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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 Annual Report on Form 10-K of North European Oil
Royalty Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this 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 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 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 report my
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) 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 registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
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: December 30, 2011
/s/ John R. Van Kirk
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John R. Van Kirk
Managing Director
(Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer)