Save as otherwise provided for in Articles 3 and 4, Member States may not, on grounds relating to the nominal quantities of the package, refuse, prohibit or restrict the placing on the market of prepacked products.

While respecting the principles stated in the Treaty and, in particular, the free movement of goods, Member States which currently prescribe mandatory nominal quantities for milk, butter, dried pasta and coffee may continue to do so until 11 October 2012.

Member States which currently prescribe mandatory nominal quantities for white sugar may continue to do so until 11 October 2013.