Cheques issued and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment within eight days.
Cheques issued outside mainland France and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment within twenty days or seventy days, depending on whether the place of issue is in or outside Europe.
For the purposes of the previous paragraph, cheques issued in a country bordering the Mediterranean are deemed to have been issued in Europe.
The starting point for the periods indicated in the second paragraph is the day shown on the cheque as the date of issue.