Since the objective of this Regulation, namely, cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States because they cannot ensure cooperation and coordination by acting alone, but can rather, by reason of its territorial and personal scope, be better achieved at the 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 cuspóir an Rialacháin seo, eadhon comhar idir na húdaráis náisiúnta atá freagrach as dlíthe cosanta tomhaltóirí a fhorfheidhmiú, a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach toisc nach féidir leo comhar agus comhordú a áirithiú agus iad ag gníomhú leo féin, ach gur fearr, de bharr raon feidhme críochach agus pearsanta an Rialacháin, is féidir é a ghnóthú 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.