The aim of those Directives was to develop livestock breeding in the Union, while at the same time regulating the trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and their entry into the Union, thereby maintaining the competitiveness of the Union animal breeding sector.
Bhí sé mar aidhm ag na Treoracha sin pórú beostoic a fhorbairt san Aontas, agus ag an am céanna trádáil ainmhithe pórúcháin agus táirgí geirmeacha díobh agus a dtabhairt isteach san Aontas a rialú agus, dá réir sin, iomaíochas in earnáil ainmhithe pórúcháin an Aontais a chothú.