Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to strengthen the rules for registration of operators placing on the market or possessing scheduled substances of category 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 273/2004, in particular acetic anhydride, in order to prevent its diversion towards the illicit production of drugs, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States because traffickers gain from national differences in registration and move their illicit business where drug precursors are easiest to divert, but can rather, by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action, 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.
Ó tharla nach féidir leis na Ballstáit cuspóirí an Rialacháin seo, eadhon neartú na rialacha maidir le clárúchán oibreoirí atá ag cur substaintí sceidealaithe chatagóir 2 d’Iarscríbhinn I a ghabhann le Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 273/2004 ar an margadh nó a bhfuil substaintí den sórt sin ina seilbh acu, go háirithe ainhidríd aicéiteach, chun cosc a chur ar a atreorú i dtreo táirgthe aindleathaigh dhrugaí, a bhaint amach go leordhóthanach toisc gur leas na ngáinneálaithe éagsúlachtaí náisiúnta maidir le clárúchán agus toisc go n-aistríonn siad a ngnó aindleathach go dtí na háiteanna is éasca réamhtheachtaithe drugaí a atreorú chucu, agus dá bhrí sin, gur fearr is féidir iad a bhaint amach ar leibhéal an Aontais, 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 é.