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: The Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision. The President of the Council shall deposit the instrument of approval with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in accordance with Article 20 of the Conventionxa0(2).

SOLUTION: Decision

PROBLEM: An environmental programme on the management and storage of radioactive waste, as set out in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a five-year period from 1 January 1975. The upper limit for expenditure commitments and for the staff necessary for the implementation of this programme shall be 19 716 million units of account and four staff respectively, the unit of account being as defined in Article 10 of the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (3) applicable to the general budget of the European Communities. The programme set out in the Annex shall be reviewed at the end of the second year in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

SOLUTION: Decision

PROBLEM: 1. Quality standards shall be fixed for:- fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, falling within subheading No 06.03 A of the Common Customs Tariff,- fresh ornamental foliage, leaves, branches and other parts of plants falling within subheading No 06.04 A II of the Common Customs Tariff.2. These quality standards are defined in the Annexes. 1. From 1 July 1968, produce specified in Article 1 which does not comply with the quality standards may not:- within the Community, be put on sale or sold at the wholesale stage either by traders or directly by the producers,- be imported from a third country,- be exported to a third country.2. Member States may be authorised to take measures derogating from the provision of the third indent of paragraph 1 in respect of certain requirements of the quality standards in order to allow exporters to meet the trade requirements of certain third countries.Such authorisation shall be granted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 and the conditions to which the authorisation may be subject shall be fixed in accordance with the same procedure. 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.

SOLUTION:
Regulation