L 359/164 Official Journal of the European Union 16.12.2014 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 12 December 2014 on a Union financial contribution for 2014 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria for the purposes of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document C(2014) 9478) (Only the Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish texts are authentic) (2014/910/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material (*), and in particular Article 45(3) thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (%), and in particular Article 84(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  In accordance with points (a) to (c) of Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, Union funding may be awarded to Member States to cover expenditure relating directly, as applicable, to measures adopted pursuant to Article 16(1) or Article 16(3) of Council Directive 2000/29/EC (°) concerning the eradication or containment of pests, or the prevention of their spread. As a transitional rule, Article 45(3) of that Regulation lays down that for applications of Member States for Union funding for the emergency measures referred to above and submitted to the Commission by 30 April 2014, Articles 22 to 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC shall continue to apply. (2)  Germany submitted eight applications for Union funding. The first application was introduced on 12 December 2013 and relates to measures taken in 2012 to control Anoplophora glabripennis in Baden-Wiirttemberg. The outbreak of that harmful organism was detected there in 2012. (3)  The second application was introduced on 18 December 2013 and relates to measures taken in 2012 and 2013 to control Diabrotica virgifera in Saxony. The outbreak of that harmful organism was detected in 2012. (4)  The third application was introduced on 19 December 2013 and relates to measures taken in 2012 and 2013 to control Anoplophora glabripennis in Bayern. The outbreak of that harmful organism was detected there in 2012. (5)  The fourth application was introduced on 3 April 2014 and relates to measures taken in 2013 to control Anoplophora glabripennis in Baden-Wiirttemberg. The outbreak of that harmful organism was detected there in 2012 (the same outbreak as referred to in point 2). (6)  The fifth application was introduced on 16 April 2014 and relates to measures taken in 2013 to control Diabrotica virgifera in Rhineland-Palatinate. The outbreaks of that harmful organism were detected in 2011 and 2012. (7)  The sixth application was introduced on 16 April 2014 and relates to measures taken in 2013 to control Diabrotica virgifera in Baden-Wiirttemberg. The outbreaks of that harmful organism were detected in different rural or city districts of that State in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. (8)  The seventh application was introduced on 28 April 2014 and relates to measures taken from August 2012 until August 2013 to control Anoplophora glabripennis in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The outbreak of that harmful organism was detected there in 2009. () OJL189,27.6.2014,p. 1. () OJL298,26.10.2012,p. 1. () Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1).