The provisions of this Article shall apply to any body through which a Member  State, in law or in fact, either directly or indirectly supervises, determines or  appreciably influences imports or exports between Member States. These provisions  shall likewise apply to monopolies delegated by the State to others.

2. Member States shall refrain from introducing any new measure which is contrary  to the principles laid down in paragraph 1 or which restricts the scope of the   Articles dealing with the abolition of customs duties and quantitative restrictions  between Member States.

3. The timetable for the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be harmonized  with the abolition of quantitative restrictions on the same products provided for in  Articles 30 to 34.

If a product is subject to a State monopoly of a commercial character in only one or  some Member States, the Commission may authorize the other Member States to  apply protective measures until the adjustment provided for in paragraph 1 has been  effected; the Commission shall determine the conditions and details of such  measures.

4. If a State monopoly of a commercial character has rules which are designed to  make it easier to dispose of agricultural products or obtain for them the best return,  steps should be taken in applying the rules contained in this Article to ensure  equivalent safeguards for the employment and standard of living of the producers  concerned, account being taken of the adjustments that will be possible and the  specialization that will be needed with the passage of time.

5. The obligations on Member States shall be binding only in so far as they are  compatible with existing international agreements.

6. With effect from the first stage the Commission shall make recommendations as to  the manner in which and the timetable according to which the adjustment provided  for in this Article shall be carried out.

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