[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR5.55]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 5--LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF DISTILLED SPIRITS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart G--Requirements for Approval of Labels of Domestically Bottled 
                            Distilled Spirits
 
Sec. 5.55  Certificates of label approval.


    (a) Requirement. Distilled spirits shall not be bottled or removed 
from a plant, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 
unless the proprietor possesses a certificate of label approval, ATF 
Form 5100.31, covering the labels on the bottle, issued by the 
appropriate ATF officer pursuant to application on such form. 
Application for certificates of label approval covering labels for 
imported gin bearing the word ``distilled'' as a part of the designation 
shall be accompanied by a statement prepared by the manufacturer setting 
forth a step-by-step description of the manufacturing process.
    (b) Exemption. Any bottler of distilled spirits shall be exempt from 
the requirements in paragraph (a) of this section and Sec. 5.56 if the 
bottler possesses a

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certificate of exemption from label approval, ATF Form 5100.31, issued 
by the appropriate ATF officer pursuant to application on that Form 
showing that the distilled spirits to be bottled are not to be sold, 
offered for sale, or shipped or delivered for shipment, or otherwise 
introduced into interstate or foreign commerce.
    (c) Miscellaneous. Photoprints or other reproductions of 
certificates of label approval, or certificates of exemption are not 
acceptable as substitutes for an original or duplicate original (issued, 
on request, by the appropriate ATF officer) of a certificate. The 
original or duplicate original of such certificates shall, on demand, be 
exhibited to an authorized officer of the U.S. Government.
    (d) Cross reference. For procedures regarding the issuance, denial, 
and revocation of certificates of label approval and certificates of 
exemption from label approval, as well as appeal procedures, see part 13 
of this chapter.

[T.D. ATF-66, 45 FR 40550, June 13, 1980, as amended by T.D. ATF-94, 46 
FR 55097, Nov. 6, 1981; T.D. ATF-242, 51 FR 39525, Oct. 29, 1986; T.D. 
ATF-406, 64 FR 2129, Jan. 13, 1999]