9. 6. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 157217 COMMISSION REGULATION :(EEC) No 1601/89 i of 8 June 1989 fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, the flat-rate amount provided for under the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing- the' European. Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector(’), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1069/89 (3), and in particular Article 12 (3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 of 30 June 1981 laying down general rules concerning the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector (%), Whereas: Articles 3 (b) and 6 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1789/91 provides for the reimbursement of the pecuniary advantage included in the intervention price on account of the costs involved in maintaining the minimum stock ; Whereas, in order to determine that pecuniary advantage, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 of 28 January 1977 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector(*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No .1920/81 (%), provides for a flat-rate amount to be fixed for each marketing year ; Whereas the measures provided for.in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar, HAS ADOPTED ‘THIS REGULATION : Article 1 For the 1989/90 marketing year, the flat-rate amount . referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 shall be ECU 0,162 per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as ‘white sugar. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force. on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1989 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 June 1989. ()-0J No L 177, 1. 7:-1981, p. 4. ()'OJ No L 114, 27.4. 1989, p. 1. () O No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 39. () OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1977,-p. 27. () OJ No L 189, 11. 7. 1981, p. 23. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY . Member of the Commission