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: The following three joint informatics studies are hereby adopted:    (a) study on data security and confidentiality;(b) study on programming techniques;(c) study on the evaluation and implementation of informatic systems.These studies are defined in section II of the Annex. The duration of the studies referred to in Article 1 shall be three years. The appropriations necessary for carrying them out, which represent 50 % of their cost, shall be entered in the budget of the European Communities. They shall amount to 1 245 000 units of account. 50 % of the cost of implementing the studies shall be borne by the institutes concerned. The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the studies. It shall be assisted by the Advisory Committee on Joint Data Processing Projects.The Commission shall submit a report to the Council annually.

A: Decision
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Q: The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters rectifying Annex A to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.The text of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters is annexed to this Regulation. The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind 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.

A: Regulation
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Q: With effect from 1 January 1968, the following third paragraph shall be added to Article 2 of CouncilRegulations No 423/67/EEC, No 6/67/Euratomxa0(2) of 25 July 1967 determining the emoluments of members of the EEC and EAEC Commissions and of the High Authority who have not been appointed members of the Single Commission of the European Communities:‘By way of derogation from Article 9 of Regulations No 422/67/EEC, 5/67/Euratom, the pensions of former members of the High Authority and of the Commissions of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community referred to in Article 1 who have served for a period of not less than two years shall be not less than 15% of the basic salary last received.’ 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.

A:
Regulation
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