Subject matter and scope
Article 1
1. This Regulation establishes a return border procedure. It applies to third-country nationals and stateless persons whose application has been rejected in the context of the asylum border procedure provided for in Articles 43 to 54 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 (the ‘asylum border procedure’). It also provides for temporary specific rules on the return border procedure in situations of crisis as defined in Article 1(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1359. This Regulation also amends Regulation (EU) 2021/1148, with the purpose of allowing the financing of support under that Regulation for solidarity actions within the context of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351. 2. Temporary measures adopted pursuant to Chapter III of this Regulation shall meet the requirements of necessity and proportionality, be appropriate to achieving their stated objectives and ensuring the protection of the rights of the applicants and be consistent with the obligations of the Member States under the Charter and international law. 3. The measures in Chapter III of this Regulation shall be applied only to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, in a temporary and limited manner and only in exceptional circumstances. Following a request, Member States may apply the measures provided for in Chapter III only to the extent provided for in the Decision referred to in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1359.