Jim Murray of the European Consumer’s Organisation BEUC warned: “There must be clear incentives in registering, if the voluntary system is to have any success...Given the number of interests that threaten to boycott the register it may not be long before a mandatory system will be introduced.
Britu sociāldemokrāts Richard Corbett turpretim bija skeptiski noskaņots: „Brīvprātīga sistēma nedarbosies.