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.
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Question: Article 40 (4) of the Treaty shall apply to the French overseas departments as regards the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. 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.

Answer: Regulation


Question: The following shall be substituted for Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2517/69:'1. The amount of the premium shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation No 23, be fixed at different levels in order to take account of the state of growth of the trees. This amount shall not exceed 800 units of account per hectare grubbed.2. The amount of the premium shall be paid in a single instalment when the claimant proves that he has actually completed the grubbing.' The following text shall be substituted for the text of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) no 2517/69:'During the last three months of the period referred to in Article 2 (2) (b), Member States shall check whether the beneficiary has complied with his undertaking to abstain from replanting apple, pear and peach trees on his holding ; they shall inform the Commission of the results of this check.If that undertaking has not been complied with, Member States shall recover the premium without prejudice to the imposition of any penalties.' This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall take effect from 1 January 1970This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Answer: Regulation


Question: Directive 72/464/EEC shall be amended as follows:    1. In Article 1 (3) the words 'at least six months' shall be substituted for 'at least one year'.2. In Article 7 (1) the words 'period of 54 months' shall be substituted for 'period of 48 months'. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Answer:
Directive