The COSME programme should therefore address market failures which affect the competitiveness of the Union economy on a global scale and which undermine the capacity of enterprises, particularly SMEs, to compete with their counterparts in other parts of the world.
Dá bhrí sin, ba cheart do chlár COSME aghaidh a thabhairt ar theipeanna sa mhargadh a dhéanann difear d'iomaíochas gheilleagar an Aontais ar scála domhanda agus a bhaineann bonn d'acmhainneacht fiontar, go háirithe FBManna, dul in iomaíocht lena gcomhpháirtithe ar fud an domhain.