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: Directive 76/625/EEC is hereby amended as follows:    1. The following shall be added to Article 2 (1)point C:'However, the United Kingdom is not required todetermine the density of plantation whenconducting the 1982 survey.'2. The second subparagraph of Article 4 (2) shall bedeleted.3. The first subparagraph of Article 5 (1) shall bereplaced by the following:'Member States shall make annual estimates of theareas of fruit trees of the species referred to inArticle 1 (1) cleared in their territory and shallnotify the results of their estimates to the Commissionby 31 March of the following year at the latest.In so far as possible, these estimates must distinguishbetween varieties.'4. In the second subparagraph of Article 5 (1) thewords 'by 31 December at the latest' shall bereplaced by the words 'by 31 March of the followingyear at the latest'.5. Article 6 (1) shall be replaced by the following:'1. Member States shall make annual estimatesof the areas of fruit trees of the species referred toin Article 1 (1) planted in their territory and shallnotify the results of their estimates to the Commissionby 31 March of the following year at the latest.In so far as possible, these estimates must distinguishbetween varieties.'6. The following subparagraph shall be inserted inArticle 10 (1), immediately after the list of MemberStates:'Contributions to the expenditure incurred byGreece on the 1982 survey shall be entered in thebudget of the European Communities up to amaximum amount of 85 000 ECU.'7. The Annex shall be repealed. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

SOLUTION: Directive

PROBLEM: At the earliest opportunity, and by 1 January 1986 at the latest, the Hellenic Republic shall put into effect the measures necessary to comply with Directives 67/227/EEC (3), 67/228/EEC (4), 77/388/EEC (5) and any other Directive, adopted or to be adopted, relating to the common system of value added tax. The Commission shall, by 31 December 1984, present the Council and the European Parliament with a report on the progress made by the Hellenic Republic in respect of the work of putting into effect the Directives referred to in Article 1. This Directive is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

SOLUTION: Directive

PROBLEM: The programme for the handling, storage and marketing of quality cereals in Schleswig-Holstein, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 communicated by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on 20 December 1979 and supplemented on 1 August 1980, is hereby approved. This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

SOLUTION:
Decision

