The Public Prosecutor and the parties shall each pursue the enforcement of the sentence as far as they are concerned.
However, proceedings for the recovery of fines and the enforcement of value confiscations are carried out on behalf of the public prosecutor by the competent public accountant or, in cases where the value confiscation is enforced on previously seized property, by the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets.
The execution of other confiscations is carried out on behalf of the Public Prosecutor by the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets when they relate to movable or immovable property mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article 706-160, even if they have not been previously entrusted to it. Except in the case of assignment, the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets shall proceed with the sale of these assets, if applicable, with publication formalities and, in all cases, until their sale, with the acts of administration necessary for their preservation and enhancement.
Payment of the fine must always be sought. However, total or partial failure to pay this amount may result in the sentenced person being imprisoned under the conditions laid down by law.
The statute of limitations on the penalty is interrupted by acts or decisions of the public prosecutor, the enforcement courts and, for fines or confiscation penalties falling within their jurisdiction, the Treasury or the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets, which tend towards its enforcement.
The Public Prosecutor also enforces financial penalties imposed by the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree. This decree also specifies the procedures for applying articles 707-2 and 749 to 762 of this Code, as well as the rules applicable to the transmission for enforcement in a Member State of the European Union of financial penalties imposed by the French authorities.