PARIS — France’s financial prosecution office informed former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday which prison to report to and when, pending his appeal after being sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy involving the use of funds from Libya to finance his winning 2007 campaign. The details were not immediately made public.

Sarkozy, the first ex-president in modern French history to be imprisoned, has maintained his innocence and has protested the decision to be put behind bars while waiting for the result of his appeal. Once jailed, the 70-year-old will be able to file a release request to the appeals court. Judges will then have up to two months to process the request.

The National Financial Prosecutor’s office, or PNF, told Sarkozy the specifics of his detention during

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