27 CFR § 20.2 - Territorial extent.

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title: "27 CFR § 20.2 - Territorial extent."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "20.2"
section_name: "Territorial extent."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
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part_number: "20"
part_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF DENATURED ALCOHOL AND RUM"
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# 20.2 Territorial extent.

(a) This part applies to the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia and to denatured spirits and articles coming into the United States from Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

(b) For the purposes of this part, operations in a foreign-trade zone located in any State of the United States or the District of Columbia are regulated in the same manner as operations in any other part of such State or the District of Columbia.

(48 Stat. 999, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81c))

[T.D. ATF-274, 53 FR 25156, July 5, 1988, as amended by T.D. TTB-91, 76 FR 5477, Feb. 1, 2011]