Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely contributing to the implementation and development of Union environmental and climate policy and legislation, including the integration of the environment and climate objectives into other policies, and promoting better governance, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of scale and effects of this Regulation, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union.
Ós rud é nach féidir leis na Ballstáit cuspóirí an Rialacháin seo, eadhon rannchuidiú le cur chun feidhme agus forbairt bheartas comhshaoil agus aeráide agus reachtaíocht chomhshaoil agus aeráide an Aontais, lena n-áirítear comhtháthú na gcuspóirí comhshaoil agus aeráide isteach i mbeartais eile, agus rialachas níos fearr a chothú, a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach ach gur fearr, de bharr fairsinge agus éifeachtaí an Rialacháin seo, iad a ghnóthú níos fearr ar leibhéal an Aontais, féadfaidh an tAontas bearta a ghlacadh, i gcomhréir le prionsabal na coimhdeachta a leagtar amach in Airteagal 5 den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach.