1. On the basis of a proposal from the Commission, the Council shall adopt, by means of an implementing act, a two-year Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (Union Plan) in the year before the two-year period in which it is to be implemented.
The Commission shall inform the European Parliament of its proposed draft Union Plan without delay, and the Council shall keep the European Parliament regularly informed of progress relating to the adoption of the Union Plan.
The Council shall inform the European Parliament and the Commission of the final draft Union Plan without delay. The Council shall transmit the Union Plan to the European Parliament without delay upon its adoption.
2. When implementing this Article, the Council and the Commission shall take due account of the outcome of meetings of the High-Level Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Committee established pursuant to Article 11 and of the Projected Global Resettlement Needs.
3. The Union Plan shall include:
(a) the total number of persons to be admitted to the territory of the Member States, indicating, respectively, the proportion of persons who are to be subject to resettlement, to humanitarian admission and to emergency admission, the proportion of persons subject to resettlement being not less than approximately 60 % of the total number of persons to be admitted;
(b) details about the participation of the Member States and their contributions to the total number of persons to be admitted and the proportion of the persons who are to be subject to resettlement, to humanitarian admission and to emergency admission in accordance with point (a) of this paragraph, fully respecting the indications made by Member States at the High-Level Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Committee established pursuant to Article 11;
(c) a specification of the regions or third countries from which resettlement or humanitarian admission is to occur pursuant to Article 4.
4. The Union Plan may, where necessary, include:
(a) a description of the specific group or groups of third-country nationals or stateless persons to whom the Union Plan is to apply;
(b) local coordination, as well as practical cooperation arrangements among Member States, supported by the Asylum Agency in accordance with Article 10, and with third countries, the and other relevant partners.
5. Emergency admission shall be applied irrespective of the regions or third countries from which resettlement or humanitarian admission is to occur.
6. Where required by new circumstances, such as an unforeseen humanitarian crisis outside the regions or third countries referred to in the Union Plan, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall, where appropriate, amend the Union Plan such as by adding regions or third countries to those from which admission is to occur pursuant to Article 4.