[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: 27CFR71.49b]

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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 71_RULES OF PRACTICE IN PERMIT PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart E_Grounds for Citation
 
Sec. 71.49b  Applications for tobacco permits.

    If, on examination of an application for a tobacco permit provided 
for in 26 U.S.C. 5713, the director of industry operations has reason to 
believe--
    (a) The premises on which it is proposed to conduct the business are 
not adequate to protect the revenue; or
    (b) The applicant for a permit does not meet the minimum 
manufacturing and activity requirements in 27 CFR 40.61; or
    (c) The applicant (including, in the case of a corporation, any 
officer, director, or principal stockholder and, in the case of a 
partnership, a partner) is, by reason of his business experience, 
financial standing, or trade connections, not likely to maintain 
operations in compliance with 26 U.S.C. chapter 52, or has failed to 
disclose any material

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information required or made any material false statement in the 
application; the director of industry operations may issue a citation 
for the contemplated disapproval of the application.

(72 Stat. 1421; 26 U.S.C. 5712)

[T.D. 6389, 24 FR 4791, June 12, 1959. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 
15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-48, 44 FR 55846, Sept. 28, 1979; T.D. 
ATF-374, 61 FR 29957, June 13, 1996; T.D. ATF-421, 64 FR 71923, Dec. 22, 
1999; T.D. ATF-460, 66 FR 39093, July 27, 2001]