Exhibit 6
Certification
In connection with the annual report of Baytex Energy Trust (the “Trust”) on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Raymond T. Chan, President & Chief Executive Officer of Baytex Energy Ltd., certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly represents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust.
| /s/RAYMOND T. CHAN | |
| Raymond T. Chan | |
| President & Chief Executive Officer | |
| Baytex Energy Ltd. |
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Dated at Calgary, Alberta, as of May 19, 2004 |
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