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 shall be substituted for Article 3 (3) of Regulation No 282/67/EEC, as last amended by Regulation No 687/67/EEC:'3. The seeds referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 190/68 shall be excluded from intervention.' The following shall be substituted for the second subparagraph of Article 3 of Regulation No 284/67/EEC: 1OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. 2OJ No 197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66. 3OJ No 125, 26.6.1967, p. 2461/67. 4OJ No 136, 30.6.1967, p. 2913/67. 5OJ No L 43, 17.2.1968, p. 11. 6OJ No L 43, 17.2.1968, p. 10. 7OJ No 151, 13.7.1967, p. 1. 8OJ No 151, 13.7.1967, p. 6. 9OJ No 244, 10.10.1967, p. 10.'The refund shall not be granted for the seeds referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 190/68.' 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: Section 2 of Annex II to Directive 72/276/EEC is hereby amended as follows:1. Special methods Nos 2, 8 and 12 are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.2. Special method No 16 in Annex II to this Directive is hereby added. 1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 September 1988, and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.2. As soon as this Directive has been notified, Member States shall also ensure that the Commission is informed, in sufficient time for it to submit its comments, of any draft laws, regulations or administrative provisions which they intend to adopt in the field covered by the Directive. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

SOLUTION: Directive

PROBLEM: The following shall be substituted for Article 1 of Regulation No 143/67/EEC:'The compensatory amount referred to in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 3 (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC may be fixed, subject to the other conditions laid down in those subparagraphs, in respect of imports of oils falling within heading No 15.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, with the exception of olive oil, other than refined olive oil falling within sub-heading No 15.07 A II if the prices of these oils on importation into the Community: (a) are lower than the prices which would be established for these products in the absence of subsidies or premiums for the production, manufacture, exportation or transport of oils, granted directly or indirectly by the exporting country or the country of origin, irrespective of the grounds for, nature of or manner of granting those subsidies or premiums;(b) are, as a result of - action by a country with a trading monopoly or near-monopoly in which all internal prices are fixed by the State ; or- measures with an effect equivalent to a subsidy or premium,in a ratio to the prices of the products from which they have been obtained different from that which would exist in the absence of such action or such measures.For the purpose of calculating this ratio, the value of the processed products and processing costs shall be taken into account.' The following shall be substituted for Article 2 of Regulation No 143/67/EEC:'Any ban on exports, any charge on exports or any equivalent measures applied to products from 1OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. 2OJ No L 275, 19.12.1970, p. 5. 3OJ No L 116, 28.5.1971, p. 4. 4OJ No 125, 26.6.1967, p. 2463/67.which the exported oil is obtained shall be considered to be a measure having an effect equivalent to a subsidy or a premium.' 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