TYPES OF DECISION
A regulation is a law that is applicable and binding in all Member States directly. It does not need to be passed into national law by the Member States although national laws may need to be changed to avoid conflicting with the regulation.

A directive is a law that binds the Member States,or a group of Member States, to achieve a particular objective. Usually, directives must be transposed into national law to become effective. A directive specifies the result to be achieved: it is up. A directive is a law that binds the Member States, to the Member States individually to decide how this is done.

A decision can be addressed to Member States, groups of people, or even individuals. It is binding in its entirety. Decisions are used, for example, to rule on proposed mergers between companies.

Recommendations and opinions have no binding force.

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Adapted from the 2014 publication "How the EU works" from the European Commission, online at http://europa.eu/pol/index_en.htm