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.

Q: Annex I to Directive 84/536/EEC is hereby  amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive. The Member States shall, by 26  March 1986, adopt and publish the provisions required to comply with this Directive and shall  forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member  States.

A: Directive
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Q: An environmental programme on the management and storage of radioactive waste, as set out in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a five-year period from 1 January 1975. The upper limit for expenditure commitments and for the staff necessary for the implementation of this programme shall be 19 716 million units of account and four staff respectively, the unit of account being as defined in Article 10 of the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (3) applicable to the general budget of the European Communities. The programme set out in the Annex shall be reviewed at the end of the second year in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

A: Decision
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Q: Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 is replaced by the following text:'Article 41. A system of aid shall be introduced for flax grown mainly for fibre and for hemp grown in the Community.Such aid, the amount of which shall be uniform throughout the Community for each of these products, shall be fixed each year before 1 August for the marketing year beginning in the following calendar year.2. The amount of aid shall be so fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested as to ensure an even balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the amount that can be marketed. To that end the Commission shall submit each year to the Council a report enabling it to assess these factors and their foreseeable development.When the amount of aid is being fixed account shall also be taken:      - with regard to flax and hemp:of the price of flax and hemp fibres on the world market and the price of other competing natural products,- with regard to flax:of the guide price for linseed,- with regard to hemp:of the price of hemp seed on the world market.3. The amount of aid shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty.4. The Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission shall adopt general rules for the application of this Article, in  (1)OJ No C 53, 8.3.1976, p. 24. (2)OJ No C 50, 4.3.1976, p. 19. (3)OJ No L 146, 4.7.1970, p. 1. (4)OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 14.particular as regards the verification of entitlement to the aid.5. Detail rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12.' This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply as from the 1976/77 marketing year.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

A:
Regulation
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