Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to safeguard, develop and promote European cultural and linguistic diversity, to promote Europe's cultural heritage and to strengthen the competitiveness of the European cultural and creative sectors, in particular of the audiovisual sector, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, given the transnational and international character of the Programme, but can rather, by reason of its scale and expected 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 of the Treaty on European Union.
Ós rud é nach féidir leis na Ballstáit, i bhfianaise shaintréith thrasnáisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta na ngníomhaíochtaí beartaithe, cuspóirí an Rialacháin seo, eadhon éagsúlacht chultúrtha agus teanga na hEorpa a choimirciú, a fhorbairt agus a chur chun cinn agus oidhreacht chultúrtha na hEorpa a chur chun cinn agus iomaíochas earnálacha Eorpacha an chultúir agus na cruthaitheachta, go háirithe iomaíochas earnáil an chlosamhairc, a neartú, a bhaint amach go leordhóthanach agusgur féidir, de bharr fairsinge agus éifeachtaí tuartha na ngníomhaíochtaí, iad a bhaint amach 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.