While the Commission had proposed to retain mandatory sizes for only a handful of goods (spirits, wines, soluble coffee, white sugar and most products sold in aerosols), committee members voted to retain them for six other product groups: drinking milk, butter, ground or unground roasted coffee, dried pasta, rice and brown sugar.
Dalībvalstu ministri nevarēja piekrist jebkādai atsaucei uz sankciju saskaņošanu, uzskatot, ka noteikumiem par sodiem jāpaliek dalībvalstu kompetencē.