Brussels, 27/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission adopted a regulation authorising Spain and Portugal to make advance payments on surface area and set-aside aid to some of their cereal producers for the 2001/2002 harvest year (cereals plus oilseeds, high protein crops, flax and hemp, durum wheat), in order to take into account the bad climate conditions that have entailed a fall in production. The Commission explains that "the production of winter arable crops in...