1
General.
§19.2
Territorial extent.
§19.3
Related regulations.
§19.4
Delegations of the Administrator.
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Subpart B--DEFINITIONS

§19.11
Meaning of terms.
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Subpart C--TAXES

§19.21
Tax.
§19.22
Attachment of tax.
§19.23
Lien.
§19.24
Persons liable for tax.
§19.25
Time for tax determination.
§19.26
Tax on wine.
§19.31
Production not accounted for.
§19.32
Assessment of tax on spirits, denatured spirits, or wines in bond which are lost, destroyed or removed without authorization.
§19.34
Computation of effective tax rate.
§19.35
Application of effective tax rate (Actual).
§19.36
Standard effective tax rate.
§19.37
Average effective tax rate.
§19.38
Inventory reserve account.
§19.41
Claims on spirits, denatured spirits, articles, or wines lost or destroyed in bond.
§19.42
Claims on spirits returned to bonded premises.
§19.43
Claims relating to spirits lost after tax determination.
§19.44
Execution of claims and supporting documents.
§19.45
Claims for credit of tax.
§19.46
Adjustments for credited tax.
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Subpart CA--DEALER REGISTRATION AND RECORDKEEPING

§19.49
Definitions.
§19.50
Dealer registration.
§19.51
Amending the dealer registration.
§19.52
Dealer records.
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Subpart D--ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

§19.57
Recovery and reuse of denatured spirits in manufacturing processes.
§19.58
Use of taxpaid distilled spirits to manufacture products unfit for beverage use.
§19.61
Form prescribed.
§19.62
Alternate methods or procedures.
§19.63
Pilot operations.
§19.64
[Reserved]
§19.65
Experimental distilled spirits plants.
§19.66
Application to establish experimental plants.
§19.67
Spirits produced in industrial processes.
§19.68
Other businesses.
§19.70
Exemptions to meet the requirements of National defense.
§19.71
Experimental or research operations by scientific institutions and colleges of learning.
§19.72
Other businesses.
§19.73
Emergency variations from requirements.
§19.74
Disaster exemptions.
§19.75
Assignment of officers and supervision of operations.
§19.76
Allowance of remission, abatement, credit or refund of tax.
§19.77
Installation of meters, tanks and other apparatus.
§19.78
Approval of qualifying documents.
§19.79
Discontinuance of storage facilities.
§19.81
Right of entry and examination.
§19.82
Detention of containers.
§19.83
Samples for the United States.
§19.84
Gauging and measuring equipment.
§19.86
Furnishing facilities and assistance.
§19.91
Gauging.
§19.92
When gauges are required.
§19.93
Quantity determination of spirits in bond.
§19.96
Securing of conveyances.
§19.97
Taxpaid spirits or wines on bonded premises.
§19.98
Conveyance of untaxpaid spirits or wines within a distilled spirits plant.
§19.99
Spirits in customs custody.
§19.100
Execution under penalties of perjury.
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Subpart E--[RESERVED]

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Subpart F--LOCATION AND USE

§19.131
Restrictions as to locations.
§19.132
Continuity of premises.
§19.133
Use of distilled spirits plant premises.
§19.134
Bonded warehouses not on premises qualified for production of spirits.
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Subpart G--QUALIFICATION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS PLANTS

§19.151
General requirements for registration.
§19.152
Data for application for registration.
§19.153
Statement of physical security.
§19.154
Notice of registration.
§19.155
Maintenance of registration file.
§19.156
Powers of attorney.
§19.157
Operating permits.
§19.158
Data for application for operating permits.
§19.159
Issuance of operating permits.
§19.160
Duration of permits.
§19.161
Denial of permit.
§19.162
Correction of permits.
§19.163
Suspension or revocation.
§19.164
Rules of practice in permit proceedings.
§19.165
Trade names.
§19.166
Major equipment.
§19.167
Organizational documents.
§19.168
Description of plant.
§19.169
Registry of stills.
§19.170
Statement of production procedure.
§19.180
Application for amended registration.
§19.181
Automatic termination of permits.
§19.182
Change in name of proprietor.
§19.183
Change of trade name.
§19.184
Changes in stockholders.
§19.185
Changes in officers and directors.
§19.186
Change in proprietorship.
§19.187
Adoption of formulas.
§19.188
Partnerships.
§19.189
Change in location.
§19.190
Changes in premises.
§19.191
Change in operations.
§19.192
Change in production procedure.
§19.193
Changes in construction or use of buildings and equipment.
§19.201
Procedure for alternating proprietors.
§19.202
Alternate use of premises and equipment for customs purposes.
§19.203
Alternation of distilled spirits plant and bonded wine cellar premises.
§19.204
Alternation of distilled spirits plant and taxpaid wine bottling house premises.
§19.205
Alternate curtailment and extension of bonded premises for use as general premises.
§19.206
Curtailment and extension of plant premises for the manufacture of eligible flavors.
§19.207
Alternate use of distilled spirits plant and volatile fruit-flavor concentrate premises.
§19.211
Notice of permanent discontinuance.
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Subpart H--BONDS AND CONSENTS OF SURETY

§19.231
Filing of operations or unit bonds.
§19.232
Additional condition of operations bond.
§19.233
Corporate surety.
§19.234
Deposit of securities in lieu of corporate surety.
§19.235
Consents of surety.
§19.236
Filing and execution of powers of attorney.
§19.237
Disapproval of bonds or consents of surety.
§§19.238-19.240
[Reserved]
§19.241
Operations bond--distilled spirits plant and adjacent bonded wine cellar.
§19.242
Area operations bond.
§19.243
Withdrawal bond.
§19.244
Unit bond.
§19.245
Bonds and penal sums of bonds.
§19.246
Strengthening bonds.
§19.247
General.
§19.248
New or superseding bond.
§19.249
Termination of bonds.
§19.250
Application of surety for relief from bond.
§19.251
Relief of surety from bond.
§19.252
Release of pledged securities.
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Subpart I--CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND SECURITY

§19.271
Construction of buildings
§19.272
Equipment.
§19.273
Tanks.
§19.274
Pipelines.
§19.275
Continuous distilling system.
§19.276
Package scales.
§19.277
Measuring devices and proofing instruments.
§19.278
Identification of structures, areas, apparatus, and equipment.
§19.279
Office facilities.
§19.280
Signs.
§19.281
Security.
§19.282
Breaking Government locks.
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Subpart J--PRODUCTION

§19.311
Notice by proprietor.
§19.312
Receipt of materials.
§19.313
Use of materials in production of spirits.
§19.314
Removal of fermenting material.
§19.315
Removal or destruction of distilling material.
§19.316
Distillation.
§19.317
Treatment during production.
§19.318
Addition of caramel to rum or brandy and addition of oak chips to spirits.
§19.319
Production gauge.
§19.320
Identification of spirits.
§19.321
Entry.
§19.322
Distillates containing extraneous substances.
§19.324
Statement of production procedure or Form 5110.38.
§19.326
Spirits content of chemicals produced.
§19.327
Disposition of chemicals.
§19.328
Wash water.
§19.329
Production inventories.
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Subpart K--REDISTILLATION

§19.331
General.
§19.332
Receipts for redistillation.
§19.333
Redistillation.
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Subpart L--STORAGE

§19.341
General.
§19.342
Receipt and storage of bulk spirits and wines.
§19.343
Addition of oak chips to spirits and addition of caramel to brandy and rum.
§19.344
Filling of packages from tanks.
§19.345
Change of packages.
§19.346
Mingling or blending of spirits for further storage.
§19.347
Packages dumped for mingling.
§19.348
Determining age of mingled spirits.
§19.349
Mingled spirits or wines held in tanks.
§19.353
Storage inventories.
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Subpart M--PROCESSING OPERATIONS OTHER THAN DENATURATION AND MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES

§19.371
General.
§19.372
Receipt of spirits, wines and alcoholic flavoring materials for processing.
§19.373
Use of spirits, wines and alcoholic flavoring materials.
§19.374
Manufacture of nonbeverage products, intermediate products, or eligible flavors.
§19.376
Determining obscuration.
§19.378
Formula requirements.
§19.381
Removals from processing.
§19.382
Bottling tanks.
§19.383
Bottling tank gauge.
§19.384
Preparation of bottling or packaging record.
§19.385
Labels to agree with contents of tanks and containers.
§19.386
Alcohol content and fill.
§19.387
Completion of bottling.
§19.388
Cases.
§19.389
Remnants.
§19.390
Filling packages.
§19.391
Removals by bulk conveyances or pipelines.
§19.392
Rebottling.
§19.393
Reclosing and relabeling.
§19.394
Bottled-in-bond spirits.
§19.395
Labels for export spirits.
§19.396
Spirits removed for shipment to Puerto Rico.
§19.397
Spirits not originally intended for export.
§19.398
Alcohol.
§19.400
Daily summary record of spirits bottled or packaged.
§19.401
Inventories of wines and bulk spirits (except in packages) in processing account.
§19.402
Inventories of bottled and packaged spirits.
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Subpart N--DENATURING OPERATIONS AND MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES

§19.451
General.
§19.452
Formulas.
§19.453
Testing of denaturants.
§19.454
Gauge for denaturation.
§19.455
Dissolving of denaturants.
§19.456
Adding denaturants.
§19.457
Neutralizing denatured spirits.
§19.458
Restoration and redenaturation of recovered denatured spirits and recovered articles.
§19.459
Mixing of denatured spirits.
§19.460
Conversion of denatured alcohol formulas.
§19.461
Receipt and storage of denatured spirits.
§19.462
Filling of containers from tanks.
§19.463
Containers for denatured spirits.
§19.464
Denatured spirits inventories.
§19.471
Manufacture of articles.
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Subpart O--SPIRITS FROM CUSTOMS CUSTODY

§19.481
General.
§19.482
Age and fill date.
§19.483
Recording gauge.
§19.484
Marks on containers of imported spirits.
§19.485
Marks on containers of Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands spirits.
§19.486
Additional tax on nonbeverage spirits.
§19.487
Abatement, remission, credit or refund.
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Subpart P--TRANSFER AND WITHDRAWALS

§19.501
Authority to withdraw.
§19.502
Withdrawal of spirits on production or filling gauge.
§19.503
Determination of tare.
§19.505
Authorized transfers.
§19.506
Application to receive spirits in bond.
§19.507
Termination of application.
§19.508
Consignor premises.
§19.509
Reconsignment.
§19.510
Consignee premises.
§19.515
Determination and payment of tax.
§19.516
Bond account.
§19.517
Gauge for tax determination.
§19.518
Imported spirits.
§19.519
Methods of tax payment.
§19.520
Employer identification number.
§19.521
Application for employer identification number.
§19.522
Taxes to be collected by returns.
§19.523
Time for filing returns.
§19.524
Payment of tax by electronic fund transfer.
§19.525
Manner of filing returns.
§19.526
Removal of spirits on tax determination.
§19.531
Authorized withdrawals without payment of tax.
§19.532
Withdrawals of spirits for use in wine production.
§19.533
Withdrawal of spirits without payment of tax for experimental or research use.
§19.534
Withdrawals of spirits for use in production of nonbeverage wine and nonbeverage wine products.
§19.536
Authorized withdrawals free of tax.
§19.537
Withdrawal of spirits free of tax.
§19.538
Withdrawal of spirits by the United States.
§19.539
Disposition of excess spirits.
§19.540
Removal of denatured spirits and articles.
§19.541
Reconsignment.
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Subpart Q--LOSSES AND SHORTAGES

§19.561
Losses in general.
§19.562
Determination of losses in bond.
§19.563
Loss of spirits from packages.
§19.564
Losses after tax determination.
§19.565
Shortages of bottled distilled spirits.
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Subpart R--CONTAINERS AND MARKS

§19.581
Authorized containers.
§19.582
Spirits for nonindustrial use.
§19.583
Spirits for industrial use.
§19.584
Packages.
§19.585
Bulk conveyances.
§19.586
Tanks.
§19.587
Pipelines.
§19.588
Construction of bulk conveyances.
§19.589
Restrictions on disposition of bulk spirits.
§19.592
General.
§19.593
Package identification numbers in production and storage.
§19.594
Numbering of packages and cases in processing.
§19.595
Specifications for marks.
§19.596
Marks on packages of spirits filled on bonded premises.
§19.597
Kind of spirits.
§19.598
[Reserved]
§19.599
Change of packages in storage.
§19.600
[Reserved]
§19.601
Marks on containers of specially denatured spirits.
§19.602
Marks on containers of completely denatured alcohol.
§19.603
[Reserved]
§19.604
Caution label.
§19.605
Additional marks on portable containers.
§19.606
Marks on bulk conveyances.
§19.607
Marks on cases.
§19.608
Cases of industrial alcohol.
§19.609
[Reserved]
§19.610
Obliteration of marks.
§19.611
Relabeling and reclosing off bonded premises.
§19.612
Authorized abbreviations to identify marks.
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Subpart S--LIQUOR BOTTLE AND LABEL REQUIREMENTS

§19.631
Scope of subpart.
§19.632
Bottles authorized.
§19.633
Distinctive liquor bottles.
§19.634
Receipt and storage of liquor bottles.
§19.635
Bottles to be used for display purposes.
§19.636
Bottles for testing purposes.
§19.637
Bottles not consitituting approved containers.
§19.638
Disposition of stocks of liquor bottles.
§19.639
Use and resale of liquor bottles.
§19.641
Certificate of label approval or exemption.
§19.642
Statements required on labels under an exemption from label approval.
§19.643
Brand name, kind, alcohol content, and State of distillation.
§19.644
Net contents.
§19.645
Name and address of bottler.
§19.646
Age of whisky containing no neutral spirits.
§19.647
Age of whisky containing neutral spirits.
§19.648
Age of brandy.
§19.649
Presence of neutral spirits and coloring, flavoring, and blending materials.
§19.650
Country of origin.
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Subpart T--CLOSURES

§19.661
General.
§19.662
Affixing closures.
§19.663
Reclosing.
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Subpart U--RETURN OF SPIRITS TO BONDED PREMISES AND VOLUNTARY DESTRUCTION

§19.681
Return of taxpaid spirits to bonded premises.
§19.682
Receipt and gauge of returned taxpaid spirits.
§19.683
Return of recovered denatured spirits and recovered articles.
§19.684
Articles and spirits residues received for redistillation.
§19.685
Return of recovered tax-free spirits, and spirits and denatured spirits withdrawn free of tax.
§19.686
Return of spirits withdrawn without payment of tax.
§19.687
Return of spirits withdrawn for export with benefit of drawback.
§19.688
Abandoned spirits.
§19.691
Voluntary destruction.
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Subpart V--SAMPLES OF SPIRITS

§19.701
Spirits withdrawn from bonded premises.
§19.702
Samples used on bonded premises.
§19.703
Taxpayment of samples.
§19.704
Labels.
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Subpart W--RECORDS AND REPORTS

§19.721
Records.
§19.722
Conversion between metric and U.S. units.
§19.723
Maintenance and preservation of records.
§19.724
Modified forms.
§19.725
Photographic copies of records.
§19.726
Authorized abbreviations to identify spirits.
§19.731
General.
§19.732
Details of daily records.
§19.736
Daily production records.
§19.740
Daily storage records.
§19.741
Package summary records.
§19.742
Tank record of wine or spirits of less than 190 degrees of proof.
§19.743
Tank summary record for spirits of 190 degrees or more of proof.
§19.746
Processing.
§19.747
Records of manufacturing.
§19.748
Dump/batch records.
§19.749
Bottling and packaging record.
§19.750
Records of alcohol content and fill tests.
§19.751
Records of finished products.
§19.752
Denaturation records.
§19.753
Record of article manufacture.
§19.761
Record of tax determination.
§19.762
Daily summary record of tax determinations.
§19.763
Record of average effective tax rates.
§19.764
Inventory reserve records.
§19.765
Standard effective tax rates.
§19.766
Record of samples.
§19.767
Record of destruction.
§19.768
Gauge record.
§19.769
Package gauge record.
§19.770
Transfer record.
§§19.771-19.772
[Reserved]
§19.773
Daily record of wholesale liquor dealer and taxpaid storeroom operations.
§19.774
Record of inventories.
§19.775
Record of securing devices.
§19.776
Record of scale tests.
§19.777
[Reserved]
§19.778
Removal on or after January 1, 1987 of Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands spirits, and rum imported from all other areas.
§19.779
Record of shipment of spirits and specially denatured spirits withdrawn free of tax.
§19.780
Record of distilled spirits shipped to manufacturers of nonbeverage products.
§19.791
Submission of transaction forms.
§19.792
Reports.
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Subpart X--PRODUCTION OF VINEGAR BY THE VAPORIZING PROCESS

§19.821
Production of vinegar by the vaporizing process.
§19.822
Application.
§19.823
Changes after original qualification.
§19.824
Notice of permanent discontinuance of business.
§19.825
Construction and equipment.
§19.826
Authorized operations.
§19.827
Conduct of operations.
§19.828
Removals from the premises.
§19.829
Daily records.
§19.830
Application of distilled spirits tax.
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Subpart Y--DISTILLED SPIRITS FOR FUEL USE

§19.901
Scope of subpart.
§19.902
Waiver for alcohol fuel plants.
§19.903
Alternate methods or procedures.
§19.904
Emergency variations from requirements.
§19.905
Taxes.
§19.906
Dealer registration and recordkeeping.
§19.907
Meaning of terms.
§19.910
Application for permit required.
§19.911
Criteria for issuance of permit.
§19.912
Small plants.
§19.913
Action on applications to establish small plants.
§19.914
Medium plants.
§19.915
Large plants.
§19.916
Organizational documents.
§19.917
Powers of attorney.
§19.918
Information already on file and supplemental information.
§19.919
Changes affecting applications and permits.
§19.920
Automatic termination of permits.
§19.921
Change in type of alcohol fuel plant.
§19.922
Change in name of proprietor.
§19.923
Changes in officers, directors, or principal persons.
§19.924
Change in proprietorship.
§19.925
Continuing partnerships.
§19.926
Change in location.
§19.930
Alternating proprietorship.
§19.945
Notice of permanent discontinuance.
§19.950
Suspension or revocation.
§19.955
Bonds.
§19.956
Amount of bond.
§19.957
Instructions to compute bond penal sum.
§19.958
Conditions of bond.
§19.959
Additional provisions with respect to bonds.
§19.965
Construction and equipment.
§19.966
Security.
§19.967
Additional security.
§19.970
Supervision of operations.
§19.980
Gauging.
§19.981
Inventories.
§19.982
Records.
§19.983
Spirits rendered unfit for beverage use in the production process.
§19.984
Record of spirits received.
§19.985
Record of spirits rendered unfit for beverage use.
§19.986
Record of dispositions.
§19.987
Maintenance and retention of records.
§19.988
Reports.
§19.990
Redistillation of spirits or fuel alcohol received on the plant premises.
§19.995
Use on premises.
§19.996
Withdrawal of spirits.
§19.997
Withdrawal of fuel alcohol.
§19.998
Transfer in bond of spirits.
§19.999
Consignor premises.
§19.1000
Reconsignment in transit.
§19.1001
Consignee premises.
§19.1002
Prohibited uses, transfers, and withdrawals.
§19.1005
Authorized materials.
§19.1006
Other materials.
§19.1007
Samples.
§19.1008
Marks.
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Subpart Z--PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

§19.1010
OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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