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Agus prionsabal an réamhchúraim, go háirithe, á chur san áireamh, is é is cuspóir don Rialacháin seo sláinte an duine agus an comhshaol a chosaint ar thruailleáin orgánacha mharthanacha trí thoirmeasc, céimniú amach a luaithe is féidir nó srianadh a dhéanamh ar tháirgeadh, ar chur ar an margadh agus ar úsáid substaintí atá faoi réir Choinbhinsiún Stócólm maidir le Truailleáin Orgánacha Mharthanacha, ‘an Coinbhinsiún’ anseo feasta, nó faoi réir an Phrótacail a ghabhann le Coinbhinsiún 1979 ar Thruailliú Aeir Trasteorann Fadraoin maidir le Truailleáin Orgánacha Mharthanacha, ‘an Prótacal’ anseo feasta, trí íoslaghdú a dhéanamh ar scaoileadh substaintí den sórt sin, d'fhonn deireadh a chur leis a luaithe is féidir nuair is indéanta sin, agus trí fhorálacha a bhunú maidir le dramhaíl arb éard í aon cheann de na substaintí sin, ina bhfuil aon cheann díobh nó atá éillithe ag aon cheann díobh.
Taking into account, in particular, the precautionary principle, the objective of this Regulation is to protect human health and the environment from POPs by prohibiting, phasing out as soon as possible, or restricting the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of substances subject to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, hereinafter ‘the Convention’, or the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants, hereinafter ‘the Protocol’, by minimising, with a view to eliminating where feasible as soon as possible, releases of such substances, and by establishing provisions regarding waste consisting of, containing or contaminated by any of those substances.