8-K

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                FORM 8-K


                              CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


             Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

                            September 5, 2006
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                      NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST
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            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                         Commission File No. 1-8245


               Delaware                             22-2084119
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        (State of organization)                (IRS Employer I.D. No.)


        Suite 19A, 43 West Front Street, Red Bank, N.J.          07701
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                 (Address of principal executive offices)


                               732-741-4008
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            (Registrant's telephone number including area code)


                               Not Applicable
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         Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
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            Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
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          On September 6, 2006, North European Oil Royalty Trust
(the "Trust") issued a press release announcing the retirement, effective
October 31, 2006, of John H. Van Kirk, the Trust's Managing Trustee and
chief executive officer.  Mr. John H. Van Kirk will be named Founding Trustee
Emeritus and will continue to serve as a consultant to the Trust and its
Trustees.  The Trust also announced that, effective November 1, 2006,
(1) Robert P. Adelman, a Trustee since 1987, will assume the role of Managing
Trustee and vacate his position as Audit Committee chair, (2) Lawrence A.
Kobrin will be designated as a Trustee, (3) Samuel M. Eisenstat, a Trustee
since 1996, will assume the role of Audit Committee chair and
(4) John R. Van Kirk, the son of John H. Van Kirk, will be designated as
chief executive officer and will continue to serve in his present role as
Managing Director and chief financial officer.

          Mr. John R. Van Kirk has served as Managing Director of the Trust
since 1990.  The Trust has not entered into any new employment or
compensation arrangements with Mr. John R. Van Kirk as a result of his
assuming the additional role of chief executive officer.

          Mr. Kobrin is a partner of the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel
LLP in New York, New York, a position he has held since 1984.  Cahill Gordon
& Reindel LLP has provided legal services to the Trust since that time.

          Filed herewith as Exhibit 99 is a copy of the press release, which
is incorporated by reference herein.





























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Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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            (c) Exhibits

               The following exhibit is filed herewith:

               Exhibit 99.  A press release dated September 6, 2006 and
               disseminated through PR Newswire announcing the resignation
               of John H. Van Kirk as Managing Trustee of North European Oil
               Royalty Trust, the naming of Robert P. Adelman, a currently
               serving Trustee, as his successor and the appointment of
               Lawrence A. Kobrin as a new Trustee.


                                SIGNATURES
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          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf

by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.




                                    NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST
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                                            (Registrant)



                                     By:    /s/ John R. Van Kirk
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                                                John R. Van Kirk
                                                Managing Director


Dated:   September 6, 2006

EX-99

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Exhibit 99

         NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST ANNOUNCES THE RETIREMENT
            OF THE MANAGING TRUSTEE, THE NAMING OF HIS SUCCESSOR
                   AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW TRUSTEE

                                                                PR NEWSWIRE

          Red Bank, N.J.  September 6, 2006 -- Mr. John H. Van Kirk, the
Managing Trustee of North European Oil Royalty Trust (Symbol: NRT), has
advised the Trustees that he has decided to retire as an active Trustee and
as Managing Trustee as of the end of the current fiscal year of the Trust,
October 31, 2006.  "I have been associated with the Trust since its inception
in 1975, was the President of its predecessor corporation, North European
Oil Company, since its formation in 1957, and was instrumental in the
re-establishment of the prior corporate entity North European Oil
Corporation," Mr. Van Kirk said.  "While I hope to continue to participate
in the deliberations of the Trustees, I feel that the continuity of the
Trust requires a further addition to the Trustee roster," he said.

          The remaining Trustees named Mr. Robert P. Adelman, a Trustee since
1987, to fill the role of Managing Trustee when Mr. Van Kirk retires.
Mr. Adelman had been the chief financial officer of the New York State Urban
Development Corporation, the chief financial officer of the Rockefeller
Group, Inc., and had served in various leadership positions (including
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer) for Rogers Group, Inc., a
Nashville based corporation engaged in the mining of construction aggregates
and road building from 1984 to 2004. He had also been a member of the
Financial Executives Institute and the Conference Board Executive Council.
He currently serves as a director of CPRC Group, LLC, which is in the bark
mulch, recycling and road paving businesses in northern New England.

          The Trustees also designated Mr. Lawrence A. Kobrin, counsel to the
Trust since its inception, to become a Trustee at the time of Mr. Van Kirk's
retirement from his post.  Mr. Kobrin is a partner of the law firm of Cahill
Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York, New York. He had served as a founding
director of UMB Bank & Trust Company, and is a member of the American College
of Real Estate Lawyers.  The Trustees and their Audit Committee designated
Samuel M. Eisenstat, another presently serving Trustee, to fill the role of
Chair of the Audit Committee, a position now held by Mr. Adelman.  They named
the retiring Managing Trustee as Founding Trustee Emeritus and invited him to
continue to serve as a consultant to the Trust and its Trustees.

          Mr. John R. Van Kirk, son of the retiring Managing Trustee, will
continue as Managing Director of the Trust, a position he has held since
1990.  The Trustees determined that, effective November 1, 2006, Mr. John R.
Van Kirk would be designated as chief executive officer of the Trust in
addition to his present role as chief financial officer.

          Mr. Adelman said: "Our emphasis in making the new designations is
on continuity and institutional memory which are essential for the efficient
operations of the Trust.  The Trustees are pleased that they can do so with
the designations made today and are hopeful that we will continue to have
the benefit of the counsel of John H. Van Kirk, the Founding Trustee, for
many years to come."





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          The Trustee roster will be presented in the usual manner to the
Annual Meeting of Unit Owners in February 2007 in accordance with the Trust
Agreement of the Trust.

          For further information, contact Mr. John R. Van Kirk, Managing
Director, at (732) 741-4008, or via e-mail at neort@aol.com.  Website:
www.neort.com.