[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 27CFR25.81]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 25--BEER--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart G--Qualification of a Brewery
 
Sec. 25.81  Alternation of brewery and bonded or taxpaid wine premises.

    (a) General. A brewer operating a contiguous bonded winery or 
taxpaid wine bottling house may, as provided in this section, alternate 
the use of each premises by extension or curtailment.
    (b) Qualifying documents. The brewer shall file and receive approval 
of the following qualifying documents:
    (1) ATF F 5120.25 and Form 5130.10 to cover the curtailment and 
extension of the premises to be alternated.
    (2) Special diagrams, in duplicate, delineating the brewery premises 
and the bonded or taxpaid wine premises as they will exist both during 
extension and curtailment. The diagrams will clearly depict all areas, 
buildings, floors, rooms, equipment and pipelines which are to be 
subject to alternation in their relative operating sequence.
    (3) Evidence of existing bond, consent of surety, continuation 
certificate, or a new bond to cover the proposed alternation of 
premises.
    (c) Brewer's responsibility. After approval of qualifying documents, 
the brewer may alternate the designated premises pursuant to a 
letterhead notice submitted to the appropriate ATF officer. The notice 
will contain the information required by paragraph (d) of this section. 
Prior to the effective date and hour of the alternation, the brewer 
shall
    (1) Remove all beer on brewery premises to be alternated to bonded 
or taxpaid wine premises, or
    (2) Remove all wine from bonded to taxpaid wine premises to be 
alternated to brewery premises.
    (d) Information for notice. The notice required by paragraph (c) of 
this section will contain the following information:
    (1) Plant name and address;
    (2) Serial number;
    (3) Effective date and hour of proposed change;
    (4) Whether premises are to be curtailed or extended;
    (5) Purpose of curtailment or extension;
    (6) Identification of the special diagram depicting the premises as 
they exist when curtailed or extended; and
    (7) Date of execution and signature of brewer.
    (e) Separation of premises. The appropriate ATF officer may require 
that the portion of brewery or bonded or taxpaid wine premises extended 
or curtailed under this section be separated, in a manner satisfactory 
to the appropriate ATF officer, from the remaining portion of the 
brewery or bonded or taxpaid premises.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1388, as amended, 1389, as amended, 
1390, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5401, 5411, 5415))

[T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986; 51 FR 9190, Mar. 18, 1986; as 
amended by T.D. ATF-299, 55 FR 24989, June 19, 1990]

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