Purchase of Own Securities

Total Fina Elf.
3 September 2001


                                           Paris, 1st September 2001

Re : Notice of Repurchase of Ordinary Shares of TotalFinaElf

Please be advised that in connection with TotalFinaElf's share repurchase 
program, TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. reacquired 2,600,000 of its ordinary shares, 
nominal value 10 euros per share, in August 2001, through trades executed on the
Paris Bourse.