2.3 Marking of the spots and starting line
- The places which must be occupied by the balls either at the beginning of the match or in its course as soon as they stopped in contact with each other or bound out of the billiard are named "spots".
- The positions of these spots will be marked by means of a cross drawn as fine as possible with chalk, in pencil or with ink. The marking by setting up small rings is forbidden.
- There are five spots drawn according to the indications of paper A - Marking of the mouches - of the appendix.
