Assets of any kind, in particular foreign reserve assets, which central banks or foreign monetary authorities hold or manage on their behalf or on behalf of the foreign State or States to which they belong, may not be seized.
By way of exception to the provisions of the first paragraph, a creditor in possession of a writ of execution recording a claim that is due and payable may apply to the enforcement judge for authorisation to proceed with forced execution under the conditions laid down in the legislative part of the code of civil enforcement procedures if he establishes that the assets held or managed on his own account by the central bank or foreign monetary authority form part of assets that it assigns to a principal activity governed by private law.