European Parliament 14 October 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2882/02 by María Valenciano Martínez-Orozco (PSE) to the Commission. Case brought by the Commission against the Kingdom of Spain — Case C-358/01 — importation of cleaning agents containing bleach.

Ireland and the United Kingdom therefore asked the Commission at the beginning of the summer for authorisation to pay an advance on the area payment for arable crops. Having checked the accuracy of the data sent the Commission authorised advance payment, from 16 October 2002, of a maximum of 50 % of the 2002/03 marketing year area aid payment to farmers located in Ireland and Northern Ireland.