27.6.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 189/155 REGULATION (EU) No 662/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 as regards the technical implementation of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3), Whereas: (1) On 8 December 2012, at its eighth session, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, adopted the Doha Amendment, establishing a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, starting on 1 January 2013 and ending on 31 December 2020 (the ‘Doha Amendment). (2)  Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol provides for the possibility for Parties to fulfil their commitments under Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol jointly. At the time of adoption of the Doha Amendment, the Union and its Member States, together with Croatia and Iceland, stated that the quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments for the Union, its Member States, Croatia and Iceland for the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol are based on the understanding that these will be fulfilled jointly in accordance with Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol. That statement is reflected in the Report of the Conference and was endorsed by the Council on 17 December 2012. (3)  The Kyoto Protocol requires Parties that have reached an agreement to fulfil their commitments under Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol jointly to set out in that agreement the respective emission level allocated to each of them. The Kyoto Protocol requires the Parties to a joint fulfilment agreement to notify the UNFCCC Secretariat of the terms of that agreement on the date of deposit of their instruments of acceptance. (4 The conclusion of the Doha Amendment, the implementation of accompanying decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and a joint fulfilment agreement will require the establishment of rules to ensure the technical implementation of the second commitment period of () Opinion of 26 February 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (?) Position of the European Parliament of 16 April 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 13 May 2014.