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Exhibit 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, John H. Van Kirk, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of North European
Oil Royalty Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this Quarterly Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this Quarterly Report;
4. The Registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this Quarterly Report is being prepared; and
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly Report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the periods covered by
this Quarterly Report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this Quarterly Report any change in the Registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
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5. The Registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and to the audit committee of
the board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant's ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.
Date: February 28, 2006
/s/ John H. Van Kirk
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John H. Van Kirk
Managing Trustee
(Chief Executive Officer)
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Exhibit 31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, John R. Van Kirk, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of North European
Oil Royalty Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this Quarterly Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this Quarterly Report;
4. The Registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this Quarterly Report is being prepared; and
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly Report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the periods covered by
this Quarterly Report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this Quarterly Report any change in the Registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
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5. The Registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and to the audit committee of
the board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant's ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.
Date: February 28, 2006
/s/ John R. Van Kirk
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John R. Van Kirk
Managing Director
(Chief Financial Officer)