
Article 1 
In the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC the following note is added:
'For the purposes of Article 5(1)(a), a maximum concentration value of 0,1 % by weight in homogeneous materials for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and of 0,01 % by weight in homogeneous materials for cadmium shall be tolerated.'
Article 2 
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2006.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 August 2005.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission