Since the objectives of the proposed action, namely to facilitate the creation of Community-wide information products and services based on public sector documents, to enhance an effective cross-border use of public sector documents by private companies for added-value information products and services and to limit distortions of competition on the Community market, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, in view of the intrinsic Community scope and impact of the said 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 se cilji predlaganih ukrepov, torej olajšati oblikovanje informacijskih proizvodov in storitev na ravni Skupnosti, ki temeljijo na dokumentih javnega sektorja, povečati učinkovito čezmejno uporabo dokumentov javnega sektorja za informacijske proizvode in storitve z dodano vrednostjo s strani podjetij v zasebni lasti in omejiti izkrivljanje konkurence na trgu Skupnosti, ne morejo zadovoljivo doseči na ravni Skupnosti in se glede na resnični obseg delovanja Skupnosti in vpliv omenjenih ukrepov lažje dosežejo na ravni Skupnosti, lahko Skupnost sprejme ukrepe, skladno z načelom subsidiarnosti, kakor določa člen 5 Pogodbe.