2012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP Paribas

10PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGISTRATION DOCUMENTPerson responsible for the Registration document and the annual financial report10.1 Person responsible for the Registrationdocument and the annual financial reportJean-Laurent BONNAFÉ, Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas.10.2 Statement by the person responsiblefor the Registration documentI hereby declare that to the best of my knowledge, and having taken all reasonable precautions, the information contained in the Registration documentis in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import.I further declare that to the best of my knowledge, the accounts are prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and give a true andfair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position, and profit or loss of the Company and all the undertakings in the consolidation taken as a whole, andthat the information provided in the management report (whose contents are listed in the Table of Concordance on page 443) includes a fair review ofthe development and performance of the business, profit or loss and financial position of the Company and the undertakings in the consolidation takenas a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.I obtained a statement from the Statutory Auditors, Deloitte & Associés, PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit, and Mazars, at the end of their assignment, inwhich they confirm having verified the information regarding the financial position and the accounts contained herewithin, and having examined theentire Registration document.The Statutory Auditors’ report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 presented in the Registration document filed with theAMF under visa no. D11-0116 is given on pages 335–336 and contains an observation.Paris, 8 March 2013Chief Executive OfficerJean-Laurent BONNAFÉ104402012 Registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS