TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are provided with an article of the legal acts. Your task is to classify it into three categories (Regulation, Decision and Directive) based on its content: 1) Regulation is a binding legislative act that must be applied in its entirety on a set date across all the member states (European Union countries). 2) Decision is binding on those to whom it is addressed (e.g. an European Union country or an individual company) and is directly applicable. 3) Directive is a legislative act that sets out a goal that all  must achieve. However, it is up to the individual countries to devise their own laws on how to reach these goals.
PROBLEM: The Annex to Directive 64/54/CEE is hereby amended   as follows :( i ) the following shall be inserted under entry I :EEC No * Name * Conditions of use *E 228 * Potassium acid sulphite ( Potassium   bisulphite ) * *( ii ) Under E 233 in the column ' Conditions of use ' ,   point ( c ) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January   1986 . Member States shall bring into force not later than 31   December 1986 the laws , regulations or administrative   procedures necessary to comply with this Directive . They   shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof . This Directive is addressed to the Member States .

SOLUTION: Directive

PROBLEM: Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/72 shall be replaced by the following:'The deposit provided for in Article 7 shall be released for a quantity delivered in respect of which the purchaser furnishes the appointed agency of the Member State concerned with:    (a) proof that the price quoted in the invitation to tender has been paid;(b) the proof referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76.At the end of the period of validity of the invitation to tender, the abovementioned agency shall release the deposit for a quantity in respect of which the tender could not be met because of lack and products.'. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

SOLUTION: Regulation

PROBLEM: 1. The minimum price referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall, for each 0.10 % of sucrose content, be:    (a) increased by not less than:      - 0.9 % for contents exceeding 16 % but not exceeding 18 %,- 0.7 % for contents exceeding 18 % but not exceeding 19 %,- 0.5 % for contents exceeding 19 % but not exceeding 20 %;(b) reduced by not more than:     - 0.9 % for contents falling below 16 % but not below 15.5 %,  (1)OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 314, 15.12.1969, p. 6.- 1 % for contents falling below 15.5 % but not below 14.5 %.The price for beet with a sucrose content in excess of 20 % shall not be less than the minimum price adjusted for beet with a 20 % sucrose content.2. In Italy the percentage increases and reductions specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b) shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 0.75. 1. Contracts, and agreements within the trade within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, may provide for larger increases and smaller reductions than those specified in Article 1. Contracts, and such agreements within the trade, may provide for further increases for sucrose contents above 20 % and for further reductions for sucrose contents below 14.5 %.2. The contracts and agreements referred to in paragraph 1 may, in the case of beet with a sucrose content below 14.5 %, define beet suitable for processing into sugar, if such contracts and agreements provide for further reductions for sucrose contents below 14.5 % but above the minimum sucrose content specified in that definition.3. If the definition referred to in paragraph 2 is not included in the contracts and agreements, the Member State concerned may lay down that definition. In that case it shall, at the same time, fix the further reductions referred to in that paragraph. This Regulation shall apply from the 1970/71 marketing year.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

SOLUTION:
Regulation