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):

                            December 13, 2011
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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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Item 8.01.  Other Events.
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            The Trust, in conjunction with a parallel royalty holder,
            periodically engages German accountants to review the methods of
            calculation of royalties used by ExxonMobil Production
            Deutschland GmbH (EMPG) and its affiliates.  The accountants'
            report covering the years 2007-2008 noted that in 2008, NV
            Nederlandse Gasunie (the state owned Dutch gas distribution
            company) completed its purchase of the interest held by BEB
            Erdgas und Erdol GmbH (BEB), an affiliate of EMPG, in the North
            German gas distribution and transmission pipeline system.  Based
            upon advice of its German counsel, the Trust, along with the
            parallel royalty holder with a similar royalty agreement,
            asserted a claim for royalties on the amounts received from such
            sale.  Efforts to resolve the claim were not successful.  The
            parallel royalty holder filed an action in the District Court of
            Hannover, Germany, Civil Chamber against Oldenburgische
            Erdolgesellschaft GmbH, an affiliate of BEB.  Subsequently,
            German counsel advised the Trustees that on December 31, 2011 the
            prescription, or statute of limitations, period for a claim would
            expire.  In the face of that pending expiration, and after
            unsuccessfully seeking a waiver of the statute of limitations,
            the Trustees, on December 13, 2011, instructed German counsel to
            file an application to join as a party plaintiff to the complaint
            previously filed by the parallel royalty holder.  In joining the
            existing action, the Trust seeks a royalty on sales proceeds in
            the amount of Euros 5.66 million.  Based on the advice of German
            counsel, the Trust believes it will be permitted to join as a
            party to the existing action and that there are reasonable
            grounds to support the claim.  However, there can be no
            assurance that the joinder will be permitted or that any
            recovery will be obtained.



                                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 thereunto 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:   December 15, 2011