Bimetallic Pd-Pt catalysts were prepared either by a surface redox reaction (RC catalysts) or by coimpregnation (CI catalysts). RC bimetallic catalysts show a higher sulfur resistance in the course of toluene hydrogenation in the presence of thiophene compared to monometallic palladium and CI bimetallic catalysts. A characterization of the RC catalysts by IR and EXAFS allows to propose a structure of the Pd-Pt crystallites which would explain these results.