1. This Regulation:
(a) establishes a Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework (the ‘Union Framework’) for the admission of third-country nationals or stateless persons to the territory of the Member States with a view to granting them, in accordance with this Regulation:
(i) international protection; or
(ii) humanitarian status under national law which provides for rights and obligations equivalent to those established in Articles 20 to 26 and 28 to 35 of for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection; and
(b) lays down rules on the admission, by means of resettlement or humanitarian admission, of third-country nationals or stateless persons to the territory of the Member States for the purpose of implementing this Regulation.
2. This Regulation does not establish a right of third-country nationals or stateless persons to request admission, or to be admitted, to the territory of a Member State.
3. This Regulation does not impose an obligation on Member States to admit a third-country national or a stateless person.
4. Member States shall contribute to the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (the ‘Union Plan’) referred to in Article 8 on a voluntary basis. The indications made by the Member States in the High-Level Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Committee, established pursuant to Article 11, in relation to the details of their participation, including the type of admission and the regions or third countries from which admission is to take place, and of their contribution to the total number of persons to be admitted under the Union Plan, shall be voluntary.