!!!Alkoholmonopol

Spirits Monopoly (alcohol monopoly): In Austria, spirits (alcohol) 
were put to economic use even before World War I. When Austria was 
annexed by the German Reich in 1939, the German spirits monopoly 
became operative in Austria as well. It governed the collection, 
production, purification and utilisation of spirits as well as the 
trade and import of spirits. This  Monopoly remained in force after 
1945 and was only abolished after Austria joined the European Union 
and Austrian law had to be modified. This reform began with the 
Spirits Tax and Monopoly Act  (Alkohol-Steuer- und Monopolgesetz) of 
1995, which abolished the wholesale and imports monopoly; in 1996 the 
spirits monopoly was restricted to the production of high-grade 
spirits from certain agricultural raw materials. The spirits monopoly 
is to expire in the year 2000, with subsidies being gradually phased 
out to allow the business enterprises involved to make the necessary 
structural adjustments.


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