---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 26.312"
title: "27"
number: "26.312"
heading: "Standards of fill."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/26.312"
---

# §26.312. Standards of fill.


Distilled spirits brought into the United States from Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands in containers of 1 gallon (3.785 liters) or less for sale shall be in liquor bottles, including liquor bottles of less than 200 ml capacity, which conform to the applicable standards of fill provided in [§ 5.47](/cfr/27/5.47.md) or [§ 5.47a](/cfr/27/5.47a.md) of this chapter. Empty liquor bottles, including liquor bottles of less than 200 ml capacity, which conform to the provisions of [subpart E of part 5](/cfr/27/part5-subpartE.md) or [part 19](/cfr/27/part19.md) of this chapter, may be brought into the United States for packaging distilled spirits as provided in [part 19](/cfr/27/part19.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-34, 41 FR 46864, Oct. 26, 1976, as amended by T.D. ATF-62, 44 FR 71718, Dec. 11, 1979]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 5301, 72 Stat. 1374; 26 U.S.C. 5301.

### Source

Source: T.D. 6954, 33 FR 6818, May 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975.

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 81c; 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5007, 5008, 5010, 5041, 5051, 5061, 5111-5114, 5121, 5122-5124, 5131-5132, 5207, 5232, 5271, 5275, 5301, 5314, 5555, 6001, 6038E, 6065, 6109, 6301, 6302, 6804, 7101, 7102, 7651, 7652, 7805; 27 U.S.C. 203, 205; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306.

### Source

Source: 20 FR 6077, Aug. 20, 1955, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-459, 66 FR 38550, July 25, 2001.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-34, 41 FR 46864, Oct. 26, 1976, as amended by T.D. ATF-62, 44 FR 71718, Dec. 11, 1979]