Estonia signed the KP to the UNFCCC on 3 December 1998. The Protocol was ratified by the Estonian Parliament in September 2002. Estonia has fulfilled its emission reduction commitment under the KP which was set to reduce the emissions by 8% in the period of 2008-2012 compared to 1990. Parties to the KP adopted an amendment to the KP by decision 1/CMP.8 in accordance with Articles 20 and 21 of the KP held in Doha, Qatar, in December 2012. Estonia finished the national ratification process of the Doha Amendment the first half of 2015 and deposited the instruments of ratification on 21 December 2017 together with the EU. The second commitment period is consistent with the 2020 climate and energy package of legislation and reflects the package's reduction measures at EU and member state level to gradually transform Europe into a low-carbon economy and to increase energy security. The inclusion of the effort sharing decision (ESD) within the EU's climate and energy package ensures that the abatement potential from non-ETS (emission trading system) sectors contribute to the delivery of the EU-wide target of reducing GHG emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020. For Estonia, the GHG emissions from non-ETS sectors have to be limited at least by 11% by the end of the period of 2013-2020 compared to 2005. For the period up to 2030, the European Council set out in its October 2014 conclusions an EU-wide binding target of an at least 40% domestic reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to 1990. The non-ETS sectors will need to reduce emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to 2005, continuing the methodology and elements of the ESD, incl. a linear trajectory of annual targets and flexibility instruments to help achieve them. For that purpose, the Commission introduced a proposal for a regulation on the 20 July 2016, which is currently under negotiation. According to the proposal, Estonia would have a target of -13% compared to 2005.