!!!Monopole Monopolies: From the 18%%sup th/% century until 1994 four state monopolies existed in Austria, i.e. the salt, tobacco ( Austria Tabak), gambling and ( spirits monopoly). All of them except for the Gambling Monopoly ceased to exist when Austria joined the European Union in 1995 (principle of free circulation of goods). !Literature H. Mayer, Staatsmonopole, 1976. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Monopole|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]