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 following subparagraphs are added to Article 29 of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69:'If the increase in the buying-in price is higher than the level of aid, no aid shall be granted.The provisions of the preceding subparagraphs shall also apply in the event of a change in the buying-in price for butter, expressed in national currency, applied by the intervention agency concerned.' This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1974.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

SOLUTION: Regulation

PROBLEM: 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.

SOLUTION: Regulation

PROBLEM: Annex I and Annex II to Directive  84/533/EEC are hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive. The Member  States shall, by 26 March 1986, adopt and publish the provisions required to comply with this  Directive and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed  to the Member States.

SOLUTION:
Directive