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: Regulation (EEC) No 1523/71 is hereby amended as follows:    1. Article 1 (1) shall read:'1. During the second month following that of the time limit fixed for declaring the areas sown for a marketing year, the area of flax grown mainly for fibre, and the area of hemp, these being the areas declared as sown.'2. In Article 1 (2) and (3), the expressions 'the area of flax grown mainly for seed' and 'the areas of flax grown mainly for seed' shall respectively be deleted.3. Article 2 (b) is deleted. Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 771/74 is hereby amended to read as follows:'Article 2For the purposes of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 619/71, 'flax grown mainly for fibre' means flax grown from the varieties of seed specified in the Annex hereto.' 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 provisions for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC, as notified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1974, as now applicable in the light of the provisions notified on 14 January 1976 specifying the comparable income for 1976 and indicating its rate of growth, continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC. This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.

Answer: Decision


Question: In the following provisions:1. Article 11b of the Council Directive of 23 October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of the Member States concerning the colouring matters authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (2), as last amended by Directive 81/20/EEC (3);2. Article 8b of Council Directive 64/54/EEC of 5 November 1963 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (4), as last amended by Directive 84/86/EEC (5);3. Article 7 of Council Directive 70/357/EEC of 13 July 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the antioxidants authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (6), as last amended by Directive 81/962/EEC (7);4. Article 13 of Council Directive 73/241/EEC of 24 July 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption (8), as last amended by Directive 80/608/EEC (9);5. Article 11 of Council Directive 74/329/EEC of 18 June 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners and gelling agents for use in foodstuffs (10), as last amended by Directive 80/597/EEC (11);6. Article 11 of Council Directive 76/893/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (12), as last amended by Directive 80/1276/EEC (13);7. Article 10 of Council Directive 77/94/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses (14), as amended by the 1979 Act of Accession;8. Article 10 of Council Directive 77/436/EEC of 27 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts (1), as amended by the 1979 Act of Accession;9. Article 18 of Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer (2), as amended by the 1979 Act of Accession;10. Article 13 of Council Directive 80/777/EEC of 15 July 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters (3), as amended by Directive 80/1276/EEC,the expression 'for a period of 18 months from the date on which the matter was first referred to the Committee' is replaced by 'for a period of two years from the date on which the matter was first referred to the Committee after 1 January 1985'. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Answer:
Directive