TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 4 OF THE COMMISSION DECISIONS SETTING UP THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON OILS AND FATS , SUGAR , RAW TOBACCO AND FRESH AND PROCESSED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES OF 9 JUNE 1967 , 29 APRIL 1969 , 22 DECEMBER 1970 AND 18 JULY 1962 RESPECTIVELY , THE COMMISSION MAY NOMINATE DIRECTLY THE MEMBERS OF SUCH COMMITTEES TO FILL THE ADDITIONAL SEATS CREATED BY THE COMMISSION DECISIONS OF 29 MARCH 1974 .THIS DECISION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 19 JULY 1974 .

SOLUTION: Decision

PROBLEM: Annexes I, II, III, V and VII to Directive 70/220/EEC, as amended by Directive 74/290/EEC and by Directive 77/102/EEC, are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.  (1)OJ No L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 76, 6.4.1970, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 159, 15.6.1974, p. 61. (4)OJ No L 32, 3.2.1977, p. 32. 1. From 1 April 1979, the Member States shall neither, on grounds relating to air pollution by gases from an engine:    - refuse to grant EEC type-approval, or to issue the documents referred to in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC, or to grant national type-approval of a type of motor vehicle, nor- prohibit the entry into service of such vehicles,where the level of gaseous pollutants emitted from this type of motor vehicle or from such vehicles meets the requirements of Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by this Directive.2. From 1 October 1979, Member States:    - shall no longer issue the document provided for in the last indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC in respect of a type of motor vehicle which emits gaseous pollutants at levels which do not meet the requirements of Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by this Directive,- may refuse national type-approval of a type of motor vehicle which emits gaseous pollutants at levels which do not meet the requirements of Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by this Directive.3. From 1 October 1981, Member States may prohibit the entry into service of vehicles which emit gaseous pollutants at levels which do not meet the requirements of Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by this Directive.4. Before 1 January 1979, Member States shall put into force the provisions required in order to comply with this Directive and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

SOLUTION: Directive

PROBLEM: Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 497/70 is amended to read as follows:'2. Payment of the refund on exports of oranges, mandarins, and, until 31 May 1976, lemons on leaving a Member State other than the producer Member State shall, moreover, be subject to the production of proof that the products for which the refund is requested have not benefited from the financial compensation granted in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit.' This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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.

SOLUTION:
Regulation