This Directive seeks to contribute to the objective of a high level of environmental protection, in accordance with the principle of sustainable development, in the most economically efficient manner, while providing installations adequate time to adapt, and providing for more favourable treatment of particularly affected persons in a proportionate manner to the maximum extent compatible with the other objectives of this Directive.
Féachtar leis an Treoir seo cur leis an gcuspóir lena gcinnteofar ardleibhéal cosanta comhshaoil, i gcomhréir leis an bprionsabal maidir le forbairt inbhuanaithe, a bhaint amach ar an mbealach is éifeachtúla ó thaobh an gheilleagair de agus, ag an am céanna, am leordhóthanach a thabhairt do shuiteálacha chun iad féin a oiriúnú agus lena gcuirfear cóireáil níos fabhraí ar fáil, ar bhealach comhréireach, do dhaoine a ndéanann sé difear ar leith dóibh, i gcomhréir, a mhéid agus is féidir, le cuspóirí na Treorach seo.