Since the objectives of this Directive, namely ensuring safe operation of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft in regular service, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States in view of the internal market dimension of maritime passenger transport and the cross-border nature of the operation of such shipsand craft in the Union and at international level, but can rather be achieved at Union level by establishing a common level of safety and avoiding distortion of competition, 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 bhféadfaidh na Ballstáit cuspóirí na Treorach seo a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach, is é sin oibriú sábháilte long paisinéirí róró agus árthaí paisinéirí ardluais i seirbhís rialta a áirithiú, i bhfianaise ghné an mhargaidh inmheánaigh a bhaineann le hiompar paisinéirí muirí agus chineál trasteorann oibriú na long agus nan-árthaí sin san Aontas agus ar an leibhéal idirnáisiúnta, ach gur fearr is féidir iad a ghnóthú ar leibhéal an Aontais trí leibhéal coiteann sábháilteachta a bhunú agus saobhadh ar iomaíocht a sheachaint, féadfaidh an tAontas bearta a ghlacadh, i gcomhréir le prionsabal na coimhdeachta, mar a leagtar amach in Airteagal 5 den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach.