2016-14358: Importer Permit Requirements for Tobacco Products and Processed Tobacco, and Other Requirements for Tobacco Products, Processed Tobacco and Cigarette Papers and Tubes

Summary

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is adopting as a final rule, without change, a temporary rule concerning permit and other requirements related to importers and manufacturers of tobacco products and processed tobacco published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2013. The regulatory amendments adopted in this final rule include an extension in the duration of new permits for importers of tobacco products and processed tobacco from three years to five years, a technical correction amending the definition of "Manufacturer of tobacco products" to reflect a statutory change, and a technical correction related to references to the sale price of large cigars. This final rule also permanently incorporates and reissues other TTB regulations pertaining to importer permit requirements for tobacco products as well as minimum manufacturing and marking requirements for tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes that also were incorporated in the June 27, 2013, temporary rule.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 3 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 27 CFR 40 Manufacture of Tobacco Products, Cigarette Papers and Tubes, and Processed Tobacco
• 27 CFR 41 Importation of Tobacco Products, Cigarette Papers and Tubes, and Processed Tobacco
• 27 CFR 44 Exportation of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes, Without Payment of Tax, or with Drawback of Tax