Article 3
1. Member States shall make efforts to sign the Bunkers Convention before 30 September 2002. 2. Member States shall take the necessary steps to deposit the instruments of ratification of, or accession to, the Bunkers Convention within a reasonable time with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation and, if possible, before 30 June 2006. 3. Member States shall inform the Council and the Commission, before 30 June 2004, of the prospective date of finalisation of their ratification or accession procedures. 4. Member Sates shall seek to exchange information on the state of their ratification or accession proceedings.