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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 following three joint informatics studies are hereby adopted:    (a) study on data security and confidentiality;(b) study on programming techniques;(c) study on the evaluation and implementation of informatic systems.These studies are defined in section II of the Annex. The duration of the studies referred to in Article 1 shall be three years. The appropriations necessary for carrying them out, which represent 50 % of their cost, shall be entered in the budget of the European Communities. They shall amount to 1 245 000 units of account. 50 % of the cost of implementing the studies shall be borne by the institutes concerned. The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the studies. It shall be assisted by the Advisory Committee on Joint Data Processing Projects.The Commission shall submit a report to the Council annually.
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Decision


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1. Applications for reimbursement made by Member States as provided in Article 17 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 shall be submitted in accordance with the Tables set out in Annex I to this Regulation.2. The information set out in Annex II to this Regulation shall be provided in respect of each recognized producer group so that the Commission may decide on the initial reimbursement of aid granted to those groups. Each Member State shall hold for inspection by the Commission for a period of two years from the date of the applications for reimbursement the supporting documents in its possession - or certified copies thereof - on the basis of which the aid provided for in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 was calculated.  (1)OJ No L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 86, 31.3.1973, p. 26.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 rules of Law No 21 of 20 August 1977 of the region of Calabria and the Regulation of 7 February 1979 fixing the compensatory allowances for mountain and hill farming areas and farming in certain less-favoured areas satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to the common measures as referred to in Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC. This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
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Decision


