27 CFR § 27.209 - Used liquor bottles.

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title: "27 CFR § 27.209 - Used liquor bottles."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "27.209"
section_name: "Used liquor bottles."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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part_number: "27"
part_name: "IMPORTATION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552(a), 19 U.S.C. 81c, 1202; 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5007, 5008, 5010, 5041, 5051, 5054, 5061, 5121, 5122-5124, 5201, 5205, 5207, 5232, 5273, 5301, 5313, 5382, 5555, 6038E, 6065, 6109, 6302, 7805."
regulatory_source: "20 FR 3561, May 21, 1955, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-479, 67 FR 30799, May 8, 2002."
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# 27.209 Used liquor bottles.

The appropriate TTB officer may pursuant to letterhead application authorize an importer to receive liquor bottles assembled for that importer as provided in § 31.203 of this chapter. Used liquor bottles so received may be stored at any suitable location pending exportation for reuse. The importer shall keep records of the receipt and disposition of used liquor bottles.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1513-0064)

[T.D. 6954, 33 FR 6819, May 4, 1968, as amended by T.D. 7006, 34 FR 2251, Feb. 15, 1969. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-172, 49 FR 14943, Apr. 16, 1984; T.D. TTB-25, 70 FR 19883, Apr. 15, 2005; T.D. TTB-145, 81 FR 94208, Dec. 22, 2016; T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87944, ]