27 CFR § 8.52 - Practices which result in exclusion.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s8.52"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 8.52 - Practices which result in exclusion."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "8.52"
section_name: "Practices which result in exclusion."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "8"
part_name: "EXCLUSIVE OUTLETS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 49-50; 27 U.S.C. 202 and 205; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h)."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-74, 45 FR 63256, Sept. 23, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "8"
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# 8.52 Practices which result in exclusion.
The practices specified in this section result in exclusion under section 105(a) of the Act. The practices specified here are examples and do not constitute a complete list of such practices:
(a) Purchases of distilled spirits, wine or malt beverages by a retailer as a result, directly or indirectly, of a threat or act of physical or economic harm by the selling industry member.
(b) Contracts between an industry member and a retailer which require the retailer to purchase distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages from that industry member and expressly restrict the retailer from purchasing, in whole or in part, such products from another industry member.