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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of Regulation (EEC) No 776/73 is hereby amended to read as follows:'Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission at the latest by 31 March of each year the following data:    1. for each recognized production region and each variety:      (a) for the harvest of the current calendar year and each succeeding harvest:        - the quantities of hops for which contracts have been concluded in advance,- the average prices per 50 kilograms;(b) for all deliveries effected from the harvest of the previous calendar year, distinguishing between contracts concluded in advance and contracts not so concluded:        - the quantities of hops delivered,- the average prices per 50 kilograms;(c) the marketing stage at which the average prices were obtained;2. for all deliveries effected from the previous calendar year:      (a) the average costs of the initial preparation of the hops (first drying and first packing) borne by producers on the farm per 50 kilograms;(b) the average costs of the second preparation of the hops (sulphuring, final drying, final baling, marking) per 50 kilograms;(c) the average costs of storing hop cones borne on behalf of producers by producer groups, whether or not they have qualified for recognition under Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71, and by merchants, per 50 kilograms;(d) the average marketing costs borne by producer groups, per 50 kilograms;3. where the preparation of hops is carried out as a single operation, the Member State concerned may communicate one figure for the costs referred to in paragraph 2 (a) and (b);4. for the period 1 September to 31 August, distinguishing between intra-Community trade and trade with non-member countries, the quantities and the free-at-frontier prices (per 100 kilograms) of    (a) imports of:      - 12.06 hop cones and lupulin,- 13.03 A VI hop extract;(b) exports of:      - 12.06 hop cones and lupulin,- 13.03 A VI hop extract.'  (1)OJ No L 175, 4.8.1971, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 14. (3)OJ No L 74, 22.3.1973, p. 14. There is hereby added to the first sentence of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 776/73 the following:'distinguishing between areas in their first production year, those in their second production year and other areas'. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.

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Regulation


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Article 9 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (4), is hereby amended to read as follows:'1. A production refund may be granted for broken rice used:    (a) in the manufacture of starch;(b) by the brewing industry for the production of beer.However, the production refund for products intended for the brewing of beer may be granted until the end of the 1978/79 marketing year only.' This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply from 19 October 1977.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 analysis necessary for official control of vinyl chloride released by materials and articles into foodstuffs shall be performed according to the method described in the Annex hereto. The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 October 1982. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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Directive


