Since the objectives of the proposed action, as outlined above, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, in that the object is to establish a set of rules on employee involvement applicable to the SE, and can therefore, by reason of the scale and impact of the proposed action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty.
Ker države članice ne morejo v zadostni meri dosegati ciljev predlaganega delovanja, kakor je opredeljeno zgoraj, saj je namen uvesti skupino pravil o udeležbi delavcev, ki veljajo za SE, in ker je torej te cilje zaradi obsega in učinka predlaganega delovanja mogoče bolje dosegati na ravni Skupnosti, lahko Skupnost sprejme ukrepe v skladu z načelom subsidiarnosti, kakor je določeno v členu 5 Pogodbe.