7. The Commission shall issue directives establishing the procedure and timetable in  accordance with which Member States shall abolish, as between themselves, any  measures in existence when this Treaty enters into force which have an effect  equivalent to quotas.

8. If the Commission finds that the application of the provisions of this Article, and  in particular of the provisions concerning percentages, makes it impossible to ensure  that the abolition of quotas provided for in the second paragraph of Article 32 is  carried out progressively, the Council may, on a proposal from the Commission,  acting unanimously during the first stage and by a qualified majority thereafter,  amend the procedure laid down in this Article and may, in particular, increase the  percentages fixed.

Article 34

1. Quantitative restrictions on exports, and all measures haying equivalent effect,  shall be prohibited between Member States.

2. Member States shall, by the end of the first stage at the latest, abolish all  quantitative restrictions on exports and any measures having equivalent effect which  are in existence when this Treaty enters into force.

Article 35

The Member States declare their readiness to abolish quantitative restrictions on  imports from and exports to other Member States more rapidly than is provided for  in the preceding Articles, if their general economic situation and the situation of the  economic sector concerned so permit.

To this end, the Commission shall make recommendations to the Member States  concerned.

Article 36

The provisions of Articles 30 to 34 shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on  imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public  policy or public security; the protection of health and life of humans, animals or  plants; the protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or  archaeological value; or the protection of industrial and commercial property. Such  prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary  discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States.

Article 37

1. Member States shall progressively adjust any State monopolies of a commercial  character so as to ensure that when the transitional period has ended no  discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured and  marketed exists between nationals of Member States.

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