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 Annexes to Directive 74/63/EEC are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto. Member States shall, by 3 December 1988 at the latest, bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

SOLUTION: Directive

PROBLEM: The United Kingdom is exempt from applying the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed, with the exception of the provisions of Article 14 (1) to the species listed below:    (a) Oryza sativa L. - rice;(b) Phalaris canariensis L. - canary grass. This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.

SOLUTION: Decision

PROBLEM: The adjustments referred to in the last paragraph of Article 13 (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and in Article 3 (2) of Regulation No 162/66/EEC shall be made by applying the coefficients of equivalence fixed in the Annex to this Regulation. 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