If, by the end of 1997, the date for the beginning of the third stage has not been set, the third stage shall start on 1 January 1999.
Mura mbeidh an dáta le haghaidh thús an tríú céim socraithe roimh dheireadh 1997, tosóidh an tríú céim ar an 1 Eanáir 1999.