If by the end of 1997 the date of the beginning of the third stage has not been set, the Member States concerned, the Community institutions and other bodies involved shall expedite all preparatory work during 1998, in order to enable the Community to enter the third stage irrevocably on 1 January 1999 and to enable the ECB and the ESCB to start their full functioning from this date.
Mura mbeidh dáta an tríú céim socraithe faoi dheireadh 1997, brostóidh na Ballstáit i dtrácht, institiúidí an Chomhphobail agus comhlachtaí leasmhara eile gach obair ullmhúcháin le linn 1998 d'fhonn a chumasú don Chomhphobal trasdul go neamh-inchúlghairthe chuig an tríú céim ar an 1 Eanáir 1999 agus d'fhonn a chumasú do BCE agus do CEBC tosú ar oibriú go hiomlán amhail ón dáta sin.