[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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 appropriate TTB officer has reason to 
believe--

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    (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, Administrator, 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 information required or made any material false 
statement in the application; the appropriate TTB officer 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]