EXHIBIT 13.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS REQUIRED BY
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Embraer –Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Maurício Novis Botelho, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify that to the best of my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

June 30, 2004	By:	/s/ Maurício Novis Botelho
	Name:	Maurício Novis Botelho
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer