By decision 1/CMP.8, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) adopted an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol (the Doha Amendment). Section G of annex I to decision 1/CMP.8 reads "Article 3, paragraph 7 ter. The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 7 bis of Article 3 of the Protocol: 7 ter. Any positive difference between the assigned amount of the second commitment period for a Party included in the Annex I and average annual emissions for the first three years of the preceding commitment period multiplied by eight shall be transferred to the cancellation account of that Party." Kazakhstan, by a letter dated 29 January 2013, as contained in annex I, requested the secretariat to confirm the understanding of Kazakhstan in relation to the application to it of the above provision