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.

By way of derogation from Article 1 of Directive 77/388/EEC, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are hereby authorized to implement the said Directive by 1 January 1979 at the latest. This Directive is addressed to Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Directive

The following shall be substituted for the first subheading of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68:'1. Aid may be granted for skimmed milk produced and processed in the dairy if the skimmed milk:    - either has been denatured by one of the methods referred to in Article 2 and if its specific gravity before denaturing was at least 1.03,- or has been subject to administrative control offering safeguards equivalent to denaturing.' 1. The following shall be substituted for Article 6 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68:'(b) sell their own butter production or deliver cream for direct consumption to retailers or consumers, the statement shall be sent to the competent authority.'2. The following Article 8a shall be inserted after Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68:'Article 8a1. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 3, breeders who use their own skimmed milk for feeding their animals and sell cream to retailers or consumers shall, for each kilogramme of milk fat sold, receive the aid corresponding to 23 kilogrammes of skimmed milk.2. Aid shall be granted only to breeders registered as cream sellers.  (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 14. (3)OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 5. (4)OJ No L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 4. (5)OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 21. (6)OJ No L 184, 29.7.1968, p. 24. (7)OJ No L 79, 1.4.1972, p. 83.Registration shall be effected by the agency of the Member State competent to grant aid. This agency shall issue a registration card which shall indicate the number of cows whose milk is used for cream production.3. Aid shall be granted only for a quantity of skimmed milk not exceeding a maximum yearly quantity for each cow mentioned on the registration card.The maximum yearly quantity shall be 2 800 kilogrammes of skimmed milk per cow. The quantity of milk delivered by the breeder to a dairy or to final consumers shall, however, be deducted from that figure.4. Breeders shall receive aid only if they account for the quantity of cream produced and sold as well as for the growth of their livestock by suitable documentation.' This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation is applicable from 1 February 1973.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Regulation

The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters rectifying Annex A of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland is hereby concluded on behalf of the Community.The text of the letters is annexed to this Regulation. The President of the Council is hereby authorized to appoint the person empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters referred to in Article 1 and to grant him the powers necessary for the purpose of binding the Community. 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.

Regulation