Since the objectives of this Directive, namely ensuring that NCAs have the necessary guarantees of independence, resources, and enforcement and fining powers to be able to effectively apply Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and national competition law in parallel to Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, and ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market and the European Competition Network, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather by reason of the requisite effectiveness and uniformity in the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU be better achieved at Union level in particular in view of the territorial scope of the Directive, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out on Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union.
Ós rud é nach féidir leis na Ballstáit cuspóirí na Treorach seo, is iad sin, a áirithiú go mbeidh ag ÚINanna na ráthaíochtaí maidir le neamhspleáchas agus acmhainní agus cumhachtaí forfheidhmiúcháin agus fíneála riachtanacha ionas go mbeidh siad in ann Airteagail 101 agus 102 CFAE a chur i bhfeidhm go héifeachtach agus Airteagail 101 agus 102 CFAE a chur i bhfeidhm go héifeachtach i gcomhthráth leis an dlí iomaíochta náisiúnta, agus feidhmiú éifeachtach an mhargaidh inmheánaigh agus an Ghréasáin Eorpaigh Iomaíochta a áirithiú, a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach ina n-aonar agus, de bharr na héifeachtachta agus na haonfhoirmeachta a theastaíonn maidir le cur i bhfeidhm Airteagal 101 CFAE agus Airteagal 102 CFAE, gur fearr is féidir iad a ghnóthú ar leibhéal an Aontais amháin, go háirithe i bhfianaise raon feidhme críochach na Treorach, féadfaidh an tAontas bearta a ghlacadh, i gcomhréir le prionsabal na coimhdeachta a leagtar amach in Airteagal 5 den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach.