Article 2 
Member States shall ensure that cadmium in batteries for electrical vehicles is not put on the market after 31 December 2005. In the framework of the overall environmental assessment already undertaken, the Commission shall continue to analyse the progressive substitution of cadmium, taking into account the need to maintain the availability of electrical vehicles. The Commission shall finalise and make public its findings by 31 December 2004 at the latest and may make, if proven justified by the results of the analysis, a proposal to extend the deadline in accordance with Article 4(2)(b) of Directive 2000/53/EC. Article 3 This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003. Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 June 2002. For the Commission Margot Wallström Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34. (2) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. (3) OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003. Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 June 2002. For the Commission Margot Wallström Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34. (2) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. (3) OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 June 2002. For the Commission Margot Wallström Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34. (2) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. (3) OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32.