Since the objective of this Directive, namely the improvement of the EU-wide standard of initial qualification and periodic training for drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the cross-border nature of road transport and of the issues this Directive is intended to address, 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 cuspóir na Treorach seo, eadhon an caighdeán uile-Aontais a fheabhsú maidir le cáiliú tosaigh agus le hoiliúint thréimhsiúil do thiománaithe feithiclí áirithe bóthair i gcomhair iompar earraí agus paisinéirí, a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach agus, de bharr chineál trasteorann an iompair de bhóthar agus na saincheisteanna a mbeartaítear aghaidh a thabhairt orthu leis an Treoir seo, gur fearr is féidir iad 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.