19/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has become officially associated in court action with the public prosecutor in a fraud case to the detriment of the Community budget in the Spanish flax and hemp sector in 1999. Action comes in support of the procedure begun at the same time by Vice President of the European Commission Loyola de Palacio, Spanish Agriculture Minister at the time when the fraud occurred, and who initiated a complaint against X. The Commission will bring to...