Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to ensure a harmonised approach with regard to official controls and other official activities performed in view of ensuring the application of Union agri-food chain legislation, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its effect, complexity, trans-border and international character, 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 an Rialacháin seo, eadhon cur chuige comhchuibhithe a áirithiú maidir le rialuithe oifigiúla agus gníomhaíochtaí oifigiúla eile arna ndéanamh chun cur i bhfeidhm reachtaíocht an Aontais maidir leis an slabhra agraibhia a áirithiú, a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach agus, de bharr a éifeachta, a chastachta agus a nádúr trasteorann agus idirnáisiúnta, gur fearr 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.