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Toll (in the past tolls were equivalent to customs in Austria), money 
paid for entering a particular site or using a certain stretch of a 
road or a river. In the Middle Ages princes granted the right to levy 
tolls (or to exempt certain persons from paying them) to the feudal 
lords, monasteries or towns of their respective province. In 1782 most 
of the tolls levied by a person other than the ruler were abolished to 
guarantee uninhibited trade between the domains. The last state tolls, 
however, were not repealed until 1902. Around 1930 tolls for the use 
of roads (mainly levied in Alpine regions) were reintroduced. Today 
they constitute an important source of income in some places ( Toll 
roads); since 1 January 1997 it has been compulsory for vehicles to 
carry a toll label, the so-called Vignette, on Austria´s 
highways ( Autobahnen) and other main motor roads. Tolls are collected 
by  Alpen Strassen AG (ASG) and  OeSAG as commissioned by  ASFINAG, 
total revenue in 1997 was 3.1 billion ATS. Revenue generated by sales 
of the Vignette amounted to 2.6 billion ATS.


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