[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR13.21]

[Page 268-269]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 13_LABELING PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C_Applications
 
Sec. 13.21  Application for certificate.

    (a) Form of application. An applicant for a certificate of label 
approval, certificate of exemption from label approval, or distinctive 
liquor bottle approval, must send or deliver signed duplicate copies of 
ATF Form 5100.31, ``Application For And Certification/Exemption Of 
Label/Bottle Approval'' according to the instructions for that form. If 
the application complies with

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applicable laws and regulations, a certificate of label approval, 
certificate of exemption from label approval, or distinctive liquor 
bottle approval will be issued. If the approval is qualified in any 
manner, such qualifications will be set forth in the appropriate space 
on the form.
    (b) Time period for action on application. Within 90 days of receipt 
of an application, the appropriate ATF officer must notify the applicant 
whether the application has been approved or denied. 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 an application. If the appropriate ATF 
officer extends the period, he or she must notify the applicant by 
letter, along with a brief explanation of the issues presented by the 
label. If the applicant receives no decision from the appropriate ATF 
officer within the time periods set forth in this paragraph, the 
applicant may file an appeal as provided in Sec. 13.25.

[T.D. ATF-406, 64 FR 2129, Jan. 13, 1999, as amended by T.D. ATF-449, 66 
FR 19085, Apr. 13, 2001]