Since the objective of this Decision, namely to amend or repeal Union legal acts in the field of environmental reporting that are no longer applicable or relevant, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its nature, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may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 Chinnidh seo, eadhon gníomhartha dlí de chuid an Aontais i réimse an tuairiscithe comhshaoil nach bhfuil feidhm leo ná nach bhfuil ábhartha a thuilleadh a leasú nó a aisghairm, a ghnóthú go leordhóthanach agus, de bharr chineál an chuspóra, 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.