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: In the Dutch version of Article 10a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1770/72 (5) of 3 August 1972, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2865/73, the words 'de datum van de inwerkingtreding' are with effect from 1 October 1973 replaced by the words 'de datum van het toepassing worden'. The Dutch version of the first paragraph of Article 3a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3282/73 (6) of 5 December 1973, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 373/74, is with effect from 17 February 1974 replaced by the following:'Onder bottelaar wordt verstaan : de natuurlijke of rechtspersoon of groep van deze personen die wijnbottelt of voor zijn rekening laat bottelen'. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 second subparagraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 is amended to read as follows:'Furthermore, for the purpose of calculating the refund on products other than bovine animals, the coefficients referred to in Articles 10 (4) and 11 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 may be taken into account.' In paragraph 1 (a) and in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1302/73, the words 'Article 10 (5)' are replaced by 'Article 12 (6)'. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1977.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

SOLUTION: Regulation

PROBLEM: With effect from 1 January 1973:    (a) the text of Article 6 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 is replaced by the following:'For the year 1972 the credits of the Guidance Section of the Fund shall amount to 285 million units of account.From 1 January 1973, these credits shall amount to 325 million units of account per year. This amount may be increased by the Council, acting according to the procedure laid down in the third subparagraph of Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, only for common measures provided for in paragraph 2.'(b) in the second subparagraph of Article 6 (4) the amount of 285 million is replaced by 325 million. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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

