The Energy Act abolished the public sector's monopoly and allowed private companies to generate electricity as a main business.

But in East Germany, getting rid of old leaders, abolishing the Communist Party's monopoly of power, and securing free elections is not enough.

This had abolished the corporations' statutory monopoly on principal domestic and international scheduled routes.

Mr. Gorbachev had argued until recently that it was too early to abolish the party's constitutional monopoly.

Dec. 7, 1989 The Lithuanian parliament votes overwhelmingly to abolish the Communist Party's guaranteed monopoly on power.

In 1990 the National Assembly abolished the party's constitutional monopoly on political power and established a transitional government.

Finland has abolished its monopoly and in so doing created a licensing system for competitors to Finland Post.

New Zealand has also just recently abolished its monopoly, but it is too early to know if competitors will emerge and be successful.

This may well be the case in Sweden which abolished its monopoly in 1993.

Mongolia's Communist legislators formally abolished their party's monopoly on power today and approved elections with more than one candidate.