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: 1 .  THE WORDS ' REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 304/71 '  IN ARTICLE 3 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1011/77 ARE HEREBY AMENDED TO READ  ' TITLE IV , SECTION I OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ' .2 .  THE WORDS ' REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1279/71 '  IN ARTICLE 3  ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 532/75 AND IN ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 645/75 ARE HEREBY AMENDED TO READ ' TITLE III OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 223/77 ' . 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: 1. Member States shall, in accordance with their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, take the measures needed to recover disbursements in the event of failure to comply with the undertaking referred to in Article 2 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2517/69.Member States shall inform the Commission of the measures taken to this end and in particular of the stage reached by administrative and legal procedures.2. Where the amounts referred to in paragraph 1 are not recovered in full, the financial consequences shall be borne equally by the Community and by the Member State concerned, except those resulting from irregularities or negligence attributable to the administrative departments or authorities of the Member State concerned, which shall be borne entirely by that Member State.3. Amounts recovered under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2517/69 shall be paid to the national administrative departments or authorities which disbursed them. These departments or authorities shall set half of such amounts against expenditure financed by the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. 1. The applications for refund provided for in Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2517/69 shall cover all expenditure incurred in a calendar year by the Member States and shall be submitted to the Commission by 30 June of the following year.2. The Commission shall take a decision on such applications, after consulting the Fund Committee, by the end of the current year. 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: The exchanges of letters relating to Articles 2 and 3 of Protocol No 8 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic are hereby concluded on behalf of the Community.The texts of the exchanges of letters are annexed to this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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