Detailed Instructions: 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: Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2821/71 shall be amended as follows:    1. The following is inserted at the end of paragraph 1:'A Regulation adopted pursuant to Article 1 may lay down that the prohibition referred to in Article 85 (1) of the Treaty shall not apply, for the period fixed in the same Regulation, to agreements and concerted practices which existed at the date of accession and which, by virtue of accession, come within the scope of Article 85 and do not fulfil the conditions set out in Article 85 (3).'2. Paragraph 2 shall be supplemented by the following:'Paragraph 1 shall be applicable to those agreements and concerted practices which, by virtue of the accession, come within the scope of Article 85 (1) of the Treaty and for which notification before 1 July 1973 is mandatory, in accordance with Articles 5 and 25 of Regulation No 17, only if notification was given before that date.' This Regulation shall enter into force upon accession.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
A:
Regulation