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: A Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry (hereinafter called the 'Committee') is hereby set up and shall consist of representatives of the Member States with a representative of the Commission as Chairman. The Committee shall, in the cases and under the conditions provided for therein, carry out the duties devolving upon it by the Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating material.It may, moreover, consider any other question arising under such Directives and referred to it by the Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.

A: Decision
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Q: The Annex to Directive 80/181/EEC is hereby amended as follows:1. in point 1.1 of Chapter I the definition of the unit of length is replaced by the following: Unit of lengthA metre is the length of the path travelled in a vacuum by light during 1/299 792 458 seconds.(Seventeenth CGPM (1983), Resolution 1). ;2. in section 4 of Chapter I:(a) the following is added to the table1.2,4 //   //   //  Quantity  // Unit  //   //  1.2.3.4 //  // Name  // Symbol  // Value  //   //   //   //   // Blood pressure and pressure of other body fluids  // Millimetre of mercury  // mm Hg(*)  // 1 mm Hg = 133,322 Pa  // Effective cross-sectional area  // Barn  // b  // 1 b = 10 -28 m2   //  //   //   //(b) the note is hereby replaced by the following: The prefixes and their symbols listed in 1.3 may be used in conjunction with the above units and symbols, with the exception of the millimetre of mercury and its symbol. The multiple of 102a is, however, called a 'hectare'. 3. in Chapter II:(a) the unit of measurement for blood pressure in the table is deleted;(b) the note is replaced by the following: The prefixes and their symbols listed in 1.3 of Chapter I may be used in conjunction with the above units and symbols, with the exception of the symbol 'g'.  Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on 1 July 1985. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

A: Directive
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Q: Article 9 (1) and (2) of Directive 75/362/EEC, Article 4 of Directive 77/452/EEC, Article 7 (1) and (2) of Directive 78/686/EEC and Article 4 of Directive 78/1026/EEC shall also apply to the diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications which are evidence of training which does not meet the minimum training requirements provided for respectively in Articles 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Directive 75/363/EEC, Article 1 of Directive 77/453/EEC, Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Directive 78/687/EEC and Article 1 of Directive 78/1027/EEC and which was completed after the implementation of these Directives but has commenced before the said implementation.  (1) OJ No C 121, 23.5.1981, p. 3. (2) OJ No C 172, 13.7.1981, p. 114. (3) OJ No C 185, 27.7.1981, p. 7. (4) OJ No L 167, 30.6.1975, p. 1. (5) OJ No L 176, 15.7.1977, p. 1. (6) OJ No L 233, 24.8.1978, p. 1. (7) OJ No L 362, 23.12.1978, p. 1. (8) OJ No L 167, 30.6.1975, p. 14. (9) OJ No L 176, 15.7.1977, p. 8. (10) OJ No L 233, 24.8.1978, p. 10. (11) OJ No L 362, 23.12.1978, p. 7. Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 1982 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

A:
Directive
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