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: Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 98/69 shall be replaced by the following:'Article 11. Disposal of the products held by intervention agencies may be undertaken only:      (a) if the price of adult bovine animals recorded in accordance with Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, adjusted by the coefficient determined in accordance with Article 10 (4) of that Regulation to apply to fresh or chilled meat in the form of carcases, half-carcases or compensated quarters, exceeds the intervention price, or(b) for the purpose of implementing Article 14 (3) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, or,in so far as is necessary,(c) where removal from storage is necessary for technical reasons, or,(d) where the products are intended for a special use, or(e) where the products are intended for export.2. In the cases referred to in (d) and (e) of paragraph 1, special conditions may be laid down to ensure that the products are not used for a purpose other than that for which they were intended and to take account of the particular requirements of such sales.To ensure that the obligations entered into are fulfilled, such conditions may include the provision of a security which shall be forfeited in whole or in part if the said obligations are not or are only partially fulfilled.' This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1977.  (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. (2)See page 1 of this Official Journal. (3)OJ No L 14, 21.1.1969, p. 2.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

SOLUTION: Regulation

PROBLEM: Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1004/71 is replaced by the following:'1. The levies referred to in Article 13 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and in Article 3 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC shall be fixed as often as this proves to be necessary for the stability of the Community market and in such a way as to ensure that they can be applied at least once a week.However, where export levies as provided for in Article 18 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC are applied, as long as these are in force, the levies referred to in the preceding subparagraph need not be fixed at the intervals stated.' 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

PROBLEM: The following shall be substituted for the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68:'The dry matter content shall be determined according to the specific gravity of the solution diluted in a proportion of 1 to 1 by weight and, for solid products, by drying.' The word 'of' shall be substituted for the word 'preceding' in the second subparagraph of Article 7 (4). This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  (1) OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 309, 24.12.1968, p. 4. (3) OJ No L 151, 30.6.1968, p. 42.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

SOLUTION:
Regulation

