61Similarly, the fact that she has interests and assets in Spain, such as a bank account and a life assurance policy or the ownership of property in Barcelona, does not, in itself, establish that the permanent centre of the applicant's interests was in that country (see, to that effect, Case T-90/92Magdalena Fernández v Commission, cited above, paragraph 30, and Liaskou v Council, cited above, paragraph 63). In addition, as regards the purchase of an apartment in Barcelona, it should be noted that the applicant does not dispute that that purchase took place in 1989, that is to say well before her secondment to Brussels in January 1993 and well before the beginning of the reference period in May 1996.