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Exhibit 31

                 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
                       and 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.     I am 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 my
            supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
            Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
            known to me 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 my 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 my
            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.    I have disclosed, based on my 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:    August 28, 2008


                                          /s/ John R. Van Kirk
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                                              John R. Van Kirk
                                              Managing Director
                                         (Chief Executive Officer and
                                           Chief Financial Officer)