Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30.11.1998

Distilled Spirits Plant Regulatory Initiative Proposals

ATF is proposing changes to the distilled spirits plant regulations to implement the Administration's Reinventing Government effort to reduce the regulatory burden and streamline requirements on the regulated public. Proposals for change include removing an obsolete provision relating to special (occupational) tax; liberalizing the requirement for approval of changes in plant security personnel or procedures; reducing the paperwork when plant premises are alternated with other premises according to a previously approved plan; providing for alternation of distilled spirits plant and brewery premises; allowing denaturation and manufacture of articles to be done in a single, unified process; specifying marks for packages of spirits withdrawn taxpaid for industrial use; clarifying regulations that refer to a transfer record required when spirits are transferred in bulk from customs custody to the bonded premises of a distilled spirits plant; and incorporating a provision of Industry Circular 80-6 regarding the importation of alcohol fuel. ATF believes these proposed changes will benefit distilled spirits plant proprietors and other industry members by enabling them to operate more easi