**EXHIBIT 12.1**

 

**CERTIFICATIONS**

 

I,Andrea Guerra, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this annualreport on Form 20-F of Luxottica Group S.p.A.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, thisreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report;

 

4.             The company’s othercertifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))  for the company and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the company, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)  Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annualreport that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The company’s othercertifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’sauditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operationof internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employeeswho have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financialreporting.

 
|   | By:                             | /s/ ANDREA  GUERRA       |
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|   |                            | Andrea Guerra            |
|   |                            | Chief Executive  Officer |
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|   | Dated: June 24,  2009 |

 

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