**Exhibit  12.1**

**Certifications**

| I,        Jean-Pierre Rodier, certify that: 
- I          have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F as amended by this Form          20F/A of Pechiney; 
- 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;
- 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 company          as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 
- The          company’s other certifying officer 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 company 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 company, 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;
  - **[**Paragraph              omitted pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47986.**]**
  -               Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’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 company's internal control              over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered              by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably              likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over              financial reporting; and 

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- The          company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,          to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’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 company’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 company’s              internal control over financial reporting. 

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| Date: October        24, 2003 |   | /s/ Jean-Pierre Rodier      ______________________________________
 Chief Executive Officer |
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