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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                     FORM 15


      CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
   12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE
   REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


                                                Commission File Number 1-14836
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                                     ALSTOM
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            3, avenue André Malraux, 92300 Levallois-Perret, France
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    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)


                 Ordinary Shares, nominal value €0.35 per share
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)


                                      None
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  (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                      under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

      Please  place  an X in the  box(es)  to  designate  the  appropriate  rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)  | |            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  | |
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) | |            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | |
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)  |X|            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)  |X|
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) | |            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) | |
                                              Rule 15d-6           | |

      Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:  275


      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ALSTOM
has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: June 14, 2005                    By: /s/ Patrick Kron
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                                           Name:  Patrick Kron
                                           Title: Chairman and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

      Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The
registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which
shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by
counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person
signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.

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