CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 of AXA (the “Registrant”), as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Henri de Castries, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2)	The information contained in such Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

The foregoing certification is provided solely for purposes of complying with the provisions of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not intended to be used or relied upon for any other purpose.

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

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 of AXA (the “Registrant”), as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Denis Duverne, Chief Financial Officer and a Member of the Management Board of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2)	The information contained in such Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

The foregoing certification is provided solely for purposes of complying with the provisions of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not intended to be used or relied upon for any other purpose.

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