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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.
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The time limit laid down in the first paragraph of Article 10 of the Council Directive of 27 June 1967 and in the first paragraph of Article 2 of the Council Directive of 13 March 1969 shall be extended to 1 January 1971. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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Directive

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Member States shall communicate to the Commission, for each species or group of varieties for which an aid has been fixed and for each type of hybrid maize for sowing for which a reference price has been fixed, the information listed in the Annex by the dates specified therein.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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Regulation

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The Member States shall require that sampling for the official control of feedingstuffs, as regards the determination of constituents, additives and undesirable substances and products, with the exception of residues of pesticides and micro-organisms, be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the Annex to this Directive. The Member States shall, not later than 1 January 1977, bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith notify the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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Directive