[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR13.43]

[Page 246]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 13--LABELING PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D--Revocations of Specific Certificates
 
Sec. 13.43  Decision after notice of proposed revocation.

    (a) Decision. After considering any written arguments or evidence 
presented by the certificate holder, the appropriate ATF officer must 
issue a decision. If the decision is to revoke the certificate, a letter 
must be sent to the holder explaining the revocation of the certificate, 
and the specific laws or regulations relied upon in determining that the 
label or bottle was not in conformance with law or regulations. If the 
decision is to withdraw the proposed revocation, a letter of explanation 
must be sent.
    (b) Time limits for decision. Within 90 days of receipt of written 
arguments or evidence from the certificate holder, the appropriate ATF 
officer shall notify the appellant of his or her decision. If a 
certificate holder requests an informal conference as part of an appeal, 
as authorized in Sec. 13.71, the 90-day period will begin 10 days after 
the date of the conference to allow for consideration of any written 
arguments, facts or evidence submitted after the conference. The 
appropriate ATF officer may extend this period of time once by an 
additional 90 days if he or she finds that unusual circumstances require 
additional time to consider the issues presented by a proposed 
revocation. If the appropriate ATF officer extends the time period, he 
or she must notify the applicant by letter, along with a brief 
explanation of the issues under consideration.