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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Henri de Castries, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of AXA certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 20-F of AXA (the “ Registrant”) ;
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.    The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and have:
     designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our 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
     disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financia l reporting that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.    The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     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
     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal controlover financial reporting.

 

 
/s/
Henri de Castries
____________________
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Management Board
June 29, 2006

 


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Denis Duverne, Chief Financial Officer and a Member of the Management Board of AXA certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 20-F of AXA (the “ Registrant”) ;
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.    The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and have:
     designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our 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
     disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial re porting that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.    The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     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
     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal controlover financial reporting.

 

 
/s/ 
Denis Duverne
____________________
Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Management Board
June 29, 2006