[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: 27CFR46.166]

[Page 969-970]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 46_MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND 
CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart G_Dealers in Tobacco Products
 
Sec. 46.166  Dealing in tobacco products.

    (a) All tobacco products purchased, received, possessed, offered for 
sale, sold or otherwise disposed of, by any dealer must be in proper 
packages which bear the mark or notice as prescribed in parts 40 and 41 
of this chapter. Tobacco products may be sold, or offered for sale, at 
retail from such packages, provided the products remain in the packages 
until removed by the customer or in the presence of the customer. Where 
a vending machine is used, tobacco products must similarly

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be vended in proper packages or directly from such packages.
    (b) Tobacco products manufactured in the United States and labeled 
for exportation under chapter 52 of title 26, U.S.C. may not be sold or 
held for sale for domestic consumption in the United States unless such 
articles are removed from their export packaging and repackaged by the 
original manufacturer into new packaging that does not contain an export 
label. This applies to articles labeled for export even if the packaging 
or the appearance of such packaging to the consumer of such articles has 
been modified or altered by a person other than the original 
manufacturer so as to remove or conceal or attempt to remove or conceal 
(including by placement of a sticker over) the export label.
    (c) For penalty and forfeiture provisions applicable to the selling, 
relanding or receipt of articles which have been labeled or shipped for 
exportation, see Sec. 41.83 of this chapter.

[T.D. ATF-465, 66 FR 45618, Aug. 29, 2001, as amended by T.D. TTB-16, 69 
FR 52423, Aug. 26, 2004]