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: Apparatus designed to heat liquids and keep them at a constant temperature, such apparatus consisting of an electric immersion heater regulated by a thermostat, an electric motor-driven pump and an agitator, forming a composite whole, shall fall within Common Customs Tariff sub-heading No:    85.12  Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters ; electric soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus ; electric hair dressing appliances (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and electric smoothing irons ; electro-thermic domestic appliances ; electric heating resistors, other than those within No 85.24;    A.Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters. This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth 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.

A: Regulation
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Q: The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of Directive 78/25/EEC:'However, in the case of medicinal products, no distinction shall be made between colouring matter for both mass and surface colouring and colouring matter for surface colouring only.' Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 October 1981 and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

A: Directive
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Q: 1. Where a special levy exceeding five units of account per 100 kilograms is charged on exports of white sugar, the imposition of a charge on exports of the products specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77, containing a minimum of 35 % added sugar, may be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4.2. The amount of the export charge shall be fixed taking into account:    - the nature of the product processed from fruit or vegetables which contains added sugar,- the added sugar content of the product in question,- the prices of white sugar in the Community and on the world market,- the special levy applicable to white sugar,- the economic implications of applying the said charge.3. The added sugar content shall be considered to be given by the figure shown against the product in question in column 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 516/77, however, at the request of the exporter, the rules laid down in Article 2 (6) and (8) of that Regulation shall apply.4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77.  (1)See page 1 of this Official Journal. (2)OJ No L 359, 31.12.1974, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 354, 24.12.1976, p. 1. 1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2980/74 of 26 November 1974 on the imposition of an export charge on certain products processed from fruit and vegetables and containing added sugar in the event of sugar supply difficulties (1), is hereby repealed.2. All references to the Regulation repealed by virtue of paragraph 1 shall be treated as references to this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1977.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

A:
Regulation
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