Before the vote was taken Mr Derek Enright (Soc/XJK) had announced his intention of voting against a report that was too biased in favour of commercial considerations, whereas Mr Madron Seligman (ED/UK) endorsed the text on the grounds that it criticized the Commission memorandum for not mentioning energy investments in the Third World.
Precedentemente, al momento delle dichiara zioni di voto, l'on. Brian Hord (DE/ΌΚ) si era dichiarato soddisfatto di tale soluzione ed aveva rimesso in questione la politica agricola comune mentre la on. Joyce Quin (Soc/ΌΚ) si era ralle­grata del trattamento favorevole riservato alla Nuova Zelanda.