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: Ruhrkohle Handel GmbH, Düsseldorf, is authorized to acquire 12 75 % of the shares in Bayerischer Brennstoffhandel GmbH & Co. KG, coal wholesalers of Munich. This Decision is addressed to Ruhrkohle Handel GmbH, Düsseldorf.

A: Decision
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Q: Member States which availed themselves of the option provided in the second paragraph of Article 3 of Directive 76/891/EEC shall, before 1 January 1983, repeal the measures adopted by virtue of that option.They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

A: Directive
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Q: The Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta and the declaration annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.The texts of the Protocol and of the Final Act are annexed to this Regulation. The President of the Council shall, as far as the Community is concerned, give the notification provided for in Article 12 of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta [2]. 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.

A:
Regulation
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