Purchase of Own Securities

Total Fina Elf.
2 September 2002


LETTER TO:  RNS


RE:  NOTICE OF REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES OF TOTAL FINA ELF


Please be advised that in connection with TotalFinaElf's share repurchase 
program, TOTAL FINA ELF S.A. reacquired 1,300,000 of its ordinary shares, 
nominal value 10 euros per share, in August 2002, through trades executed 
on the Paris Bourse.


LETTER FROM:    TOTAL FINA ELF


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