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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 28, 2012


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