Annotation

The implementation of state policy in the area of administrative penalty enforcement is ensured by state bodies, their officials, and other entities that translate relevant political and legal decisions and provisions of administrative liability legislation into legal practice. This article characterizes the main approaches to understanding the essence of the category «entities of state policy in the area of administrative penalty enforcement» establishes the relationship of this concept with the definition of «entities executing decisions on the imposition of administrative penalties» and identifies common characteristics that allow for their classification. It is proposed that the system of these entities, their powers, and the principles of coordination and interaction between them be enshrined in the relevant section of the scientific concept of state policy in the Russian Federation in the area of administrative penalty imposition.