Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to contribute to the further development of an area where equality and the rights of persons, as enshrined in the TEU, the TFEU and the Charter and in international human rights conventions to which the Union has acceded, are promoted, protected and effectively implemented, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 TEU.
Ós rud é nach féidir leis na Ballstáit cuspóir an Rialacháin seo a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach, eadhon rannchuidiú le forbairt bhreise a dhéanamh ar limistéar ina ndéantar comhionannas agus cearta daoine, mar a chumhdaítear iad in CAE, in CFAE agus sa Chairt agus i gcoinbhinsiúin idirnáisiúnta ar chearta an duine a bhfuil an tAontas tar éis aontú dóibh, a chur chun cinn agus a chosaint agus a chur chun feidhme go héifeachtúil, ach, de bharr a fhairsinge agus a éifeachtaí, gur féidir 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 CAE.